Casino Jackpot Case Tops The List For New Mississippi Justices

It is common that there are disputes between customers and casinos when it comes to winning jackpots. Slot machines can malfunction, making it the discretion of the individual casino whether or not to pay a jackpot that they feel was hit in error.

In Mississippi, a casino jackpot case will be among the first ones heard by new Supreme Court justices. Four new justices will take their oath when they go back to work on Monday, and the casino case will soon follow.

The case pits a Florida woman who claims she won a $1 million jackpot on the slot machines at IP Casino in Biloxi, Mississippi. Gaming regulators in the state made the decision that woman should be paid, but it did not end there.

The casino took the case to court and they successfully argued their point. They claimed that the slot machine should have had a jackpot of only $8,000, and that one of their technicians accidentally programmed the machine up at $1 million for the jackpot.

Going to court is common in these type of cases. Many casinos in the past have used the malfunction excuse for a reason to not have to pay their winners. Other casinos simply accept the responsibility for their mistakes and pay their customers the amount they thought they had won.

January 4, 2009
Posted By Larry Rutherford
Staff Editor, CasinoGamblingWeb.com
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