A woman named Katrina Bookman hit the jackpot while playing slot machines at Resorts World Casino in Jamaica, Queens. The number that appeared on her screen, $42.9 million, would have been the biggest slot machine payout in the history of American casinos. That is until the casino claimed that the machine had malfunctioned, and they owed her nothing.
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Upon seeing her winnings, Bookman took a selfie with the machine, and recounts that her "whole body got numbed." After a few minutes of chaos on the casino floor, employees walked her away from the slot machines and told her to come back the next day for a decision on her winnings. Instead of money, they offered her a steak dinner.
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Katrina grew up in foster care and was homeless as a teenager before raising four children on her own. The money would have been more than life-changing. She says she would have used it to help her community, and buy a barbershop for her son.
According to the casino, it is clearly displayed that malfunctions do not lead to winnings. The specific machine Katrina was playing typically only carries a max payout of $6,500. Katrina's legal council argues that at the very least she should be entitled to that much.
How ima be when they tryna offer me a steak dinner pic.twitter.com/NFxTnCO1GG
— (@coreyjohnson29) January 10, 2023
I would’ve been in there everyday like pic.twitter.com/tsDUFFzb81
— Voldemort (@ib_2cute) January 10, 2023
The casino after she won that $43 Million pic.twitter.com/ZSNfi4g5Pf
— Eagles 14-3 (@youngchris_97) January 10, 2023
Casino said pic.twitter.com/GYgt3eelZH
— stevie wonder can see (@MrSuci0) January 10, 2023
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