Katrina Bookman Settlement
A woman who thought she has won a $42.9m jackpot got the shock of her life when she was told that the machine displaying the prize had only malfunctioned.
According to a report from local television broadcaster WABC-TV, Katrina Bookman was surrounded by friends and onlookers when she won a game on the Sphinx slot she had been enjoying at the Queens venue and was greeted with a message that read “Printing cash ticket: $42,949,672.76”. Philosophers might argue about the meaning of that dictum, but in Queens, New York, Katrina Bookman and her lawyer would probably salute its gist. Ms Bookman was playing a penny-slot machine at Resorts World Casino in August when the screen displayed a message that read: “Printing Cash Ticket.
An elated Katrina Bookman, 44, thought she hit a $42.9m jackpot at Resorts World Casino in Queens, New York in 2016, and even posed next to the winning machine as it displayed what she thought she had won.
“I thought it was my lucky day,” she told said.
Crowds started to surround Katrina to congratulate her, but soon, security took her aside and she was eventually told that the machine had malfunctioned and there would be no payday.
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You could have DOOR NUMBER 1: A $43 Million Dollar Jackpot
Or have DOOR NUMBER 2: (which is equally as great, I’m sure) – a free Steak Dinner
Hmmm… How should I choose?
Well in the case of Katrina Bookman… The choice was made for her. Meaning, she kinda didn’t have one. After trying her luck this past August, at Resorts World Casino, in Queens, NY, Ms. Boyd thought she had hit it big time, nearly $43 million dollars big, but instead was offered an unlikely alternative- dinner. A steak dinner to be exact.
Yes, you’ve heard correctly. Bookman, pictured below with winning casino machine, went to cash in her earnings but was told that there was a glitch in the system and to return the following day while they worked out the solution. Well she did return and you know what she was told??? That there were no earnings and that she could have a steak dinner instead.
How insulting!
Resorts World Casino explained to Ms. Bookman that a machine malfunction, which has since been fixed, is the cause of the false win. Ms. Bookman, and attorney, are planning a lawsuit to settle matters with the casino that doesn’t involve her receiving the free dinner.
“I would at least like the maximum that the machine pays out, then I could treat him to a steak dinner!” – says Booman.
We hope that Ms. Bookman, former foster child, and single mother of three, who has hopes of helping her community, is rewarded with a fair and decent settlement.
But we won’t hold our breaths.