The machine is not being forced to pay them. They are not making the machine do anything outside of what it is programmed to do. Deceiving an employee is not analogous.
I want to thank everyone for weighing in on this issue. Though I have presented points as if this is a clear cut issue, in reality I have wrestled with what my morality would be if I were in this situation (I doubt I will be in a situation like this) and reading everyone's discussion of this situation has been beneficial.
To: vpFREE@yahoogroups.com
From: seedub49@yahoo.com
Date: Mon, 13 May 2013 03:59:00 +0000
Subject: [vpFREE] Re: Illegality, immorality and cheating
--- In vpFREE@yahoogroups.com, Tim Tucker <smellypuppy@...> wrote:
>.Are they cheating? I do not see how that can be the case.
They forced a machine to pay them a win on a wager THEY NEVER MADE. I admit I don't think the machine rules explicitly say that you must place a bet to be paid on a winning hand (maybe it does, I haven't read the help screen in a long time). But I believe an implicit rule in every game of chance is that you won't get paid if you don't place a bet. I cant think of any game where this is not the case. Even in cases of freerolls and freeplay, there are explicit rules to explain how those promotions differ from the implied rule that you will not be paid if you don't make a wager.
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