Online Casino Payouts of a Different Kind

Normally we focus the online casino payouts in this section of the website but one story caught our attention that involves a different kind of payout. The story does not involve online casinos but rather it takes place at a land based operation in the U.S. The payout was made to a lucky casino winner but the players luck changed shortly after winning a jackpot while playing video poker.

It was May 2002 when Robyn Smith was playing video poker at a local land based casino operation, she had a rather unpleasant experience. As she dropped money into the video poker machine, she hit the jackpot and was ready to receive her winning payout when something unusual happened. Part of the winning casino slots machine actually fell off and landed on her causing some injury. Please take note, such accidents could never happened using software at an online casino.

Her lawyer believes that she could be legally entitled to a $1 million claim due to injuries she got while gambling at the land based casino. The case will be filed and it is yet to be determined if she has a real case against the casino in question. I guess if there is any lesson that can be taken home from this its that its much safer to play for winning jackpots at the online casino than it is at the land based casinos.

2006-06-17