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mahatmakanejeeves Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-25-07 06:55 PM
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Jackpot or Mistake? Man Sues Over $1.6M 'Jackpot'
Edited on Thu Oct-25-07 07:19 PM by mahatmakanejeeves
In essence, what the casino is saying is, "When we said 'you won,' we didn't mean "you" or "won."

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Jackpot or Mistake? Man Sues Over $1.6M 'Jackpot'

New Mexico Indian Casino Says Slot Machine Malfunctioned; Refuses to Pay

By JIM AVILA, BETH TRIBOLET, DONNA CHOI and SCOTT MICHELS
ABC News Law & Justice Unit
Oct. 25, 2007

For about an hour last August, Gary Hoffman was a very lucky man.

Hoffman was playing the nickel slot machines at the Sandia Resort and Casino on an Indian reservation in New Mexico when he appeared to hit the jackpot: the machine said he won nearly $1.6 million.

"I became ecstatic," he said.

But the ecstasy was short-lived. Hoffman says in a lawsuit filed earlier this year that Sandia refused to pay, claiming that the machine malfunctioned. Instead, he said, they gave him about $385 and a few free meals at the casino.


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Swamp Rat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-25-07 06:58 PM
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1. The casino should pay up.

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depakid Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-25-07 06:59 PM
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2. Sounds like very bad PR
Just pay the guy- it's worth much more than 1.6 million can buy in advertising.
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mikelgb Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-25-07 07:01 PM
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3. mistake my ass
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tammywammy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-25-07 07:02 PM
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4. I think the casino should just pay up
And they should get rid of that machine.
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Uben Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-25-07 07:06 PM
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5. Nickel slots don't pay millions
The $385 is much more in line for a nickel jackpot. Even if they are progressive machines, the payout would only be in the single thousands. He won't, and should not win the lawsuit. It was a machine malfunction, and that does not mean this man deserves a million dollars. Payouts are shown on the machines, and if the machine malfunctions, as all machines are prone to do, he should only get what the payout schedule shows, and not a dime more!
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Adsos Letter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-25-07 07:45 PM
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6. DAMN YOU!!!...
...and your ability to allow logic to triumph over emotion... :D

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erinlough Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-25-07 08:25 PM
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8. They do at the "Four Winds" indian casino in New Buffalo
I was there last night and the progressive jackpot for nickle machines was 1.2mil.
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SoCalDem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-25-07 09:45 PM
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9. They certainly DO.. the progressive slots pay BIG money
on nickels and even some penny slots..
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ileus Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-25-07 07:48 PM
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7. Lawsuit lottery the #1 Lottery in America....if you can't win sue.
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Generic Brad Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-25-07 10:27 PM
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10. I hope he at least ate $1.6 million worth of shrimp at the buffet
That would teach the casino a lesson.
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MonkeyFunk Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-25-07 10:29 PM
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11. It's very obviously a mistake
the machine says the maximum payout is $2,500.

EVERY machine I've ever played said the house is not responsible for machine malfunctions.

If the machine said the amount paid was more than $2,500, it was clearly a machine malfunction.
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