If you play the slots you might enjoy this. In 2023 the Horseshoe Casino finds that there have been a significant number of jackpots hit on Progressive Slot Machines in a 10 day period. The jackpots paid just short of $5,000.00 and one just a few pennies short of $10,000.00. All told $54,000.00. Now understand that a few years before, according to the cooperating witness, a former Slots Supervisor, now fired, had him on almost 15 occasions adjust the machines so that the high rollers playing $200.00 to $300.00 A PLAY would not win the max amount. He reduced the payout to $83.000.00 instead of OVER A $100,000.00. On the witness stand the new Slots Technician Manager said THAT CANNOT HAPPEN ANYMORE because of changes made AFTER my client and her alleged co-defendants together won a measly $54,000.00- my client having won $24,999.52. They took access to the key that opens the CPU unit where the changes are made away from the techs, and they can only get one when they are accompanied by the same number of Casino Personnel as Secret Service agents that now accompany Donald Trump. There was no good answer as to why it took so long to do this, but the testimony was it doesn’t happen anymore. In fact the tech who manipulated the machines came off as a sort of Robin Hood- rewarding the regular type people customers with a win, after having SKREWED ( that is the front of the sweatshirt he wore on the witness stand), the rich players. You can’t make this shit up!!!!
Now what he told my client is that he had a “hot machine” she should come and play. It looks like he put it out of service until she arrived, and then turned it back on. Now once activated you could see that the machine was close to the maximum amount necessary for the machine to have to pay the Progressive Jackpot amount. The maximum amount and how close are lit up on the front of the machine. The new Tech Manager testified you would play a machine with the amount reflecting it is close to the mandatory payout. This witness has 2 degrees in technology and worked for Bally when they manufactured these types of machines. HE DID NOT KNOW THE MACHINE COULD BE MANIPULATED LIKE IT WAS!!. The tech who did it has a high school education and A SIDE HUSTLE WASHING CARS. Do you think my client thought he could make a machine pay??? I asked the jury that and they responded NO to both the Conspiracy and the Theft charges.
It took them under an hour to reach the verdict. So, you may be wondering what happens to the guy who actually opening up the machine and increased the amount to a new amount close to the payout so that a player would win. Well Mr. SKREWED who was the instigator, the brains behind this, and the machine manipulator gets a 10 year SUSPENDED sentence and 5 years probation to pay the $50,000.00 dollars back.
On them other hand, I am, at this moment, disappointed that I have not been invited to the Horseshoe Casino for a comped dinner at whatever their finest restaurant is. Well the weekend isn’t over yet.