Casino says no way to $62 million slot machine payout

Comment #29

rdgrnr — Wed, 24 Aug 2011 15:13:54 GMT

The casino was in Austria in not in Australia.

Details, details... LOL

Comment #28

Stack47 — Tue, 23 Aug 2011 22:38:37 GMT

The casino was in Austria in not in Australia. Was Crocodile Dundee in Sound of Music

Comment #27

rdgrnr — Sun, 21 Aug 2011 18:03:06 GMT

Thanks cbr$.

But they won't even let him in the place anymore so I kinda doubt they're gonna be so magnanimous as to give him the jelly.

Comment #26

ZANBAB1 — Sun, 21 Aug 2011 12:57:04 GMT

greedy aussies, thats what they are noted for, being crooks and cheaters, and cheap

Comment #25

Coin Toss — Fri, 19 Aug 2011 04:22:40 GMT

Re: Tribal casinos

When casinos started opening beyond Nevada and Atlantic City, Indian casinos started recruiting in Nevada.

There would be ads in the classifieds worded like this:

Casino opening soon in _ _ _ _ _.

Experienced casino personnel wanted.

WE ARE A NATIVE AMERICAN PREFERENCE EMPLOYER.

Try putting something other than Native American in such an ad and see how far you get.

When palefaces got hired they'd be working there for a few months and then see a notice in t... [ More ]

Comment #24

eddessaknight — Fri, 19 Aug 2011 03:25:40 GMT

Candidly said, haymaker, and sad too because an old industry axium states: treat your employes well and they will treat your customers well!

BEWARE

EddessaKnight

PS-

The above forementioned recalcitrent tribal casino is in Arizona

Comment #23

haymaker — Fri, 19 Aug 2011 00:00:44 GMT

i work at a harrahs owned casino and they treat the employees like garbage too.

bill harrah,well known for treating his employees good is spinning in his grave.

Comment #22

sully16 — Thu, 18 Aug 2011 22:40:08 GMT

In Michigan we have state auditors on the premises, I think they all should.

Comment #21

cbr$ — Thu, 18 Aug 2011 17:01:47 GMT

really rdgrnr', if this man get a three year subscription to the Jelly of the month Club from the casino we need to send peanut butter to go with it..... right now he is just wasteing a good beer crying in it. you're funny

Comment #20

rdgrnr — Thu, 18 Aug 2011 00:06:10 GMT

Comped lunch or dinner? Reduced rate hotel room?

Nonsense!

This man should be given at the very least a three year subscription to the Jelly of the Month Club

Comment #19

eddessaknight — Wed, 17 Aug 2011 22:47:58 GMT

Sully is correct can't tell you how often incidents like this have occured in Las Vegas Atlantic City - Megabucks slots hit for $39.7M at Excaliber, LV.

In another story a Harrah's managed Tribal Casino a player hit for a jackpot and the techies said that they neede to confirm by cheeking inards of the machine which would requires some time, when the players returned they announced that it was a malfunction pointed to the sign announced that the Tribal management was thus not going to payoff.... [ More ]

Comment #18

Stack47 — Wed, 17 Aug 2011 22:20:09 GMT

I was on a 50 cent machine and hit something, the call lights came on and 3300 was blinking in a window below the reels. At first I though I won $3300 but on the payoff schedule what I hit was for $300. When the attendant came they said the reason machine malfunctioned (3300 was the error code) was because it was suppose to be a $600 win and the reels stopped at the wrong place. The attendant paid me $600 plus the credits I had in the machine and placed a do not play sign on the machine. We don

Comment #17

kandi49 — Wed, 17 Aug 2011 21:46:33 GMT

I think the man should be paid it sound like the casino do not want to pay believe me if they get by with this it will be some else trying the same thing they should have check there so call error before letting any one play the machines i bet it did malfunction when they look n saw those numbers u will be partying soon b

Comment #16

karinda — Wed, 17 Aug 2011 21:33:59 GMT

If the machine showed a payout of 43 million euros, and that's an exorbitant amount of money for anyone to win playing a slot machine, then why does the machine have the capacity to show a payout of 43 million euros? ..

Peace,

Karinda

Comment #15

JWBlue — Wed, 17 Aug 2011 21:02:42 GMT

I don't have a problem with the casino claiming malfunction.

I haven't read anywhere what the advertised jackpot prize for the machine was.

