NEW YORK, Nov. 2 (UPI) — A New York Casino offered a woman a steak dinner after claiming her $43 million slot machine victory was the result of a malfunction.
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Louise Chavez was playing a slot machine at the Fortune Valley Casino in Central City, Colo. Friday when the machine announced she's won $42 million. Woman denied $43M slot machine win, offered steak dinner instead. An unemployed mother of four thought she had hit a nearly $43 million jackpot on a slot machine, changing her life forever. It was a selfie she thought was worth nearly $43 million. Katrina Bookman hit the jackpot on a slot machine in late August at Resorts World Casino in Jamaica, Queens.
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Katrina Bookman was stunned as she took a selfie with the screen of a slot machine at Resorts World Casino announcing she had won a $42,949,642.76 prize.
“I couldn’t believe it,” she told New York Daily News. “My body went numb.”
Her disbelief turned to anger and confusion the next day when representatives from the New York State Gaming Commission informed her she was not entitled to her payout, as the machine had malfunctioned and offered her a free steak dinner instead.
“There was nothing wrong with it when I was playing the machine,” Bookman said. “How do we know when there’s a problem with it? Once I hit something, now you’re going to say it’s a problem. I totally don’t think that was fair.”
The broken slot machine was taken in for repair after Bookman’s incident and later placed back out on the floor.
According to the state gaming commission, messages on the machines warned that “malfunctions void all pays and plays.”
Bookman argued she should at least receive the machine’s maximum payout of $6,500.
“I feel I should win the max and I will treat him to a steak dinner,” she told WABC.
The gaming commission said it can only legally refund Bookman her the $2.25 winning printed on her ticket.
Bookman plans to sue the casino, as her lawyer Alan Ripka believes she and other casino patrons are entitled to compensation for money taken by the broken machine.
“She’s upset obviously,” Ripka said. “She thought her life and family’s life would have been changed forever.”
Call it the almost $42.9 million selfie. Katrina Bookman flashed her multi-million dollar smile as a slot machine screen appeared to show evidence of her mega win.The apparent jackpot hit was in late August at Resorts World Casino in New York.It was casino chaos in this video shot by Katrina's partner after she reported her huge winnings. She was surrounded by customers and casino personnel and security. Escorted off the casino floor, she was told to come back tomorrow for the decision.Katrina remembers her next day visit to the casino, 'I said what did I win? (casino rep said) You didn't win nothing.' Katrina says the only winning the casino offered was a steak dinner. Posted by Persist
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