By: Kevin Lewis

Kevin Lewis — Tue, 28 Jan 2014 02:57:04 +0000

If I were an employee in a sandwich shop asked to greet every customer as if he were a Publisher’s Clearing House emissary about to give me a check for $20 million, I’d reply that I’d be willing to split the difference. I’d greet all Democrats effusively, but wouldn’t do so to any customer who was a Republican since he would say that $7.25 an hour is a more than adequate wage for my sorry ass.

By: Kevin Lewis

Kevin Lewis — Tue, 28 Jan 2014 02:47:56 +0000

Kane was an absolute idiot. He’d still be milking this bug today if he hadn’t been greedy. Why did he expect that five hand pays in an hour wouldn’t attract scrutiny? Hit ONE hand pay, score a few thousand, get paid, LEAVE, and then come back a few days later on a different shift! That aside, he and his lawyer are pitching bull when they say that he discovered this glitch accidentally. It’s easy enough to inadvertently switch games, but that wasn’t all Kane had to do–he had to also play enough hands in the accidentally-switched-to game until a win was realized (which could take several hands), then AT THAT MOMENT, switch back to the original game. Accidental. Riiiiiiight. What obviously happened (and probably happens all the time) is that somebody at IGT programmed this bug into the machine software, with the idea of then selling that information when the machine reached casino floors. Kane was probably handing off a significant portion of his winnings to such a person or persons as a payoff (which might explain his foolish greed and carelessness). Lastly, it’s a good thing for Kane that his case was heard in federal court. In Nevada, winning is ipso facto a felony. (This whole brouhaha is one of several examples that make me laugh hysterically whenever somebody avers that machine manufacturers would NEVER, NEVER, NEVER program non-randomness into a VP machine!!!)

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