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RedHot25 · 09-21-2006, 11:12 AM

http://www.cbc.ca/cp/Oddities/060920/K092012U.html

Freddy Howard, 53, of Sunny Isles Beach, took part in a free promotional game, the Swipe and Win Progressive jackpot, while at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino near Hollywood on Aug. 29. Howard swiped his Players Club card, and a hostess and supervisor broke the news: He had won $259,945.75. Howard was showered with attention and presented with a giant cardboard check.
Then casino managers broke the bad news - a computer glitch had caused an error and he was not a big winner.
On Tuesday, the Hard Rock paid him anyway.

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Gotta like this part:

Then casino staff added to the problem.
"We became overexcited at the operations level," said Seminole gaming chief executive officer James Allen. "Our marketing team's job is to create excitement, and, candidly, they went a little too far."

09-21-2006, 11:12 AM	#1
RedHot25 Franchise Player Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Probably stuck driving someone somewhere Exp:	Casino pays $290,000 jackpot even after win found to be mistake http://www.cbc.ca/cp/Oddities/060920/K092012U.html Freddy Howard, 53, of Sunny Isles Beach, took part in a free promotional game, the Swipe and Win Progressive jackpot, while at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino near Hollywood on Aug. 29. Howard swiped his Players Club card, and a hostess and supervisor broke the news: He had won $259,945.75. Howard was showered with attention and presented with a giant cardboard check. Then casino managers broke the bad news - a computer glitch had caused an error and he was not a big winner. On Tuesday, the Hard Rock paid him anyway. ......... Gotta like this part: Then casino staff added to the problem. "We became overexcited at the operations level," said Seminole gaming chief executive officer James Allen. "Our marketing team's job is to create excitement, and, candidly, they went a little too far."