[JoshW]

http://www.philly.com/philly/hp/news...iles_suit.html

By Sam Wood

INQUIRER STAFF WRITER

When is a $20,000 casino jackpot not enough?
When the winner is expecting a $86,000 prize.

A 77-year-old South Jersey woman, who refused to accept a $20,000 jackpot, instead claims she was rooked out of an $86,000 prize that she believed that she had won last year playing a nickel slot machine at an Atlantic City casino.

Angela Domino filed suit last week against Harrah's Atlantic City and the slot machine manufacturer, International Gaming Technology of Reno, in Atlantic County Superior Court.

Domino, of Smithville, said she was playing a Spin Poker machine on May 3 at Harrah's. Spin Poker machines are electronically networked with other "one-armed bandits" at various Atlantic City casinos.

The jackpot meter read just over $86,000 at 8:26 p.m. when she dropped a nickel into the machine.

Domino, who has played the slots for 11 years, said wasn't prepared for what happened next.

The reels stopped spinning, landing on the winning combination. The bells began to ring. According to the jackpot meter, the $86,000 prize was hers. Or so she thought.

The machine had reset itself to $20,000.

According to the suit, a Harrah's representative met Domino at the machine and congratulated her, verifying that she had won the top prize.

A representative from the slot machine maker confirmed she had won the jackpot and asserted there had been no malfunction, the suit states.

Then a supervisor broke the bad news.

A player at Trump Marina had won the pot at 8:23 p.m. three minutes before, the slot supervisor said. Because of that win, the machine had been reset. Her winnings were only $20,035.31.

Domino protested. She demanded to see tapes made by the casino's video surveillance cameras. She said the casino denied her request.

She refused the $20,000.

On Jan. 23 she filed suit seeking the $86,000 jackpot she believes belongs to her. Domino is also asking for attorney's fees and unspecified punitive damages.

A spokesman for Harrah's said the casino had no comment citing the pending litigation.

A spokesman for the maker of the machine, IGT, Ed Rogich, said the company does not comment on pending litigation.

He did say that Domino won a jackpot, it just wasn't the one she expected. "We're in the business of paying out jackpots," he said. "and in this instance there were two that paid out in three minutes."

"We are aware of the suit filed by the patron and have reviewed the matter with the casino commission," Rogich said.

[xyzky]

I hope she wins. It should not be a problem if the video evidence shows the Jackpot at the 80 some thousand at the time she hit it.

[buztah]

If it was advertised as 80k then to me that implies an offer was made. Casino offers to pay 80k if bettor wins. When bettor bets she accepts the offer, resulting in a contract. Bettor wins and now casino says $20k.... It's a simple matter to me of confirming what was advertised. Contract law should control the outcome.

[CAPN CRUNCH]

She deserves whatever the jackpot screen said when she hit the jackpot. If it did not reset before, then she deserves the 86 G's that it said, even if the casino says otherwise. 'Nuff said.

[MrX]

...when she dropped a nickel into the machine.

The writer of this article obviously hasn't played a modern nickel machine. Should read: "...when she pressed a button causing $5 worth of imaginary nickels to be wagered."

[buztah]

She deserves whatever the jackpot screen said when she hit the jackpot. If it did not reset before, then she deserves the 86 G's that it said, even if the casino says otherwise. 'Nuff said.

Exactly, otherwise I say breach of contract!

[brock]

She deserves whatever the jackpot screen said when she hit the jackpot. If it did not reset before, then she deserves the 86 G's that it said, even if the casino says otherwise. 'Nuff said.

Pay the lady

[rake922]

Slots is a very depressing game.... I sat at a slot machine for like 7 minutes, and was like "what the fuck am I doing with my fuckin life"

[CAPN CRUNCH]

Slots is a very depressing game.... I sat at a slot machine for like 7 minutes, and was like "what the fuck am I doing with my fuckin life"

What? Then head right back to that exciting crack pipe?

[Poker_Beast]

Bullshit! If the machine stated $86,000 she is due every dime.