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Faulty Slot Machine Charges

If you are playing on a slot machine and there is an error of any kind that is linked to slot machine error, the casino does not have to pay out any winnings to you. Let’s say you are playing and the slot machine has an error and it says you have won $1 million – you don’t get it, or anything else, unless the casino says that you can have it. So what happens when it is in reverse? What if you win on a faulty slot machine and it gives you too much money, do you have to return the money?

That is the question that Caesars Indiana has been debating for weeks. Players were playing the slot machine and it was crediting them for more money than they were actually putting in. Some did not know that they were getting more money, they just thought they were playing well. Others knew that they were getting the money, and those are the people that the casino is considering going after.

They say that the majority of people that they spoke to after the incident return their slot machine winnings to the casino, but not everyone is going to. The software was not registered to the US so it did not understand US currency. For very dollar that they put in, the casino gave them $10 to play. They say more than 25 people played the slot machine before someone spoke up.

The casino lost close to a half a million dollars, according to police, and they are now trying to figure out if they will be bringing criminal charges against the players. Kathryn Ford is the one who told the casino about the faulty slot machine, and she says that when the slot machine jams and the players don’t get their money it is the same thing as what went on here, and they don’t have the right to go back after them.

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