Gambler Hits $1.4M Jackpot, Casino Says Bingo Machine “Malfunctioned”

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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.
 
Killerxp100 said:
Guy scammed by an Indian casino.... Shocker.

After my experiences I would never set foot in one of those places, let alone tribal land.
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Yeah, this isn't like in Vegas where the Gaming Board will seize the machine and examine it. This appears to be the casino claiming malfunction and hiding behind the "no payout on machine malfunction" disclaimer that goes on every machine.
 
Indian casinos/Tribal lands are kinda like the North American version of Nigerian Scammers.

I didn't even have to set foot in one to get fucked over, had to stop in a few while driving around the country when I was doing work on oil rigs... and the chances of getting your credit card skimmed goes up about 1000% if you step foot in an indian run gas station. Ask me how I know.
 
I thought casinos bought "insurance plans" for the bigger payouts. My understanding is if you were going to have a million dollar jackpot, they bought insurance to cover it. Maybe they paid a few thousand for the insurance. Since the odds are against winning it, the insurance companies are happy to supply these. With the promise of a big payout, you get more people coming in to make the bets so you can cover your insurance costs.
Of course, I don't remember where I read this (or maybe saw it in a movie?). My comments could be way off base.
 
Dude. That would be such heartbreak.... Think you won and then have it disputed! Gah. But side note: The guys last name is Rape? OMG.... The amount of wise cracks and jokes he must have heard through out his life over that! *facepalm*
 
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Jim Kim said:
You should also figure out how things work around here.
https://www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/court-man-cant-sue-over-unpaid-jackpot-at-alabama-casino/
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Apparently they don't have laws against False imprisonment either.

"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. A judge dismissed the suit after the casino claimed it was shielded by tribal immunity provisions in federal law, and the Supreme Court agreed. There was no evidence that the gambling was illegal, the justices said, and Rape had no way to win the case."
 
I'll go there:

Indian giver.

;) (C'mon...Seinfeld thought it was funny!)

The guy sued, but the tribe (Poarch) held that they had "tribal immunity". The court (Alabama supreme court) agreed with the tribe. So, the lesson is, when on the red-man's land, it's the red-man's rule.
 
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HELLLLLLOOOOOOOOO!
 
vegeta535 said:
Cause it might be the only legal gambling establishment in the region?
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Then why go if you aren't getting free booze?

I love gambling, but without free booze I don't see what the incentive is.
 
steakman1971 said:
I thought casinos bought "insurance plans" for the bigger payouts. My understanding is if you were going to have a million dollar jackpot, they bought insurance to cover it. Maybe they paid a few thousand for the insurance. Since the odds are against winning it, the insurance companies are happy to supply these. With the promise of a big payout, you get more people coming in to make the bets so you can cover your insurance costs.
Of course, I don't remember where I read this (or maybe saw it in a movie?). My comments could be way off base.
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Non Indian (native Americans) ones yes that would be the case. Just like when a jewelry store or car dealership has a promo where if you get x amount of rain or snow on a given day everyone who purchased something that day gets it for free or something like that. They get insurance to cover their crazy giveaway.

however since this was Indian ran they can just say that the machine malfunctioned and get out of it. they don't have to follow any laws about payout or anything like that because they operate outside of normal federal regulation.
 
Jerry Rape. FFS...you can't make that shit up.

In other news, dealers on blackjack tables malfunction.
 
captaindiptoad said:
This is the part you relentlessly go to the media about...
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It won't matter. All casinos have the "we don't have to pay out for malfunction" messages. Without looking it up I am going to try to do my best to recall the case, but there was the case a few years ago where a woman won the jackpot on a machine that was suppose to have a limit of a few thousand but it came out saying that she won a few million. Casino told her the machine has malfunctioned and offered her a steak dinner as a prize and she turned it down and sued. She lost the case and going to the media did nothing for her.

If anything I would think that the only thing that you could really do is get people to stop going there especially if they kidnapped a man for 24 hours and locked him in a room. However many people don't care about something that didn't personally happen to them and they won't pay attention to the story and will keep going. You can read story after story about how terrible the employees of various factories as treated and yet still buy the items because you don't care. You can read how terrible an actor or actress is toward their family or others and still go see their movies. You can read about a place having safety issues and still go there. So really saying how terrible a casino is won't change anyone's mind really and won't effect them in the long run.
 
Spidey329 said:
Yeah, this isn't like in Vegas where the Gaming Board will seize the machine and examine it. This appears to be the casino claiming malfunction and hiding behind the "no payout on machine malfunction" disclaimer that goes on every machine.
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How do they prove it malfunctioned? Do they even have to?

Sounds ridiculously shady.
 
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