I think Vegas Casinos have pulled the same scam.
Deny jackpot winners their millions.
Deny jackpot winners their millions.
I remember years ago when that happened at least once.
Some poor schmo put the cash into one of those casino-front sidewalk slot machines and it went off, telling him he won something like three million dollars. The casino then told him it was a mistake and the slot machine wasn't programmed properly.
If I remember correctly some local court backed the casino.
A Sparks NV, Safeway store in 1978, I always put all my change into it. It took only nickles, so I would get anything under $5 in of course nickles, and feed it into a progessive slot. On the way out one day, I hit the jackpot which was $5,000. They paid out $50 bucks.