January 2, 2004
GARY, Ind. -- Talk about luck. People who put money in 26 slot machines at Gary's Trump Casino last month won twice what they wagered -- and they didn't even have to push a button.
An apparent programming error caused the machines to give out twice as much money as gamblers put in.
The machines apparently were in service about 14 hours before the mistake was found.
State police said they don't know how much money was lost because of the error.
Security officers at the casino noticed the problem on Dec. 7 when they saw a man cash out his bet without playing a single spin. No other casinos were affected.
Investigators at the state police gaming division said the error may have occurred when the machines were reprogrammed to accept the new $20 bill.
Marcus Prater, senior vice president for marketing at Bally Gaming and Systems, the machines' manufacturer, said the machines may have been mistakenly programmed to accept European currencies.
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GARY, Ind. -- Talk about luck. People who put money in 26 slot machines at Gary's Trump Casino last month won twice what they wagered -- and they didn't even have to push a button.
An apparent programming error caused the machines to give out twice as much money as gamblers put in.
The machines apparently were in service about 14 hours before the mistake was found.
State police said they don't know how much money was lost because of the error.
Security officers at the casino noticed the problem on Dec. 7 when they saw a man cash out his bet without playing a single spin. No other casinos were affected.
Investigators at the state police gaming division said the error may have occurred when the machines were reprogrammed to accept the new $20 bill.
Marcus Prater, senior vice president for marketing at Bally Gaming and Systems, the machines' manufacturer, said the machines may have been mistakenly programmed to accept European currencies.
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