dna4ever 2 Posted November 4, 2009 Share Posted November 4, 2009 http://www.wftv.com/news/21501235/detail.htmlCasino: $166M Win Was Slot MalfunctionDAYTONA BEACH, Fla. -- A Daytona Beach man thought he hit the jackpot. He thought he won $166 million on a slot machine at the very popular Hard Rock Hotel and Casino near I-4 in Tampa.However, as soon as the crowds departed, the celebration ended. The casino told him that he didn't win a thing. The casino claims the slot machine malfunctioned.Bill Seebeck, who lives on a houseboat, thought his ship had come in. His blood pressure skyrocketed and said he was screaming and celebrating. But then casino workers told him there was a malfunction and wanted him to agree to that in his report, even though they say they're still not done investigating.Seebeck had been playing the Bally Ultimate Party Spin slot machine for about a half hour and, at $4 a game, he had spent about $80. When bells started ringing and the numbers flashed in front of him, he'd won a cash bonus of $166,666,666.65.“$166,666,666.65. I was screaming ... heart was beating really fast,” he said.Casino managers came over and roped off the machine. Seebeck spent an hour deciding what he'd do with his millions. Then came the adrenaline crash.The casino told him the Ultimate Party Spin had spun out of control, malfunctioned and he wouldn’t get any money for a malfunction. They wanted him to agree in writing, but he wouldn't.“They make you think you won and everyone around you that you won, and then later, ‘It's probably a malfunction,’” he said.The Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino spokesman told Eyewitness News Monday that the slot machine malfunctioned because its top prize is $99,000. Seebeck was not even given that amount.“I was told, ’No,’ even though the Seminole Gaming Commission has no idea how the machine malfunctioned,” he explained.The casino spokesman also said a malfunction is a no-win, but could not say whether past players in malfunction cases were paid.“I feel let down and ripped off, I sure do,” he said.“Are you ever going back there?” WFTV reporter Kathi Belich asked.“No,” Seebeck replied.Seebeck says he's looking for a lawyer to help him through the maze of federal Indian gaming regulations. The Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino said investigators from Bally, the software company, and the Seminole Gaming Commission are headed to Tampa to look for the cause of the malfunction. Link to post Share on other sites
I_fold08 1 Posted November 4, 2009 Share Posted November 4, 2009 i guess we arent cousins after all Link to post Share on other sites
Balloon guy 158 Posted November 4, 2009 Share Posted November 4, 2009 When I decorate inside of a casino say for Oktoberfest, I usually place big mylar balloons around the area tied to the tops of slot machines.If I tie one up so that it blocks one of the two cameras they have on every progressive slot machine, and it hits, they would be refused as well.The rules clearly say that the casino must have 2 camera's on each progressive to verify the win.So I am very careful about where I tie mylar balloons in casinos. Link to post Share on other sites
viva la cam 0 Posted November 4, 2009 Share Posted November 4, 2009 wow i would burn that place down Link to post Share on other sites
king_tanner 84 Posted November 4, 2009 Share Posted November 4, 2009 I mean it would suck. But If the correct 7's, cherries, bars, or whatever didn't match up on the slot and it randomly says you won the jackpot then the casino is correct for not awarding any money. Maybe give the guy a free weekend or something, but he is ridiculous for thinking that he deserves 160 million dollars. Link to post Share on other sites
dapokerbum 0 Posted November 4, 2009 Share Posted November 4, 2009 I mean it would suck. But If the correct 7's, cherries, bars, or whatever didn't match up on the slot and it randomly says you won the jackpot then the casino is correct for not awarding any money. Maybe give the guy a free weekend or something, but he is ridiculous for thinking that he deserves 160 million dollars.Just wait till some slick lawyer gets in there and starts spouting off the pain and suffering this event has caused. All the casino had to do was offer the guy probably 25,000 and this wouldn't even be an issue, now they are going to spend double that defending their position. Link to post Share on other sites
Balloon guy 158 Posted November 4, 2009 Share Posted November 4, 2009 I mean it would suck. But If the correct 7's, cherries, bars, or whatever didn't match up on the slot and it randomly says you won the jackpot then the casino is correct for not awarding any money. Maybe give the guy a free weekend or something, but he is ridiculous for thinking that he deserves 160 million dollars.Probably ripe though for a 'letter in the mail' informing him that the casino made a mistake and if he would be willing to pay the IRS money up front, they would be happy to send him his check for $166 million. Link to post Share on other sites
Governator 54 Posted November 4, 2009 Share Posted November 4, 2009 He'll get a settlement that's going to cost the casino a lot more had they offered him something in return.I'd lose it. Link to post Share on other sites
Balloon guy 158 Posted November 4, 2009 Share Posted November 4, 2009 He'll get a settlement that's going to cost the casino a lot more had they offered him something in return.I'd lose it.What would be his argument for a settlement?He got excited and that's not right?Hooter's would have gone bankrupt 20 years ago if that was grounds for a lawsuit. Link to post Share on other sites
Suited_Up 2 Posted November 4, 2009 Share Posted November 4, 2009 Happened to a woman around here I think too... I think she got 125k or something like that. Link to post Share on other sites
