The Seminole Tribe of Florida has decided to pay a $259,945.75 jackpot despite a machine malfunction.
The tribe hired Gaming Laboratories International, an independent gaming systems firm, to determine whether Freddy Howard, 53, won the money at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino. The investigation confirmed a computer glitch.
But the tribe will pay Howard, who hired an attorney, contacted the media and planned to picket the casino after he was told he wouldn't get the money.
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Player hits PR jackpot: Casino to pay $260,000
(The Miami Herald 9/20)
Seminole casino pays off on $259,945.75 jackpot, despite computer mistake (The South Florida Sun-Sentinel 9/20)
Man Who Won Big, Then Lost Gets His Money (Local 10 News 9/19)
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