Guy Wins $5.15 Million Jackpot, Other Guy Unplugs Slot Machine

What an illegal way of treating prople who are on a trip to have fun and by a whim putting in the money and then getting screwed over but it figures as ost of the casinos are big rip offs anyway and you know they are there to wsin not to kose there crooked way of operating I was under the understanding that all machines are checked on a regular basis so if not what is the law about this and you know darn well they were being crooked. Most gamblers may be somewhat innocent but read up on the material provided and it will give you thw real poop. We knoe when we go to Las Vegas it is for the fun and not to win because they are very crooked people and greedy or how do they continue to build great extragigent casinos C'Mon Tjere day will come and I hope every one of them die begging to live and in such pain it cannot be controlled I would let the devils suffer at no cost. I will keep this man in my prayers that he wins his justice and I do not care about him being a lawyer as we have had lawyers who have helped us several times because of jerks as this casino operator I hope {the casino operator} burns in hell. This is a good lesson to ask first if this machine is in perfect order and maybr even ask for a signature saying as such. Do not be to quick to play the machines before questions asked I am going to take this article with me when and if I ever gamble again. Do not give them a leg to stand on!!!!!!

yeah, good luck with that.

Another reponse to the person that says the machine never spits out the winnings as I have witnessed monies spitted out but only so much of the amuont and them it stops and a staff member is called to finish the pay-off and this happened in Laughlin Nevada at the Riverside Resort and the pay off was almost 40.000thousand dollars so PLEZZZZ to that guy also Get with it and watch before you speak We who wr playing all cheered!!!!

I have worked in las vegas casinos for 26 years. Even in las vegas, the smaller casinos do NOT like to pay out big jackpots. I hope that casino loses the case and has to pay double the jackpot. Why didn't it "malfunction" while he was feeding it the money?

Funny that it would be an ATTORNEY, as the one this happened to!!!!! hmmmmmmm?????? Do I smell conspiracy? I'll bet this same attorney found a rat in his free food that they gave him! another lawsuit comin' right up!!!!

Alvin Paulson said he was vacationing with his family at the Wyndham Sugar Bay Resort on St. Thomas Island and stopped in the Ocean Club Gaming Center the first night he was there.
That is where this is supposed to happen.

how are you gonna find 12 people to serve on a jury that aIN'T BEEN shafted by some bull like this? (you ain't)I could win this in court and only ask one question,How many malfunctions has this casino had in the last year that money was refunded to a player? BAAAAM! HOW ABOUT THE 5 MILL.

I used to repair slots at mohegan sun. I've never seen them pull a plug but i have seen a customer not win due to malfunction or plain stupidity. it happens all the time. people should not gamble it only makes the casino richer and they suck to their employees.

Where did this happen? Virgin Islands? I guess he wasn't a virgin after getting screwed by the casino!

Wyndham Sugar Bay Resort on St. Thomas Island

If anyone has big jackpot take pictue of screen with cell phone camera or other camera just in case there is a problem.

Good for him... I would be sueing too, to see the proof that it was faulty or for the money. After all just because an employee pulls the plug and says that doesn't mean it was faulty...it could be that the place just didn't want to pay out that amount of money... Which would be fraud. I wished we could find out how this is resolved down the road...but I am sure that will never be published. I hope he get's his proof or money.

I played at a casino that had a machine that WAS malfunctioning and the staff wouldn't unplug it. I guess if anyone won anything the casino could justify not paying them.

A machine will spit out what you have put in minus your bet and the jackpot if you hit. So while the machine will not spit out 5.5 mil in winnings it will spit out coins if it is an older machine. The ones here in Vegas will register your win and be hand paid but the amount you have left after your bet will remain in the machine for you to play off. So it is possible to have coins spit out if the machine hit the jackpot.

Call the gaming commission of that state.
those slots DON"T malfunction

The casino worker is lucky they didn't shot.SERIOUSLY.

I'd KILL that mutha*#@%er!!!!!!!!!!!!!

The HUGE money machines don't spit out quarters. I don't even think they accept quarters. Only larger denominations.

now a lawyer knows what its liked getting screwed.

This isn't unusual, I've heard of it happening a lot! The owners (read mob) &/or indians don't want to lose that kind of money, so they pull this crap...happens a lot!!!