Balloon guy 158 Posted November 4, 2009 Share Posted November 4, 2009 Happened to a woman around here I think too... I think she got 125k or something like that.She got excited at Hooter? Link to post Share on other sites
pezeveng 207 Posted November 4, 2009 Share Posted November 4, 2009 Its happened here in Ontario and both times the casino settled out of court with the stipulation that the plaintiff can't release how much they settled for. This one lawyer has been used 4 times now and has won all 4 times that I know of. Link to post Share on other sites
pezeveng 207 Posted November 4, 2009 Share Posted November 4, 2009 Lawyers for a Wasaga Beach retiree who feels he's been jilted out of a $42.9 million win are firing back at the Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corp. after revealing the agency's settlement offer. Pawel Kusznirewicz, 55, is suing the OLG for $45.9 million after he says a slot machine went off at Georgian Downs last December and indicated he had won the whopping, multi-million-dollar jackpot. Casinos original offerLawyers offered three things -- a compensation payout around $10,000 -- close to the maximum payout of the two-penny slot machine, payment of all his legal costs and a buffet dinner for four Link to post Share on other sites
JubilantLankyLad 1,957 Posted November 4, 2009 Share Posted November 4, 2009 Lawyers for a Wasaga Beach retiree who feels he's been jilted out of a $42.9 million win are firing back at the Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corp. after revealing the agency's settlement offer. Pawel Kusznirewicz, 55, is suing the OLG for $45.9 million after he says a slot machine went off at Georgian Downs last December and indicated he had won the whopping, multi-million-dollar jackpot. Casinos original offerLawyers offered three things -- a compensation payout around $10,000 -- close to the maximum payout of the two-penny slot machine, payment of all his legal costs and a buffet dinner for four a buffet for four? so, not even a private dinner? Link to post Share on other sites
StrippersNBlow 0 Posted November 5, 2009 Share Posted November 5, 2009 Lawyers for a Wasaga Beach retiree who feels he's been jilted out of a $42.9 million win are firing back at the Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corp. after revealing the agency's settlement offer. Pawel Kusznirewicz, 55, is suing the OLG for $45.9 million after he says a slot machine went off at Georgian Downs last December and indicated he had won the whopping, multi-million-dollar jackpot. Casinos original offerLawyers offered three things -- a compensation payout around $10,000 -- close to the maximum payout of the two-penny slot machine, payment of all his legal costs and a buffet dinner for four The smartass lawyers get to bill some more hours after making that settlement offer. Nh sirs. Link to post Share on other sites
Mercury69 3 Posted November 6, 2009 Share Posted November 6, 2009 If the buffet dinner could ba rranged that I could go myself 4 different times, this would be a done deal. Link to post Share on other sites
MaxStPolish 4 Posted November 6, 2009 Share Posted November 6, 2009 I don't get how people can balk at a settlement offer that is at or around the maximum single pull payout for the game you were playing. I just don't get it. I was playing a 2 penny slot and i thought i won 45 million dollars. I mean come on now. There's a threshold here where it crosses the line into frivolous and should be demonized by e-posters around the world. I'm not defending "the man"....and I get that patrons may have been lost in the moment and not realized the impossibility of what was taking place....but come on now, at some point do ethics kick in? Sure you "could" get 100k or 300k or a million, or whatever from the casino....but if the max award on that machine was 10k, you technically won nothing are were sadly involved in a malfunction, 10k and some food is a very nice offer.I personally hope that in these cases the house does win when these players get greedy. Link to post Share on other sites
Luke00016 0 Posted November 6, 2009 Share Posted November 6, 2009 I don't get how people can balk at a settlement offer that is at or around the maximum single pull payout for the game you were playing. I just don't get it. I was playing a 2 penny slot and i thought i won 45 million dollars. I mean come on now. There's a threshold here where it crosses the line into frivolous and should be demonized by e-posters around the world. I'm not defending "the man"....and I get that patrons may have been lost in the moment and not realized the impossibility of what was taking place....but come on now, at some point do ethics kick in? Sure you "could" get 100k or 300k or a million, or whatever from the casino....but if the max award on that machine was 10k, you technically won nothing are were sadly involved in a malfunction, 10k and some food is a very nice offer.I personally hope that in these cases the house does win when these players get greedy.It's like when you're playing Monopoly and get the "bank error in your favor, collect $250" Chance card!That's how these things work, right? Link to post Share on other sites
kreppsen 0 Posted November 6, 2009 Share Posted November 6, 2009 If the buffet dinner could ba rranged that I could go myself 4 different times, this would be a done deal.I like the way your thinking... B) Link to post Share on other sites
MaxStPolish 4 Posted November 6, 2009 Share Posted November 6, 2009 fuck.....all i can think about now is casino buffets. Link to post Share on other sites
Mast3rKush 0 Posted November 7, 2009 Share Posted November 7, 2009 Wow, $80 into $1600000, now that would have been a serious ROI. Seriously though that guy must have been heartbroken to find out he wasnt actually getting 16mill LOL Link to post Share on other sites
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