Editing Slot machine (section)

==Jackpot disputes==
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Electronic slot machines can malfunction. When the displayed amount is smaller than the one it is supposed to be, the error usually goes unnoticed. When it happens the other way, disputes are likely.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://wcfcourier.com/news/local/woman-sues-isle-after-she-s-denied-million-from-slot/article_411d78f2-28a0-5e0a-bc16-73e8c79fc3b7.html|title=Woman sues Isle after she's denied $42 million from slot malfunction|author=Jeff Reinitz|work=Waterloo Cedar Falls Courier|date=2 February 2012 }}</ref> Below are some notable arguments caused by the owners of the machines saying that the displayed amounts were far larger than the ones patrons should get.

===United States===
Two such cases occurred in casinos in Colorado in 2010, where [[Software bug|software errors]] led to indicated jackpots of $11 million<ref>{{Cite web |date=2010-06-02 |title=$11 million casino jackpot likely an error |url=https://www.denverpost.com/2010/06/02/11-million-casino-jackpot-likely-an-error/ |access-date=2022-10-23 |website=The Denver Post |language=en-US}}</ref> and $42 million.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2010-03-31 |title=Casino calls Thornton woman's $42M jackpot a mistake |url=https://www.denverpost.com/2010/03/31/casino-calls-thornton-womans-42m-jackpot-a-mistake/ |access-date=2022-10-23 |website=The Denver Post |language=en-US}}</ref> Analysis of machine records by the state Gaming Commission revealed faults, with the true jackpot being substantially smaller.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://spectrum.ieee.org/woman-who-thought-she-won-42-million-at-casino-gets-2018|title=Woman Who Thought She Won $42 Million At Casino Gets $20.18 Instead ''IEEE Spectrum'' 25 May 2010|date=25 May 2010}}</ref> State gaming laws did not require a casino to honour payouts in that case.

===Vietnam===
On October 25, 2009, while a Vietnamese American man, Ly Sam, was playing a slot machine in the Palazzo Club at the Sheraton Saigon Hotel in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, it displayed that he had hit a jackpot of US$55,542,296.73.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2011-02-15|title=Man sues hotel over $55.5 mil in prize money|url=http://www.thanhniennews.com/society/man-sues-hotel-over-555-mil-in-prize-money-13284.html|archive-url=https://archive.today/20210901174311/http://www.thanhniennews.com/society/man-sues-hotel-over-555-mil-in-prize-money-13284.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=September 1, 2021|access-date=2021-09-01|website=ThanhNien News}}</ref> The casino refused to pay, saying it was a machine error, Ly sued the casino.<ref>{{Cite news|date=2012-06-26|title=US $55.5 million jackpot lawsuit delayed|work=ThanhNien News|url=http://m.thanhniennews.com/society/us-555-million-jackpot-lawsuit-delayed-6674.html|access-date=2021-09-01|archive-date=2021-09-01|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210901174133/http://m.thanhniennews.com/society/us-555-million-jackpot-lawsuit-delayed-6674.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> On January 7, 2013, the District 1 People's Court in Ho Chi Minh City decided that the casino had to pay the amount Ly claimed in full, not trusting the error report from an inspection company hired by the casino.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2012-12-12|title=Vietnamese-American's suit to claim $55.5 mln jackpot at Sheraton casino to go to trial|url=http://www.thanhniennews.com/society/vietnameseamericans-suit-to-claim-555-mln-jackpot-at-sheraton-casino-to-go-to-trial-4163.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200813005154/http://www.thanhniennews.com/society/vietnameseamericans-suit-to-claim-555-mln-jackpot-at-sheraton-casino-to-go-to-trial-4163.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=August 13, 2020|access-date=2021-09-01|website=ThanhNien News}}</ref> Both sides appealed thereafter, and Ly asked for interest while the casino refused to pay him.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2013-01-12|title=Vietnamese American wins $55 mil casino jackpot case|url=http://www.thanhniennews.com/society/vietnamese-american-wins-55-mil-casino-jackpot-case-3878.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140903130016/http://www.thanhniennews.com/society/vietnamese-american-wins-55-mil-casino-jackpot-case-3878.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=September 3, 2014|access-date=2021-09-01|website=ThanhNien News}}</ref> In January, 2014, the news reported that the case had been settled out of court, and Ly had received an undisclosed sum.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2014-01-05|title=Vietnamese American drops lawsuit over $55 mln jackpot|url=http://www.thanhniennews.com/society/vietnamese-american-drops-lawsuit-over-55-mln-jackpot-162.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200810163719/http://www.thanhniennews.com/society/vietnamese-american-drops-lawsuit-over-55-mln-jackpot-162.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=August 10, 2020|access-date=2021-09-01|website=ThanhNien News}}</ref>