My problem is exactly what iGlenn says. What protects players whene there is a malfunction that shows the player loses a money on a spin when the correct result was a large winning amount

Comment #14

Lucki723 — Wed, 17 Aug 2011 20:56:36 GMT

Comment #13

time*treat — Wed, 17 Aug 2011 18:01:26 GMT

Somehow, they always manage to leave the erroneous bait/display up until someone wins.

Comment #12

cbr$ — Wed, 17 Aug 2011 17:17:34 GMT

a lot of casino have signs posted on the walls telling you before hand they are not obligated to pay you if is due to a machine malfunotion you play at your own risk , if the casino has even one sign on wall or machine saying this this person lose. 95% of machine have this statement on them . the machines have the warning on them. the best this person can hope for comp; lunch, dinner, or maybe extra comp;points extra comp;play money', a couple of free or reducted rate stays at their hotel and we... [ More ]

Comment #11

rcbbuckeye — Wed, 17 Aug 2011 12:31:02 GMT

A few years ago there were a couple of slot winners at Winstar in OK that didn't get paid due to malfunction . It was a pretty big news story in the Dallas area. I work with a couple people that play there a lot, but I avoid that place like the plague.

Comment #10

BaristaExpress — Wed, 17 Aug 2011 12:12:49 GMT

WRONG I have not seen not one slot machine at anytime in any casino not say right on it that, any and all malfunctions voids any payouts! And that also goes for any video poker machines as well.

Next time your in a casino go and read the front of the machine where the coin goes in or where the bill slot is and you'll find it around there about any malfunctions voiding any payouts

Comment #9

sully16 — Wed, 17 Aug 2011 12:12:06 GMT

Pay the man his money!!!! Simple boycott that casino until they fork over the cash.

Comment #8

redhot7 — Wed, 17 Aug 2011 08:16:16 GMT

It doesn't matter if it was a machine error or not. As long as the guy didn't cheat, the casino was obligated to pay. I hope he wins in court.

Comment #7

diamondpalace — Wed, 17 Aug 2011 05:07:37 GMT

Sounds like I've heard this story before. Player won big prize, Casino said it's machine error.

Comment #6

Boney526 — Wed, 17 Aug 2011 03:59:51 GMT

lol true. I'm not in the situation myself, and the story didn't give all the details. But it seems like an understandable mistake, because I've never seen any Casino Jackpot anywhere near that high.

Comment #5

iGlenn — Wed, 17 Aug 2011 03:42:46 GMT

I'm just simply pointing out that if the machine malfunctions it'll always be in the casinos favor.

Comment #4

Boney526 — Wed, 17 Aug 2011 03:30:27 GMT

Well I'm assuming the difference is that the Slot machines JP wasn't actually supposed to be tens of millions, just 10s of thousands, and that they'd have no problem paying that...

I mean honestly if I was in charge of a casino, and expected a return of a couple percent per bet placed, but the machine errored and made the return for the casino negative, by hundreds of percents b/c the jackpot was more than 1000 times higher than it was supposed to be, I'd just want to explain to the guy... [ More ]

Comment #3

Piaceri — Wed, 17 Aug 2011 03:28:16 GMT

If it was one of those multi location progressive slots, $62m is not unheard of. Those seem to have more than their fair share of malfunctions on wins and I avoid them unless it is a fun game like Wheel of Fortune, or my fave, the long gone Elvis Slots.

On the other hand, if the machine shows a payout of $62m on a single machine with a max $5k, then you go by the win chart stated on the machine. That's a no brainer and should be tossed out of court.

The article did not give enough info.... [ More ]

Comment #2

iGlenn — Wed, 17 Aug 2011 03:22:34 GMT

So when I lose I'll just say that the machine was faulty and get my money back. Yeah, that'll work.

Comment #1

Boney526 — Wed, 17 Aug 2011 02:59:59 GMT

On the fence here.

Obviously it was an error, no casino pays out that much......

Casino says no way to $62 million slot machine payout

Lottery Post — Wed, 17 Aug 2011 01:49:00 GMT

It seemed too good to be true a slot-machine jackpot of almost 43 million euros. And maybe it was.

Austrian state broadcaster ORF reports that Behar Merlaku is going to court over the refusal of the Bregenz casino to give him what he considers his win on March 26.

Casino officials do not dispute that the gaming machine showed a payout of nearly 43 million euros almost US$62 million. But they say that a malfunctioning computer chip was responsible for what they say was the faulty display.