Be careful if you let someone else push the spin button on a slot machine for you.
Unlike a computer, your pachislo slot machine does not have a built-in cooling fan. Sealing cabinet holes will cause your machine to overheat and is a fire hazard. Only one button may be pushed at a time. In case of a 'JACKPOT' (777 on any illuminated payline) up to.
A gambler in Florida found out the hard way in January when a woman he had befriended was sitting next to him at a $50-a-spin slot machine in the high-roller room at the Seminole Hard Rock casino, according to a report from the Miami Herald.
The man, Jan Flato, said that he was feeding the machine money and let Marina Medvedeva Navarro push the button for good luck. The spin resulted in a $100,000 jackpot.
Because Navarro had placed the wager, the casino gave her the money—$50,000 in cash and a $50,000 check. Video footage confirmed that she had pressed the button.
She reportedly asked the casino’s security to keep her safe while she left.
Flato was left flabbergasted.
The pair have known each other since meeting at a casino in 2015. A few weeks later, Navarro sent him a text message. Poker players would call it a massive needle.
“Still hate me?” she texted Flato.
“How could you do that to me?” he replied.
Navarro denied Flato’s version of events to the Miami Herald. In a follow-up article, Navarro said that it was actually her money in the machine and that Flato knew that the gambler who pushes the button gets the jackpot.
According to Flato, he’s unable to sue because no lawyer will take his case.
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My friend and I were playing at a slot machine and she put the money in and I pushed the button. Legally, who wins?
You would. The casino will pay whoever is touching the buttons.
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What happens if some nutjob walking by hits the spin button on my machine while I'm playing it? He's obviously not getting the payout.
He gets a biggest douche in the universe award
What happens if some nutjob walking by hits the spin button on my machine while I'm playing it? He's obviously not getting the payout.
If he is trying to play without your permission then what he is doing is stealing. It's no different then if you were at the blackjack table and someone took one of your greens to put into a betting circle. The casino would pay you the prize.
My friend and I were playing at a slot machine and she put the money in and I pushed the button. Legally, who wins?
There has been a story going around for years about a father and his son at Binion's Horseshoe. I don't know if it's just urban legend or whatever. It's the faather's money but the kid is sitting in his father's lap and hitting the button. He hit a big jackpot. Who won? The father or the son? Nobody won. They wouldn't award the jackpot because the kid was a minor. I have no way of validating whether this story is true or not.
Who won the jackpot?
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0120838/?ref_=nm_flmg_act_90
Edit: Aha, here we are: http://www.utsandiego.com/news/2010/jul/18/casino-bans-sisters-in-law-for-life-after-they/
Filtered for relevancy...
'Laura Waters went to get some franks for the two of them. Her card was in a Super 8 Race slot machine, and Jill Waters took her sister-in-law’s place in front of it. ... Jackpot. $2,000. ... Fifteen minutes went by before a security agent approached the women and asked who pushed the winning jackpot button, the sisters-in-law remembered. ... A Friday visit to the casino led to a short interview with security supervisor Jacob, who declined to give his last name. He said the rules are straightforward: Whoever pushes the button is the jackpot winner. If someone else tries to claim the winnings, it’s considered tax evasion and money laundering under Title 31 of the United States Code.'
It works the same if there is machine damage.
I have a friend (and no its not me as everyone keeps accusing me of) who was playing E-roulette with someone else. They both put money into the machine and after a few spins my friend left to go to the bathroom. While he was away, the other guy got pissed and slammed his fist through the glass of the machine.
My friend argued that he had nothing to do with that, he wasn't even around when it happened but they told him they had them both on camera inserting money into the machine so it was a financial partnership and both men were responsible for paying the damages.
They personally didn't care who or how. Both men were banned until the machine was paid for.
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