As the judge in the case said at the time, 'Consider the other side of the coin. The court sided with the casino, and denied the payout, based on the premise that a glitch is a glitch no matter who it benefits or affects, and should be treated as such. In 2015, an Iowa woman thought she had won $42 million on the Miss Kitty machine she was playing on, but the casino insisted it was caused by a glitch.

This isn't the first time a casino's been taken to court for refusing to pay out a giant slot machine jackpot. The New York State Gaming Commission is defending the casino, declaring it was 'clearly a display malfunction' and that the max payout for that Sphinx slot machine was programmed for just $6,500 (the machine was fixed and running normally the next day). Bookman for any inconvenience this may have caused,' the company said in a statement. 'Machine malfunctions are rare, and we would like to extend our apologies to Ms. In response to the lawsuit, the casino says it's sorry for Bookman's troubles, but is doubling down on the malfunction excuse, according to Ars Technica.

The lawsuit alleges that the incident left Bookman feeling embarrassed, anxious, and depressed. She's also seeking damages from the casino for failing to maintain the game, as well as the company that makes and maintains the particular slot machine. After all, a free steak doesn't do much to cleanse one's palate of such devastating disappointment, and now she's suing the gambling establishment, demanding the nearly $43 million payout. She didn't accept either as a consolation. Instead, the casino told her she was only entitled to the $2.25 she had left in the machine when it allegedly went haywire and for her troubles, they offered her a steak dinner on the house. She even snapped a selfie in front of the screen, which was flashing 'printing cash ticket $42,949,672.76.' Except, according to the casino, the jackpot was a mistake - a malfunction in the machine - and she wasn't going home a newly minted multi-millionaire. She claims its lights started flashing and bells were going off - all signs that she had hit the jackpot. Last August while gambling at Resorts World Casino, Bookman thought she won an insane amount of money on the Sphinx slot machine.

Casino refuses to pay jackpot 2017