Casino Denies Man $166 Million Jackpot 32
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from the glitch-in-your-winnings dept.
from the glitch-in-your-winnings dept.
An anonymous reader writes 'After having played on the slot machine for over 30 minutes, Bill Seebeck was ecstatic when he hit the $166 million jackpot. However, The Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Tampa was less than enthusiastic, telling Seeback his win was a mistake because the machine malfunctioned. Thus, the casino refused to pay Seebeck his prize as the machine was only supposed to have a maximum pay out of $99K. Currently, the casino refuses to pay out even that amount.'
They already knew (Score:3, Interesting)
I work in the industry (posting anonymously because I know people who read this).
Funny thing is, the exact bug that caused it was known about for a year, and Seminole personnel were either clueless or thinking it'd never actually happen in THEIR casino. I won't go into details (NDAs and such), but it is a good reminder to make sure your software is performing proper integrity checks on incoming data packets.
And by the way, once this story hit the news, the casino settled out of court.