brimic remarked,
It's reasons like this that I don't gamble- everything is stacked against the bettor before the first hand is dealt or the first die is cast.
Old saying: "Gamblers don't gamble."
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IIRC, most states with gambling have protections for "errors" by the betting establishment.
That figures, doesn't it? Who's got the bucks to
lobby bribe lobby the legislators? You? Me? Or the betting establishment.
My sense of justice and fair play says they've got ways of figuring the odds, just like me. If I screw up on my figuring, why don't
I have the same "protections" as when they screw up on
their figuring?
Well, I have a weird sense of fair play and all that ethics BS.
...I remember someone "winning" a $1M jackpot on a slot machine whose odds had not been programmed correctly. The casino's decision not to pay was upheld by the courts.
Can you dig up a link for that? I'd appreciate it.
WRT OP, I still think they should pay the $82K and shuffle away with their heads down like the good loser they expect me to be.
Terry