Casino voids retiree's $102,000 'jackpot'
Associated Press
Last updated: Thursday, January 25th, 2007 08:59:01 AM
PENNSYLVANIA -- A retired carpenter was feeding money into a slot machine at a Pennsylvania casino when a message board attached to the machine lit up.
The message told Stephen Wilkinson -- by name -- that he had just won $102,000 in a power play jackpot. The woman next to him screamed with excitement.
Wilkinson's good fortune didn't last. Casino officials informed him that the message was sent in error. He says the casino offered him "two comps for the buffet" to make up for it.
Wilkinson suffered his reversal of fortune Monday, less than a month after 2100 slot machines went into operation at Philadelphia Park, a racetrack just outside Philadelphia.
A spokesman calls the whole thing an "unfortunate" error in the communications system.
Wilkinson has filed a complaint with Pennsylvania's Gaming Control Board. |
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