Alabama Court Says Woman Can't Claim Jackpot

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Posted: 10:48 PM Nov 20, 2009

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) - The Alabama Supreme Court says a woman who thought she had hit a jackpot worth almost $42 million at the Victoryland electronic bingo center will end up empty handed.

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A player puts a dollar coin in of one of Resorts Atlantic City's new dollar- coin slot machines Wednesday, April 1, 2009, the first day of play on the new machines, in Atlantic City, N.J. Over the past decade, new electronic slot machines that spit out paper voucher slips to winners, or credit winnings directly to a player's club card, have made coin machines nearly extinct. Now, Restorts, Atlantic City's oldest casino � with one of its oldest customer bases � has brought back coin slots. (AP Photo/Curt Hudson)

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MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) - The Alabama Supreme Court says a woman
who thought she had hit a jackpot worth almost $42 million at the
Victoryland electronic bingo center will end up empty handed.

The court ruled Friday that an electronic bingo machine that
showed Sherry Knowles had won $41.8 million obviously malfunctioned
and that she was actually due no more than $2 from the operation in
Macon County.

The decision reversed a Macon County court ruling that said
Victoryland owed Knowles $10 million.

Knowles had bet $1 on an electronic bingo machine on May 2, 2006
when the machine started adding credits, eventually showing she had
won $41.8 million. Victoryland officials said the machine displayed
the symbol "snake eyes," which only pays two credits, or $2.

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