NY Casino Offered Dinner Instead of $43 Million Jackpot

A woman who took a picture of herself with a slot machine that said she won a massive jackpot has filed a lawsuit against the New York casino.

According to CNN Money, Katrina Bookman was playing the Sphinx Slot Machine at Resorts World Casino in Queens, New York, when the machine displayed that she had won $42,949,672.76 last August.

Instead of the casino paying Bookman her winnings, she was escorted out of the facility and offered $2.25 and a steak dinner for compensation. Casino officials said the penny slot experienced an obvious malfunction that the New York State Gaming Commission confirmed.

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“You can't claim a machine is broken because you want it to be broken. Does that mean it wasn't inspected? Does it mean it wasn't maintained,” Bookman's attorney, Alan Ripka told CNN Money. “And if so, does that mean that people that played there before had zero chance of winning?”

As part of the lawsuit, Bookman’s lawyer, Alan Ripka, says his client is due the full amount displayed, as well as damages from the casino for failing to maintain the machine and the anxiety and depression following the incident.

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Bookman is seeking at least $43 million in damages.

In a similar incident, BBC.com reported that in 2011 an 87-year old grandmother was denied a payout of $42 million by the Iowa Supreme Court. The casino, in that case, said the machine malfunctioned and offered her $1.85 based on the symbols the machine displayed at the time.

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