Good thing they gave him the limo ride, there were upwards of three farmer's markets on the way.

I KNEW I forgot something

He probably thought he broke the machine.

How do you NOT know you hit a jackpot on a slot machine? I mean don't bells go off and confetti and champagne flow from the ceiling?

Cool that they tracked him down and insisted on paying him.

More appropriate!

I won who with the what now?

I mean I hit the second highest hit on a quarter slot ($625), and the thing took several minutes counting up to 2500 credits. Good thing they were on a voucher system, or I would break my back carrying the quarters.

Before reading the article, I thought the guy must have an arrest warrant out on him.

That place is the absolutely worst excuse for a casino I've ever seen. During the day its filled with really old people. At night you can't even get in there because the parking only accomodates 50% of the people that wanna go hang out there. Slot machines in general suck. 90% payout? Freaking roulette is better than that. The rake on the poker is unreal and the highest limits they have is $1/2.

I mean I hit the second highest hit on a quarter slot ($625), and the thing took several minutes counting up to 2500 credits. Good thing they were on a voucher system, or I would break my back carrying the quarters.

Haha, first and only time I ever went to a casino, the boyfriend gave me $10 and I put it in the quarter slots. I won $500 and while it was counting the credits I was going "how are we gonna carry all of this"?

He just laughed at me.

No tag trumps the Florida tag. The Florida tag is almighty!

TheSignPost
Casinos should have an age limit - no one under 21 or over 65. At least if you're under 65 you can still work if you go flat broke.

If they cut out people over 65, the casinos would go flat-broke.

Glad they treated him to the limo ride. He may have driven through a farmer's market on they way back, and accidentally killed a dozen people his excitement to get back and collect his winnings. Left blinker on the whole way ...

/I keed, I keed
//Why is it the oldsters who always win the farking jackpots?

Some folks foolishly gamble in games they don't fully grok...but c'mon! Not knowing you won on a slot? Time to turn in your bucket of quarters and retire to the front porch, Old Yeller.

FarkeeDeSade

I was thinking witness protection program.

Was this the guy?

Something tells me this guy will not hold onto that money very long.

SretiCentV: That place is the absolutely worst excuse for a casino I've ever seen.


And there's altogether too much Frampton-love.

This is just like that time I walked out of McDonald's and forgot to pick up my drink. Except now I don't feel dumb about that any more.

FarkeeDeSade
thats what i thought too. then i looked at the tag and figured the idiots around here would get caught that way but not leave because it will bring a lot of attention.

casinos, they are the devil's playground...

Why is it the oldsters who always win the farking jackpots?

Because they are the ones who play the most. West Side Charlie wasn't kidding around.

You guys realize all over the country bus tours are marketed to retirees where all they do is go from one casino to another, right?

Where was that money 60 years ago when he could have had a real hoot with it? I hope he didn't scrimp and save his whole life to ready himself for retirement ... !

bubbaprog: They're digital bingo machines, which means you're playing against everyone else in the casino at any given time.


They're also confusing as hell.

i'd hit that... jackpot

I was standing behind a woman who hit a jackpot. She turned around and asked me what was wrong with her machine.

At the time, she was of the opinion that she won $200 dollars and couldn't figure out why it wouldn't let her continue. I pointed out this little symbol at the end of the row that signified she was off by a factor of 1000.

I shouldn't have told her anything and offered to give her $200 so she could move to a slot that worked. :D

Brewster's Million's anyone...

I used to work as a porter at a Casino, and it amazed me how little people knew about the slot games that they were playing.

So often I was pulled to the side (by people of all ages) and asked how the game worked, only to see they already would have $20 to $100 worth of credits already in the machine.

At the very least, if I was going to put a $100 bill into a machine I would at least want to know how to play it.

/Q&D

/Q&D
//sorry for the double

RetlawST: I was standing behind a woman who hit a jackpot. She turned around and asked me what was wrong with her machine.

At the time, she was of the opinion that she won $200 dollars and couldn't figure out why it wouldn't let her continue. I pointed out this little symbol at the end of the row that signified she was off by a factor of 1000.

I shouldn't have told her anything and offered to give her $200 so she could move to a slot that worked. :D


If you were in Nevada, be glad you didn't, and thank whoever's responsible for that part of your upbringing that stopped you.

Security would have reviewed the play for the machine when the jackpot hit and discovered that it wasn't you. They would have denied you the payout, and probably prosecuted you for fraud, too. They're real strict about that in any properly run casino.

You might get away with claim jumping a few leftover machine credits here and there, but even that will get you thrown out and banned if you make it your pastime because you'll eventually get caught.

Thanks to casino-bought legislation, Nevada state law says that abandoned credits on all gaming machines belong to the house, and that includes jackpots. "Finders-keepers" doesn't apply.

Claiming abandoned credits of any kind is treated similar to theft, based on the value. $200K would be a PMITA prison-type felony.

Was the slot machine ringing and lighting up not enough if a clue?

cody1234
Was the slot machine ringing and lighting up not enough if a clue?

I'm pretty sure slot machines remain completely silent when one wins a jackpot, to avoid drawing attention to the person and endangering him later. If you're not paying attention to what's on the rolls, the only way you'd know is when the officials come to get you.

A truer example of "more money than brains" could never be illustrated more clearly.

Hmmmmmmm....when i won my jackpot that shiat went crazy.....bells, whistles, lights, the whole she-bang...

but i didn't win 227gs, so maybe there is a cut off for the hoopla

I'll consider it a good omen that I read an article about hitting a jackpot two minutes minutes after booking a trip to Vegas. Yeah, that's it.

Honest injun!

WolfinPHX: Glad they treated him to the limo ride. He may have driven through a farmer's market on they way back

It was funnier when MOSPEADA said, IN THE VERY Boobies!

Grandemadaca: It was funnier when MOSPEADA said, IN THE VERY Boobies!

Ack! Nailed by the Fark Filter! That's what I get for mocking others.

Isn't it Ironic to win enough money to never have to work again...at the end of your life?

/dontcha think?

studebaker hoch: Isn't it Ironic to win enough money to never have to work again...at the end of your life?

/dontcha think?


Not really, because it wouldn't be enough money to never have to work again if he was 30. It's BECAUSE he's 79 that it's enough money for life.

Good thing he didn't have to walk back. 4mb mov