Beaverton: A woman in Oregon hit the whooping amount of $8 million in a jackpot at a Lucky Eagle Casino slot machine, but she dint get even a penny.
The casino said it was a machine malfunction and gave her $80 instead of $8 million.
Veronica Castillo took her mother to the casino at Rochester, Washington last weekend. She put $100 in a machine and hit the jackpot, she thought.
“I was very excited, happy,” she told KOIN 6 News. “Then I couldn’t believe it.” The staff of casino came over and told her the machine malfunctioned. “They shut off the machine, took it away, printed out a ticket and gave me $80.” The casino machines have a sticker that says a malfunction of the machine voids all pays and plays.
“To me, it’s cheating, may even be fraudulent,” Castillo told KOIN 6 News. “My first thought was, how many people has this happened to? They think they won, then going away empty-handed.”
Casino CEO John Setterstrom, who has been with the casino since before it opened in 1995, that this has never happened there before. He said he is working to get answers from the manufacturer and wants to keep Castillo as a customer.
