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"Several noises, lights, and sirens were activated" when Jerry Rape’s bingo machine announced that he had hit The Big One. The machine indicated a jackpot of $459,000, then $918,000, and finally settled on a "payout multiplier" of $1,377,000. The casino took Rape's payout ticket and made him wait for about 24 hours before saying no dice. He wasn't getting the monster payout. The machine, he was told by the tribe's casino, had "malfunctioned."
Jerry Rape sued the tribe and two workers in 2011 claiming he won a $1.4 million jackpot after inserting $5 into an electronic gambling machine at the tribe’s Wind Creek Casino in Montgomery. One casino worker said, “don’t let them cheat you out of it,” according to Rape’s suit. But rather than being paid, Rape said, he was detained in a back room for about 24 hours, threatened and refused any money after workers told him the machine had malfunctioned.
Jerry Rape sued the tribe and two workers in 2011 claiming he won a $1.4 million jackpot after inserting $5 into an electronic gambling machine at the tribe’s Wind Creek Casino in Montgomery. One casino worker said, “don’t let them cheat you out of it,” according to Rape’s suit. But rather than being paid, Rape said, he was detained in a back room for about 24 hours, threatened and refused any money after workers told him the machine had malfunctioned.