Slot Machine Malfunction Means No Jackpot

Jody Montoya was excited last year to find that she had won the slot machine jackpot and would be walking away a millionaire. However, that was not the case as Montoya soon found. Claiming a slot machine malfunction, the casino refused to pay her he winnings she felt she was entitled to.

Jody Montoya was playing the slot machines at the Ohkay Casino in December of 2006, when she hit the slot machine jackpot for $1.6 million. The casino quickly informed her that she did not win the amount that she thought she had – as the slot machine that she was playing did not pay out more than $1,500.

Montoya called her lawyers and tried to fight the casino to get what she felt she was owed, but a company independent of both Montoya and the casino found that the slot machine payout was a malfunction of the machine and that she did not win the amount she thought she had. All slot machines have a notice on them saying that in case of malfunction that they do not owe the player the money that the machine says they do.

Michael Ortiz, Chief of Compliance for the Ohkay Owingeh Gaming Commission said that the findings were exactly what he thought they would be. He says he is relieved that they were found to be correct. Gaming Laboratories International were the ones who tested the slot machine and found it to be faulty.


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