> The guy cheated the casinos. His original bets would have never been able to win the amounts he took.
You are making a large assumption with this statement Rob. I think it is interesting that neither the casinos or Gaming did not feel there was a malfunction that voided the pays- this guy got paid. I think if this was tampering with the machine in some way, then Gaming would have pursued enforcement- it does not appear they did.
If it were me, the first time was an accident and I may or may not report it. If I made the miracle win happen a second time and then tried to exploit the game in an unintended manner that is when it crosses the line to me. And those wins could drive paytables down further or have the game removed because it wasn't profitable, so that is when it crosses the line. Burning through a play, perhaps?
As a college freshman video games- in arcades- were popular- I learned a trick on game called Star Castle. I played for over 6 hours, just to see if the score went to 1,000,000 or rolled over to zero again. When it got to 1,000,000, it kept going. We (I couldn't play 6 hours straight by myself!) had over 400 ships left to play- we could have played it forever- or until they closed the arcade. I never played the game again- why would I need to- I had mastered it. Was I cheating the machine? There is a fine line between cheating and taking advantage of a flaw. I think in this case, once they continued to do it and developed a strategy to take advantage of it they crossed the line.
The question is- what would Mickey Crimm have done?
Just my .02- Thanks, Lee.
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