you walk into a casino, slap some cash into a slot, and are winning money, so you are automatically suppose to know that it is faulty because you are winning??
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070719/ap_on_fe_st/generous_slot_machine
2007-07-20 05:15:37 · 6 answers · asked by Boss H 7 in Politics & Government ➔ Politics
so the next time i am on a winning streak iI should look up a casino official and tell them something is wrong with their machine??
2007-07-20 05:17:02 · update #1
i agree that it is silly to prosecute the patrons for what was clearly a casino error, and a case of them taking advantage of a situation in a way that most people would...
however, the article didn't say anything about the gamblers winning or losing -- it merely said they were credited ten dollars for every dollar they inserted. the gamblers HAD to have known the machines were faulty, or they were just plain dumb. if you sit down at a quarter slot machine, put in a dollar, and get 40 credits instead of 4, you know something's wrong. or very, very right, as these gamblers apparently felt :-)
2007-07-20 05:36:22 · answer #1 · answered by Andrew 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sometimes you win, sometimes you lose. I would keep on playing that machine until an employee of the casino asked me to leave. Get all you can get while you can because more than likely, they will eventually get it all back from you!
2007-07-20 12:34:53 · answer #2 · answered by ms chip dog 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
To quote -- "criminal intent" MAY be involved when people play a machine they KNOW is faulty. (emphasis added)
It's fraud to take advantage of the problem once you know that the machine is faulty. But that requires actual knowledge and intent to defraud.
"Supposed to know" is a different criminal standard, and would not apply in this situation.
2007-07-20 12:35:32 · answer #3 · answered by coragryph 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Wow, that's pretty stupid.
Certainly, the casino players here are not to blame.
I'd say the people involved with the software. I mean, isn't that a no-brainer?
2007-07-20 12:21:28 · answer #4 · answered by 1848 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yep, just like when you find a dollar on the street. Soon that will be a felony to not turn it into the cops.
2007-07-20 12:19:40 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
My dad would say: "The house always wins!"
2007-07-20 12:20:01 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