I assumed people would be reading the whole thread. In my opening post I tried to show that it was in cents (not very well described by me), and I hoped you would see the almost identical 2^32 in the picture (look at the winning numbers digits, and compare to 2^32 = 4294967296 (-1 strictly speaking), i.e. out by 19 or 20 cents. Repeated here, for everyone's convenience:2^32 is not 43 million though. It's 4,294,957,296 or 4.3 billion. If it's programmed to error check that the jackpot shouldn't be in the billions then why isn't it checking that it shouldn't be in the millions if the max payout is in the thousands as some have said?
2^32 = 4294967296 (-1 strictly speaking), i.e. out by 19 or 20 cents.
so it's not the same.
#include <stdio.h>
int main()
{
unsigned int payout = 0;
payout -= 20; // Player has won $0.20 ...Mistake is on this line, mistakenly added '-' before the = sign
printf("You have won, payout = %u\n", payout);
return 0;
}sh: main: command not found
sh-4.2$ gcc -o main *.c
sh-4.2$ main
You have won, payout = 4294967276
...following is HAND edited in...
You have won, payout = $42,949,672.76
all because of the accidental '-' minus added in the earlier line, aboveSimply having a disclaimer doesn't resolve the party posting it of responsibility. Parking garages try to do the same thing, but I wonder how legally enforceable those are.Every slot machine I've ever played has a posted note that says "malfunction voids all plays and pays."
Simply having a disclaimer doesn't resolve the party posting it of responsibility. Parking garages try to do the same thing, but I wonder how legally enforceable those are.
Responsibility to do what? Pay out on malfunctioning machines? Are you guys nuts? All slots clearly display their payout max, and this woman was in no way harmed by the malfunction that would make her legally due $43 million. She's just using the legal system to extort as much as she can from the casino.This reminds me of the automotive manufacturing industry that run risk assessment when it comes to multiple vehicle deaths due to something faulty in the product. They will let the risk slide and only when they are taken to court and the numbers of payouts large enough will they consider doing something. This is no different. Pay what is advertised.
Responsibility to do what? Pay out on malfunctioning machines? Are you guys nuts? All slots clearly display their payout max, and this woman was in no way harmed by the malfunction that would make her legally due $43 million. She's just using the legal system to extort as much as she can from the casino.
You are both assuming the casino is out to rip people off by intentionally running malfunctioning machines in an attempt to cheat players. Why they heck would they do this and screw up a system that is already making them money hand over fist? She's going to have a darn hard time in court if this is her legal argument.
You guys are just being dense.
Gambling isn't "fair." A casino will never lose in the long run, and couldn't exist if they did. You might win some small jackpots, but over time most gamblers lose with a lucky few winning big. Casinos turn a profit by keeping a % of the money gambled.
Casinos want their slots to pay out liberally and often so gamblers continue to play. Too small a payout and they lose money. That said, expecting them to pay off on an obviously malfunction machine to the tune of $43 million would eventually put them out of business.
Regardless of your opinion on gambling, casinos, hotels, restaurants and other related business provide a lot of jobs in this country. Nobody is being forced to gamble, and the smart gambler understands they are paying for the entertainment value and thrill of a possible big win.
Responsibility to do what? Pay out on malfunctioning machines? Are you guys nuts? All slots clearly display their payout max, and this woman was in no way harmed by the malfunction that would make her legally due $43 million. She's just using the legal system to extort as much as she can from the casino.
You are both assuming the casino is out to rip people off by intentionally running malfunctioning machines in an attempt to cheat players. Why they heck would they do this and screw up a system that is already making them money hand over fist? She's going to have a darn hard time in court if this is her legal argument.
You guys are just being dense.
You're being dense if you think she has any intention of going to court let alone winning there. In this case filing a frivolous suit is the smart thing to do. If she filed for $10k or whatever max payout is this is a non-story with zero coverage. Make it a ridiculously unattainable number so that it gets some traction in the media. Any publicity, even something like "that greedy bitch!!" is good for her and bad for the casino because no casino wants a reputation of stiffing people. The longer she can keep this suit going and the more coverage it gets the greater her chance of settling for something fair and reasonable. Without the suit she'd get nothing, with the suit she's got leverage for a settlement.
Simply having a disclaimer doesn't resolve the party posting it of responsibility. Parking garages try to do the same thing, but I wonder how legally enforceable those are.
Responsibility to payout more than a steak dinner since they are unwilling to pay for better equipment.Responsibility to do what? Pay out on malfunctioning machines? Are you guys nuts? All slots clearly display their payout max, and this woman was in no way harmed by the malfunction that would make her legally due $43 million. She's just using the legal system to extort as much as she can from the casino.
You are both assuming the casino is out to rip people off by intentionally running malfunctioning machines in an attempt to cheat players. Why they heck would they do this and screw up a system that is already making them money hand over fist? She's going to have a darn hard time in court if this is her legal argument.
You guys are just being dense.
So losing means you don't really lose, you might actually get your money back? What would be the wacky criteria for that?Casinos should have a robust refund policy.
Because program variables are often 32 bits in size, these days, and can easily be set to all zeros or all ones, when things go wrong.
Hence the $43M = 2 power of 32 (bits) -1 when it is all ones, 11111..thirty two times.
Or in C/C++ code, an unsigned int, which has NOT been given a value, or similar bugs/hardware mistakes.
E.g. (NOT proper C code, just a quick extract)
unsigned int payout;
prayout = 2; // they have won a couple of dollars {INTENTIONAL mistake, mistaken variable name, so real variable will have an unassigned value, which can be $FFFFFFFF.
printf....."You have won" ........ payout.
==>>prints "You have won $43 Million".
Shame on you for not localizing your code!
I'm seeing no evidence at all that casinos set their machines to intentionally malfunction to cheat players. That would be illegal and 100% against the casinos best interest. It would lose them money.
I assume and hope you are playfully joking, here.
But if not, it was only to attempt to show people, how such mistakes, can cause the computer display on the gaming machine, to show huge values, when it malfunctions.
Very much a playful comment, that emoji is I think maybe the second time I've ever used one and no doubt the wrong one. For some reason reading your post reminded of the days when the powers that be decreed all code must be localized to almost 40 languages right away. And this codebase was HUGE. A codebase for a very popular operating system. Those who wrote their code properly with extensibility and modularity in mind from the get go had no problems of course. Those that lived by the hard coded string paid in over nighters. Then it became apparent fluent speakers of those nearly 40 languages should be the ones to localize the strings and such which brought all sorts of new challenges of course. Important work no doubt but for some reason I recalled the stress and hours managing the localization of the code I owned in the product.