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[–] [email protected] 30 points 1 year ago (9 children)

Here's a secret casinos don't want you to know!

They can just say, "Nuh-uh, you didn't win." Then they don't have to pay you.

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-40300062

[–] [email protected] 38 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (8 children)

4294967295 is the limit for an unsigned 32bit integer.

Her cash ticket said $42,949,672.76.

This is clearly a machine error. I'll explain:

  1. It is clearly an integer overflow (or underflow, the slot machine pooped it's pants for some reason).
  2. Wins over $1,200 are taxable in the US, meaning a $43 million win would be handled by an employee (EDIT: Which means if the machine really thought she won $43mil, it would lock itself immediately and wait for the win to be "hand paid")
  3. Image is a screen shot displaying "Printing cash ticket", meaning she's cashing out her remaining balance. Machines can only hold so much cash as credit on them, $2000-$3000. Diagnostic software would give the casino employees the actual balance of the machine (Article lists $2.25, and dinner for her trouble).

She didn't "win", the machine glitched out. All machines have a "maximum payout", and I'd bet (and win) $43 million far exceeds what the maximum payout is on any machine at this casino.

Casinos are required by law to pay you your winnings, not for integer overflows. Gambling is stupid, don't bother.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Yep, it doesn't look like a jackpot win. Jackpots are separate events that would have distinct screen. I don't believe she took a selfie with generic screen and not the jackpot screen so probably there was no jackpot screen.

En when you play you agree to terms and conditions saying that glitches don't count.

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