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A casino has denied a man a jackpot of $166 million after claiming it was just a "computer glitch".
We see enough in the movies of people being denied their rightfully won money when the bad guys decide they'd rather not pay out. But to see a slot machine win of $166,666,666.65 vanish before your eyes when the casino claims it's all just a computer malfunction must hurt. But that's just what has happened to Bill Seebeck at the Seminole Hard Rock Casino in Tampa.
Seebeck was playing a $4 slot machine on Sunday and after pressing the button that enormous figure came up. Obviously, as you or I would, he though he was now set for life. But the casino denied the man the jackpot on the grounds that it was actually, as they put it, a "computer glitch" and that he wouldn't be getting any payout at all. Their explanation of it all:
The Seminole Hard Rock Casino Tampa has made an offer to William Seebeck, and he has accepted, recognizing that the slot machine he was playing on Sunday malfunctioned, in what can be best described to the layman as a "computer glitch." The maximum payout on the Ultimate Party Spin machine played by Seebeck is $99,000, although his bet of $1.50 at the time of the malfunction could have generated a maximum payout of only $2,500, with the right combination. Determination of a malfunction was made by representatives of the machine's manufacturer and software provider, according to established gaming industry standards, with confirmation from an independent third-party laboratory analysis. The casino has opted to settle this matter for an undisclosed amount as a good faith gesture, and we look forward to welcoming Mr. Seebeck on future visits.
All of which really seems fair enough: if the machine was never designed to pay of $166 million and Seebeck wasn't even gambling the maximum amount, then it probably was indeed a computer glitch. So not so much "casino denies man jackpot" as a headline, more "computer screws up" which isn't really a headline at all these days.
Wonder if the computer was running Windows, that would explain a lot, wouldn't it?
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