Just recently at a land based casino I was overpaid by exactly $1000.
It's never happened to me before, I hear it is pretty common particularly with table players. Getting an extra 5, 6, or 7 hundred dollars extra in chips or cash through a dealer or cashier error.
Complicated story but here goes:
At this casino the player rewards cards also double as casino credit cards. You can put your money on your rewards cards and play with that.
I was playing a Keno machine and hit a $1100 jackpot. Strangely, just after I hit the jackpot the machine turned off.
After it switched back on, my rewards card had the $1100 jackpot win and it had an additional $1000 on it.
My best guess is that there was some kind of technical glitch with how the machines interact with the cards, I think it credited me the jackpot twice.
I was gambling with a friend and he was looking left and right and saying: "Don't tell the staff, keep it!" :icon_evil
Because I was fatigued that night after playing slots for about 24 hours I wasn't thinking straight, and I didn't report it to staff. In retrospect, that would have been the best option.
There were other possibilities that I considered. I thought I may have won the extra $1000 because of a lucky machine draw. But, the lucky machine draw did not go as high as $1000.
It only took me a few days to "clear my head" and report it to the casino. I'm just waiting for their response now. I offered them the $1000 back.
If I thought the casino were bad people, I probably wouldn't give it back to them ---> justice.
But, I genuinely think they are good people and they earn their money honestly so I'm happy to give it back.
It's never happened to me before, I hear it is pretty common particularly with table players. Getting an extra 5, 6, or 7 hundred dollars extra in chips or cash through a dealer or cashier error.
Complicated story but here goes:
At this casino the player rewards cards also double as casino credit cards. You can put your money on your rewards cards and play with that.
I was playing a Keno machine and hit a $1100 jackpot. Strangely, just after I hit the jackpot the machine turned off.
After it switched back on, my rewards card had the $1100 jackpot win and it had an additional $1000 on it.
My best guess is that there was some kind of technical glitch with how the machines interact with the cards, I think it credited me the jackpot twice.
I was gambling with a friend and he was looking left and right and saying: "Don't tell the staff, keep it!" :icon_evil
Because I was fatigued that night after playing slots for about 24 hours I wasn't thinking straight, and I didn't report it to staff. In retrospect, that would have been the best option.
There were other possibilities that I considered. I thought I may have won the extra $1000 because of a lucky machine draw. But, the lucky machine draw did not go as high as $1000.
It only took me a few days to "clear my head" and report it to the casino. I'm just waiting for their response now. I offered them the $1000 back.
If I thought the casino were bad people, I probably wouldn't give it back to them ---> justice.
But, I genuinely think they are good people and they earn their money honestly so I'm happy to give it back.
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