Yup, Friends & Money...

Believe it or not, craps is not the only game in the casino. Savvy players have a back-up plan for when their craps game is off. If Heavy isn't winning at Craps you're likely to find him playing Baccarat, Blackjack, or even Roulette. If the table games aren't working out he may even take a cigar break in the high limit slot area for a little hit-and-run action. But just like craps - you have to plan your play and play your plan. If you have a question on slots, video poker, carnival games or any table games other than craps, this is the place to post. Let's hear about the games you play when you're not playing craps! What's your game? What's your strategy? How's that working out for you? Inquiring minds want to know!

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Yup, Friends & Money...

Post by kenb » Sun Apr 09, 2017 7:38 am

http://nypost.com/2017/04/08/he-lost-a- ... he-button/

He lost a slot machine jackpot because his friend pushed the button.

Don’t let anyone push your buttons.

That’s the new mantra of gambler Jan Flato, who lost out on a $100,000 slot machine jackpot because he let a friend do the honors , 7News Boston reported.

Flato, 66, was feeding cash into the $50-a-spin Double Top Dollar machine at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Fort Lauderdale on Jan. 31.

At one point, he let his friend Marina Navarro push the button, for “luck,” the site reported.

And she was the charm.

The machine’s bells and whistles went off, and Flato assumed he was the one in the money.

Wrong, said casino officials who reviewed surveillance footage to confirm which one had the Midas touch — it was Navarro, 35.

“The person who pushes a slot machine button or pulls the arm is the person who wins the jackpot,” said Seminole spokesman Gary Bitner, the site reported.

And Flato lost not only the jackpot, but his friend too, he said.

Navarro reportedly asked armed security to keep an eye on his as she walked away with her big payout.

“I said, ‘Marina, what are you doing?’ and she gets up and walks out,” Flato said.

Weeks later, Flato claims, Navarro texted him: “Still hate me?”

He responded, “How could you do that to me?”

The furious Flato offers up this tip to fellow slot players: “Don’t ever let them touch the button, don’t even tell them to touch anything for luck, because they can do what Marina did to me.”

Navarro said she offered Flato some of the winnings, but claims that after receiving allegedly threatening texts, all bets were off.

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Post by London Shooter » Sun Apr 09, 2017 9:21 pm

This cannot be right. Was it an Apr 1st story?

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Post by heavy » Sun Apr 09, 2017 11:57 pm

I'd believe it. There have been stranger things happen. And remember, this WAS at an Indian casino. They operate under their own rules.
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Post by London Shooter » Mon Apr 10, 2017 5:07 am

Seems v strange to me. Anyway, some friend. How could you do that to anybody?

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Post by stratocasterman » Mon Apr 10, 2017 7:13 am

London Shooter wrote:Seems v strange to me. Anyway, some friend. How could you do that to anybody?
Some friend is right!
What Heavy said...
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Post by wild child » Mon Apr 10, 2017 10:41 am

Jan's friend Marina turned out to be a good time Charlie..

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Post by SHOOTITALL » Mon Apr 10, 2017 7:16 pm

That reminds me of a story me brother told me. He was in LV downtown, this guy was maxing out on a dollar machine and need a RR break so he ask his wife to watch the machine and DO NOT PLAY IT. So, of course she pushed a button and hit the jackpot. He came back, saw what happened and commenced to beat the living daylights out of her on the casino floor. By the time security got there, she was a bloody mess.
Your craps plan? The dice gods laughed.

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Post by kenb » Mon Apr 10, 2017 7:34 pm

Money makes people do things they typically don't do. Just think about the lottery winners.

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Post by bryfromtheharbor » Sun May 21, 2017 7:31 am

100 grand and a forever shitbird status. 100 grand gone in a less than six months I'd bet.

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Post by mainframe » Wed Jun 21, 2017 10:12 pm

SHOOTITALL wrote:That reminds me of a story me brother told me. He was in LV downtown, this guy was maxing out on a dollar machine and need a RR break so he ask his wife to watch the machine and DO NOT PLAY IT. So, of course she pushed a button and hit the jackpot. He came back, saw what happened and commenced to beat the living daylights out of her on the casino floor. By the time security got there, she was a bloody mess.
This is such an unbelievable story. I am not saying that this didn't happen, but why? I mean, if your married, and your spouse wins a big jackpot, it essentially is yours...or at least half of it if you end up getting divorced:)

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Post by heavy » Wed Jun 21, 2017 11:05 pm

But he TOLD her not to touch the machine . . . LOL.
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