Slot machine: Here's $200, come again

[BJ_M]

would you report this ??

Gamblers raked in nearly half a million dollars over two days on a slot machine that multiplied by 10 the amount of money that players put in, then paid out vouchers without playing, a newspaper reported.

Caesars Indiana lost $487,000 before a player notified officials of the problem with the machine, The Courier-Journal of Louisville, Kentucky, reported Friday.

Kathryn Ford of Louisville realized something was wrong July 23 when she and her husband sat down at two of the machines, called Extra Money.

When she put in a $20 bill the machine registered it as $200. She tried another $20 bill and the same thing happened, she said.

Ford said she put eight $20 bills in the machine and received vouchers that could be redeemed for $1,600 in cash -- without even playing.

Other gamblers noticed.

"There was even a young woman who jumped in while I was sitting there. She ... reached across me, popped a hundred in, popped out a thousand, and then she took off," Ford said.

Ford and her husband reported the problem to a security officer.

Casino officials determined the machine had a switch set for use in the Philippines, instead of the United States, instructing it to multiply credits by 10.

[yoda313]

oopsie

[lordsmurf]

Caesars Indiana lost $487,000

No. The casino just paid out for once. And who says "the house always wins".

[SquirrelDip]

No, I wouldn't have reported it - I would have just thought it was some kind of promo.

[ZAPPER]

Yeah, it's funny. I don't know how Las Vegas and the rest of those places stay in business. Everyone that I know says that they won big, won a little or broke even. Nobody goes around bragging that they lost.

[budz]

It wouldn't happen in Las Vegas because supposedly they're gaming is closely watched on all those millions of security cameras that are in the casino. You can't pick your nose without someone seeing you!

[yoda313]

It wouldn't happen in Las Vegas because supposedly they're gaming is closely watched on all those millions of security cameras that are in the casino. You can't pick your nose without someone seeing you!

I'm sure there's a reality tv show for that these days

[budz]

It wouldn't happen in Las Vegas because supposedly they're gaming is closely watched on all those millions of security cameras that are in the casino. You can't pick your nose without someone seeing you!

I'm sure there's a reality tv show for that these days

I'm sure Donald Trump can create one!!!