Slot Machine Case Not Settled Yet

It is common knowledge that slot machines from time to time will malfunction and if you are unlucky enough to be playing it at that particular moment, you will not have won what you think you have. There have been many cases where someone was playing the slot machine and it came up saying that they had won a million or more from the casino – only to find out that this was not the case.

Over the years there have been many clients who took their case to the courts to order the casino to pay the slot machine winnings. In most of those cases, the casino was let off the hook, as it says on each and every slot machine that in case of malfunction the casino doesn’t owe you a dime. As a rule it is up to the casino to decide whether or not to pay, and if it is a fairly insignificant amount they usually will.

However, in the Mississippi case that is before the courts right now, the case is a little more complicated. The Florida woman who is suing them hit a $1 million jackpot at the slot machines at the IP Casino in Biloxi, Mississippi. It turned out that one of the attendants programmed the slot machine wrong, leading to the faulty win. She should only have been able to win $8,000 at the most.

The gaming regulators in the state agreed with the woman and ordered the casino to pay her the winnings they felt were due her. However, the casino argued the case about the attendants and the next court agreed with the casino. So now the case is going to the state Supreme Court for them to decide who is in the right.

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