thought she had won a $41.7 million<\/a> jackpot on a penny machine inside the Isle Casino Hotel in Waterloo, Iowa. She was only given the $1.85 prize she was supposed to hit, but later sued.<\/p>\n<\/div>\nIn that case, a judge sided with the casino, explaining, “The rules of the game formed a contract between the patron and the casino, and the patron was not entitled to the bonus under those rules.”<\/p>\n
Regardless, Bookman’s attorney is pressing on. “The machine takes your money when you lose. It ought to pay when you win,” Ripka said last fall.<\/p>\n
Should he find a way to convince a court his client is due $43 million, Brookman would have enough money for about 860,000 filet mignon dinners at the Resorts World Prime steakhouse.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Katrina Bookman hit a slots jackpot last fall at Resorts World in Queens, New York, with her screen displaying that she had won $42.9 million. Or at least she thought. When the New York resident went to cash out her lucky ticket, casino personnel informed her the win was erroneous, and that the slot machine […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":42,"featured_media":52511,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[21,60,18,1],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
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