You are playing the slots machine when suddenly after your n-th try, the lights began flashing on the top of slots, bells began ringing, and the message on the screen beamed: “Call Attendant”. Moments later, after a series of standard verification procedures, you are handed your slots jackpot in the form of a check (or cash). Congratulations, you just won the jackpot!
Winning the jackpot prize is no doubt the most exciting part of playing slots machine. After all, you don’t just play for fun, right? Somehow you feel that there is this hope of winning the jackpot. Many players had been extremely fortunate to win lump sum. How nice it would be to share the same luck – that is, if everything went on smoothly during the verification process.
Have you heard the news last year about the man who was denied of his jackpot prize worth $57 million? He was playing the online slots in a casino in Austria when he hit the jackpot, but when he went to claim his slots jackpot, the owners of the casino told him that “it was all a mistake” due to some software glitch. Instead of the $57 million, they gave him one $100 and a complimentary meal. Awful as it is, but things like that can happen to any players. Software glitches or machine malfunctions – these are a reality of casino gaming that can totally ruin the supposedly winning player’s mood (and his night).
For those who are new to playing casino slots machine, here are the standard procedures that are done when lady luck decided to take your side and you hit a jackpot: