HONG KONG– Imagine, HK$43 MILLION in one slot machine pull. Imagine the feeling, the excitement, the pure Oh My Gosh! Then imagine that the gaming inspector said the slot machine wasn’t. After seeing that she won $43 million at a slot machine, one woman was told the machine malfunctioned and walked away with a free steak dinner. Mega Moolah is the slot machine game that paid out a whopping $7.41 million to a man in 2016 from New Zealand. Microgaming’s The Dark Knight landed even higher cash out of $7.86 million! Both of these are progressives and can be found in the sea of our available slot machines.

43 Million Slot Machine Malfunction
Slot Machine 43 Million
43 Million Slot Machine Malfunction

A woman who took a picture of herself with a slot machine that said she won a massive jackpot has filed a lawsuit against the New York casino.

A WOMAN couldn't believe her luck when she scooped a slot machine jackpot of £35million ($43million) - but her joy was quickly dampened when the casino she was gambling in refused to pay out. Imagine, if you would, how absolutely giddy you'd be if you won a $43 million jackpot while playing a casino slot machine. You could burn a lot of bridges with that amount of cash.

According to CNN Money, Katrina Bookman was playing the Sphinx Slot Machine at Resorts World Casino in Queens, New York, when the machine displayed that she had won $42,949,672.76 last August.

43 Million Slot Machine Malfunction

Instead of the casino paying Bookman her winnings, she was escorted out of the facility and offered $2.25 and a steak dinner for compensation. Casino officials said the penny slot experienced an obvious malfunction that the New York State Gaming Commission confirmed.

“You can't claim a machine is broken because you want it to be broken. Does that mean it wasn't inspected? Does it mean it wasn't maintained,” Bookman's attorney, Alan Ripka told CNN Money. “And if so, does that mean that people that played there before had zero chance of winning?”

As part of the lawsuit, Bookman’s lawyer, Alan Ripka, says his client is due the full amount displayed, as well as damages from the casino for failing to maintain the machine and the anxiety and depression following the incident.

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Slot Machine 43 Million

Bookman is seeking at least $43 million in damages.

43 Million Slot Machine Malfunction

In a similar incident, BBC.com reported that in 2011 an 87-year old grandmother was denied a payout of $42 million by the Iowa Supreme Court. The casino, in that case, said the machine malfunctioned and offered her $1.85 based on the symbols the machine displayed at the time.