mike1
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2010/06/16 07:53
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Manne wrote:
Imagine pulling up to a slot machine, maxing out for a bunch of spins, then the unthinkable happens: an $11 million jackpot hits.
Then imagine being told shortly after that it was an system "malfunction." Yeah, we'd make the slot machine "malfunction" some more after that too.
So goes the sad story of Maryann McMahon, who was playing a slot with husband Jim at Wildwood casino in Cripple Creek, Colorado when it first flashed up winnings of $1,627.82 . But moments later, flashed "CURRENT" and the sum of $11,000,600.01 on the electronic display. The gaming machine then kept flashing the two sums continuously one after the other.
But when McMahon frantically asked staff for help in order to collect her life-changing winnings, she was told that the machine had gone locco and it would have to be taken apart.
Oh yeah, and that $11 million ain't yours.
"They actually won $1627.82," casino spokesperson Don Burmania said. "The $11 million was what we call a 'reset value. It's what the jackpot would have been after the prize was claimed."
Ugh what?
Regardless Mr. McMahon is ticked .
"If you do hit a jackpot are they going to come up with another story?" He said. "It's a malfunction? It's not right."
However, there is a chance they can be paid in full.
Kevin Werner, the manager of the casino, told local television channel 7NEWS: "Once (the Division of Gaming gives) us direction, we'll pay out the winnings. At the very least, they're going to get the $1,600 that we know they won."
Hopefully this couple will be able to retired early.
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Then imagine being told shortly after that it was an system "malfunction." Yeah, we'd make the slot machine "malfunction" some more after that too.
So goes the sad story of Maryann McMahon, who was playing a slot with husband Jim at Wildwood casino in Cripple Creek, Colorado when it first flashed up winnings of $1,627.82 . But moments later, flashed "CURRENT" and the sum of $11,000,600.01 on the electronic display. The gaming machine then kept flashing the two sums continuously one after the other.
But when McMahon frantically asked staff for help in order to collect her life-changing winnings, she was told that the machine had gone locco and it would have to be taken apart.
Oh yeah, and that $11 million ain't yours.
"They actually won $1627.82," casino spokesperson Don Burmania said. "The $11 million was what we call a 'reset value. It's what the jackpot would have been after the prize was claimed."
Ugh what?
Regardless Mr. McMahon is ticked .
"If you do hit a jackpot are they going to come up with another story?" He said. "It's a malfunction? It's not right."
However, there is a chance they can be paid in full.
Kevin Werner, the manager of the casino, told local television channel 7NEWS: "Once (the Division of Gaming gives) us direction, we'll pay out the winnings. At the very least, they're going to get the $1,600 that we know they won."
Hopefully this couple will be able to retired early.
Get and keep your jackpot by playing in the Bodog Casino!
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