{"id":320360,"date":"2024-05-20T11:04:19","date_gmt":"2024-05-20T16:04:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/?p=320360"},"modified":"2024-05-20T11:39:16","modified_gmt":"2024-05-20T16:39:16","slug":"ballys-atlantic-city-wont-pay-disputed-1-2m-wheel-of-fortune-jackpot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/ballys-atlantic-city-wont-pay-disputed-1-2m-wheel-of-fortune-jackpot\/","title":{"rendered":"Bally\u2019s Atlantic City Won\u2019t Pay Disputed $1.2M Wheel of Fortune Jackpot"},"content":{"rendered":"

A New Jersey woman says she hit it big on a progressive slot machine at Bally\u2019s Atlantic City<\/a>, but the casino is refusing to pay out.<\/p>\n

\"Bally\u2019s
Gambler Ronay Beal, left, provided ABC News<\/em> with a photo she snapped of her \u201cwinning\u201d jackpot, but the casino claims it was a glitch. (Image: ABC<\/em>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Roney Beal, 72, claims she won a $1.2 million jackpot while playing the Bally\u2019s Wheel of Fortune slot<\/a>. But when she called slot supervisors to alert them to her win, she was informed the terminal had malfunctioned. And as the small print on most slot machines says: \u201cMalfunction voids all pays and plays.\u201d<\/p>\n

Now Beal is preparing to sue Bally\u2019s for the jackpot she believes is rightfully hers.<\/strong><\/p>\n

“It went off, says, ‘you’re a winner’ and gold coins popped out,” she told 6 ABC Philadelphia<\/em>. “This very nice guy says, ‘Oh my God, you hit, you hit!’ He said, ‘Lady you’re a millionaire.’ And I’m like, ‘Oh my God!'”<\/p>\n

\u2018Reel Tilt\u2019<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Casino staff informed her that the machine had experienced a problem and was flashing a sign for \u201creel tilt,\u201d which voided the win.<\/p>\n

“When the man came over to talk to me, he said, \u2018Lady, get it in your head; you won nothing\u2019,” Beal claimed. She was later offered $350 as a goodwill gesture.<\/p>\n

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Beal\u2019s attorney, Mike Di Croce, believes casino staff \u201cfooled with the machine\u201d before anyone could take a look at it. He is planning to file a lawsuit for the full jackpot, plus $1 million for emotional distress.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

“Bally’s has no comment on this incident as we’re only the casino who houses the machine,\u201d a Bally’s spokesperson told The New York Post<\/em>. \u201c[Casino tech supplier] IGT handles the payouts and would be best to get a comment from [IGT] at this time.”<\/p>\n

IGT<\/a> said it was \u201ccooperating with the investigation of this matter.”<\/p>\n

Winner, Winner, Steak Dinner<\/strong><\/h2>\n

In 2016, Katrina Bookman<\/a>, a single mother of four from Queens, New York, was playing an IGT slot at Resorts World New York City that offered a maximum payout of $6,500. So, when she hit a $42,949,672.76 jackpot, casino staff suspected a glitch.<\/p>\n

Instead of $42 million, Bookman ultimately received the $2.25 win that the machine should have displayed and a free steak dinner.<\/p>\n

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That\u2019s not to say that the house always wins in these situations. In 2000, two men, Garrett Griggs and Stephen Livaudais, sued IGT and Harrah\u2019s New Orleans over a disputed $1.35 million jackpot, also on a Wheel of Fortune machine.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

The case dragged on for six years, but a Louisiana jury and the state appeals court ultimately sided with the two players after IGT failed to prove beyond all doubt that a malfunction had occurred.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A New Jersey woman says she hit it big on a progressive slot machine at Bally\u2019s Atlantic City, but the casino is refusing to pay out. Roney Beal, 72, claims she won a $1.2 million jackpot while playing the Bally\u2019s Wheel of Fortune slot. 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