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Title: Woman denied $43 million jackpot, offered steak dinner instead
Post by: ♩♬🐸 Billy C ♯♫♩🐇 on November 02, 2016, 11:50:55 AM


http://www.cnn.com/2016/11/01/us/slot-machine-winner-steak-dinner-trnd/index.html


Title: Re: Woman denied $43 million jackpot, offered steak dinner instead
Post by: SurfRapGrungeFiend on November 02, 2016, 04:21:36 PM
Very messed up damn, Feel bad.... But on a $6500 max jackpot she shoulda knew something was wrong.. In all fairness the casino shoulda gave her more than $2.25


Title: Re: Woman denied $43 million jackpot, offered steak dinner instead
Post by: ♩♬🐸 Billy C ♯♫♩🐇 on November 02, 2016, 04:29:15 PM
Correct...she should've gotten the full 6500, or at least half.


Title: Re: Woman denied $43 million jackpot, offered steak dinner instead
Post by: HeyJude on November 03, 2016, 06:58:06 AM
Really *any* sort of serious attempt to make up for it would be nice. Even if they didn't want to pay out actual money, they could have at least offered a more lavish set of comps than a friggin' steak dinner.


Title: Re: Woman denied $43 million jackpot, offered steak dinner instead
Post by: thorgil on November 03, 2016, 11:38:36 AM
The only adequate punishment would be everybody stopping putting money into the damn things.


Title: Re: Woman denied $43 million jackpot, offered steak dinner instead
Post by: HeyJude on November 03, 2016, 11:43:22 AM
I *would* have some level of misgivings visiting the place if they have malfunctioning machines. It's not just a matter of getting one's hopes up and then having them dashed. A malfunction could theoretically keep someone from an actual legit jackpot up to whatever their jackpot limit is.


Title: Re: Woman denied $43 million jackpot, offered steak dinner instead
Post by: ♩♬🐸 Billy C ♯♫♩🐇 on November 03, 2016, 11:43:38 AM
Really *any* sort of serious attempt to make up for it would be nice. Even if they didn't want to pay out actual money, they could have at least offered a more lavish set of comps than a friggin' steak dinner.

Agreed. That was a....wait for it...a mis-steak.


:lol

Sorry. I had to.


Title: Re: Woman denied $43 million jackpot, offered steak dinner instead
Post by: thorgil on November 04, 2016, 07:13:49 AM
It's a variation on Comma 22. It the machine works as designed, you are screwed by design. If it doesn't, it's "malfunctioning" and you are screwed anyway.


Title: Re: Woman denied $43 million jackpot, offered steak dinner instead
Post by: The LEGENDARY OSD on November 04, 2016, 08:09:07 AM
Really *any* sort of serious attempt to make up for it would be nice. Even if they didn't want to pay out actual money, they could have at least offered a more lavish set of comps than a friggin' steak dinner.

Agreed. That was a....wait for it...a mis-steak.


:lol

Sorry. I had to.

 :thud


Title: Re: Woman denied $43 million jackpot, offered steak dinner instead
Post by: SMiLE Brian on November 04, 2016, 08:12:42 AM
We need some OSD jokes! ;D


Title: Re: Woman denied $43 million jackpot, offered steak dinner instead
Post by: The LEGENDARY OSD on November 04, 2016, 08:32:48 AM
We need some OSD jokes! ;D

Ok, you asked for it. In keeping with the current times, well...here goes.

In a democracy, it's your vote that counts. In feudalism it's your count that votes.     

No?  here's something completely different:

She was only a whiskey maker, but he loved her still.


Title: Re: Woman denied $43 million jackpot, offered steak dinner instead
Post by: SMiLE Brian on November 04, 2016, 08:45:51 AM
YES!  :lol


Title: Re: Woman denied $43 million jackpot, offered steak dinner instead
Post by: ♩♬🐸 Billy C ♯♫♩🐇 on November 04, 2016, 10:51:04 AM
:lol


Title: Re: Woman denied $43 million jackpot, offered steak dinner instead
Post by: Jay on November 04, 2016, 11:33:30 AM
"Outside of a dog, a book is man's best friend. Inside of a dog it's to dark to read".


Title: Re: Woman denied $43 million jackpot, offered steak dinner instead
Post by: ♩♬🐸 Billy C ♯♫♩🐇 on November 04, 2016, 11:48:02 AM
:lol I bow to you Jay!


Title: Re: Woman denied $43 million jackpot, offered steak dinner instead
Post by: Jay on November 04, 2016, 11:45:16 PM
Time flies like an arrow. Fruit flies like a banana.


Title: Re: Woman denied $43 million jackpot, offered steak dinner instead
Post by: ♩♬🐸 Billy C ♯♫♩🐇 on November 05, 2016, 12:01:24 AM
:lol


It's actually time flies like the wind, fruit flies like bananas. But...close enough to rock and roll!


Title: Re: Woman denied $43 million jackpot, offered steak dinner instead
Post by: Jay on November 05, 2016, 12:06:53 AM
:lol


It's actually time flies like the wind, fruit flies like bananas. But...close enough to rock and roll!
Well, Groucho misquoted it then.  ;D


Title: Re: Woman denied $43 million jackpot, offered steak dinner instead
Post by: The LEGENDARY OSD on November 05, 2016, 06:03:44 AM

Two hats were hanging on a hat rack in the hallway> One hat said to the other: "You stay here, I'll go on a head."

Deja Moo: The feeling that you've heard this bull before.

Obligatory Blonde Joke:  What did the blonde say when she found out she was pregnant?  "Are you sure it's mine?"


Title: Re: Woman denied $43 million jackpot, offered steak dinner instead
Post by: SMiLE Brian on November 05, 2016, 06:05:02 AM
haha :lol


Title: Re: Woman denied $43 million jackpot, offered steak dinner instead
Post by: ♩♬🐸 Billy C ♯♫♩🐇 on November 05, 2016, 09:01:08 AM
:lol