Techdirt. Stories filed under "jackpot" Easily digestible tech news... http://www.techdirt.com/ en-us Techdirt. Stories filed under "jackpot"http://www.techdirt.com/images/td-88x31.gifhttp://www.techdirt.com/ Mon, 7 Jun 2010 12:30:00 PDT More Casinos Succeeding With The 'That Jackpot You Won Was Really A Computer Glitch' Claim Mike Masnick http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20100607/0240579712.shtml http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20100607/0240579712.shtml bunch of stories about people winning computerized games in casinos, only to be told that the prize was a glitch, and the casino wouldn't pay (or wouldn't pay nearly as much). It seems to happen pretty damn frequently. Slashdot points us to the latest example, of a couple who thought they had won $11 million from a slot machine, only to have the award reduced to $1627.82 after the casino, and the state gaming authority, determined that it was a glitch. According to the casino:
"The $11 million was what we call a 'reset value.' It's what the jackpot would have been after the prize was claimed."
That article notes that a similar situation happened back in March, with a $42 million prize being taken away. Given how frequently this seems to happen, isn't it about time someone got to working on all these "glitches"?

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