Book of Dead is a classic video slot machine released in January 2016, and since then, it is one of the most popular games of Play'n GO. It is played on a 5×3 grid and contains 5 reels & 10 paylines. And it is also a no downloads slot. Slot machine malfunction costs woman $43 million jackpot Katrina Bookman thought she hit the jackpot on a slot machine at a Queens, New York, casino. The screen said she was a $43 million winner, but.
A woman whose slot machine said she won nearly $43 million in August was told that she would not receive her winnings because the machine malfunctioned.
Katrina Bookman took a celebratory selfie in front of the screen displaying a win of $42,949,672, and was subsequently escorted from the floor and told to return to New York City’s Resorts World Casino the next day for a decision.
When she came back, she was told the machine had a glitch and she hadn’t won anything. Instead of offering her the maximum amount that is supposed to be allowed on the machines—$6,500—the casino offered her a steak dinner. The state gaming commission told an ABC affiliate that it would be illegal to offer her the $6,500, noting that “malfunctions void all pays and plays.”
Bookman says the money would have meant a lot to her family. She was raised in foster care herself and experienced homelessness as a teenager before raising four kids on her own. She planned to use the millions to buy her son a barber shop and help out her community.
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For your security, we've sent a confirmation email to the address you entered. Click the link to confirm your subscription and begin receiving our newsletters. If you don't get the confirmation within 10 minutes, please check your spam folder.Wow! What a crappy feeling it must’ve been for Katrina Bookman. You know, that feeling you get when you’re told you actually did NOT win $43 MILLION because the slot machine that said you won was malfunctioning. Or so the casino says.
“I kept thinking about my family,” Bookman said.
That’s just about all Katrina Bookman could say when her thoughts turn to what happened back in August at Resorts World Casino in New York.
She already earmarked the millions to buy a barbershop for her son and a big chunk that would be given back to her community.
When she THOUGHT she hit the jackpot, Bookman’s partner captured the casino chaos on video. She was surrounded by customers, casino personnel and security.
That’s just about all Katrina Bookman could say when her thoughts turn to what happened back in August at Resorts World Casino in New York.
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She already earmarked the millions to buy a barbershop for her son and a big chunk that would be given back to her community.
When she THOUGHT she hit the jackpot, Bookman’s partner captured the casino chaos on video. She was surrounded by customers, casino personnel and security.
As she was being escorted off the casino floor, she just knew she was “in the money.” She probably didn’t think anything of it when she was told to come back the next day for the decision, reports ABC7.
“I said what did I win? (The casino representative said,) ‘You didn’t win nothing,’” she recalled.
Bookman said the only thing the casino offered her was a steak dinner.
The New York State Gaming Commission said Bookman’s slot machine malfunctioned. “Malfunctions void all pays and plays,” a warning states on all the slot machines in the casino.
“They win and the house doesn’t want to pay out. To me that’s unfair,” Alan Ripka, Bookman’s attorney said.
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Ripka and Bookman believe she should win the maximum allowed on the Sphinx machine, which the casino said is $6,500.
“The machine takes your money when you lose. It ought to pay it when you win,” Ripka stated.
“I feel I should win the max and I will treat him to a steak dinner,” Bookman said.
According to the gaming commission, the casino could not legally award the max pay-out.
The gaming commission said Bookman was only entitled to her winnings: just $2.25.
The slot machine was pulled immediately after the incident, fixed, and put back out on the casino floor, according to the gaming commission.
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Bookman plans to sue the casino.
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