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Gambler's dream turns nighmare at Harrah's
Tell me you have not had this dream.
You’re standing in front of an ATM machine, and suddenly it starts spitting out money at you.
But it wasn’t a dream that happened to a woman at Harrah’s Chester Casino last weekend. It was real. And it soon turned into a nightmare.
Police say it started when she went to the voucher machine to cash out.
It was supposed to issue her $1 bills. Instead it started shooting out C-notes. Yep, $100 bills. A dream, right?
Uh, not exactly. The 53-year-old woman, a Norristown resident, apparently then went back to the machine 56 times. She walked away with a cool $22,200. And that’s the problem.
Turns out that is illegal. She’s now charged with theft by unlawful taking.
Doesn’t seem right.
What would you have done? The temptation is great, apparently too great for this woman to pass up.
Maybe the best comment I heard on the matter came from someone who posted on the story after it appeared on our Web site yesterday afternoon.
The snarky post said the woman should have known something wasn’t right when a machine at Harrah’s was paying out.
Not sure the folks at Harrah’s would see the humor in that.
You’re standing in front of an ATM machine, and suddenly it starts spitting out money at you.
But it wasn’t a dream that happened to a woman at Harrah’s Chester Casino last weekend. It was real. And it soon turned into a nightmare.
Police say it started when she went to the voucher machine to cash out.
It was supposed to issue her $1 bills. Instead it started shooting out C-notes. Yep, $100 bills. A dream, right?
Uh, not exactly. The 53-year-old woman, a Norristown resident, apparently then went back to the machine 56 times. She walked away with a cool $22,200. And that’s the problem.
Turns out that is illegal. She’s now charged with theft by unlawful taking.
Doesn’t seem right.
What would you have done? The temptation is great, apparently too great for this woman to pass up.
Maybe the best comment I heard on the matter came from someone who posted on the story after it appeared on our Web site yesterday afternoon.
The snarky post said the woman should have known something wasn’t right when a machine at Harrah’s was paying out.
Not sure the folks at Harrah’s would see the humor in that.
posted by Heron's Nest at
7:36 AM
2 Comments:
That woman was a man from Trooper, Pa. ,I know him
If you hit on a machine and the Casino deems it an error you do not get paid. If you get paid on a machine through their error it should not be a criminal act for you to be paid. They are responsible for controling their machines. Maybe it was a "Mystery Cash" giveaway!?
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