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?”
Hey honey kiss this for luck!!!
What, he didn’t know she was a gold digger?
“Stupid is as stupid does.”- Gump
What did he expect from a woman half his age with the same amount of teeth.
I read where some kid in the friend zone took his crush to dinner and saw the girls phone.
Her name for him in her contact was: Free Food.
Nothing to do for this bitch except walk away and learn the lesson.
I say my money in my money out. If the spin lost it would not have been her cash.
Greedy wench? For collecting what’s rightfully hers? Okay, more like he’s a greedy bastard for assuming he had rights to winnings that wasn’t his. Them is the rules, house casino rules, if you don’t know them or don’t want to play by them then don’t play.
Play stupid games, win stupid prizes!
I’m sure he thought she loved him for his charming personality and studly-stud looks – I’m cursed with good looks and an ebullient personality, too, so I understand …
Yeah, most of us are really hitting our stride as we pass mid-60 …
izlamo delenda est …
My wife and I were hanging out at the casino bar drinking free liquor by feeding the bar slots a dollar every other drink. We were approached by a rather inebriated guy with a lot of money in his pockets trying to tell us to buy MGM stock. We found out later he was actually an officer at MGM, some big wig dude. Anyway, he pulls out a wad of cash from his pocket and peels off 5 $100 bills for me and 5 $100 bills for my wife. He says stop playing these money robbing slots and use this money to play some roulette. He specifically said the money was ours no matter what happened, he just wanted us to report back to him how much we were certain to win with his lucky money.
My wife and I decided it’s a guaranteed $1000 if we play a safe bet – $500 on red and $500 on black – and we walk away with $1000. Done deal.
It came up 00 – GREEN! Lost it all. Went back and told the guy, he was surprised, peeled off another $100, said good luck, buy MGM, and walked away. That $100 which we kept remains the second biggest casino winnings we’ve ever had.
There’s only 1 winner in a casino, the one who doesn’t play. 🙂
Cool story bro…^^^^
I hate casinos, and I can’t stand gambling. I have lousy luck and know it and besides the smoking and all the lights flashing and noise and people gambling their lives away and throwing good money after bad drives me nuts. The only lottery I ever won was the draft lottery in 1972 and that’s not the one you want to win. And an autographed Spokane Indians (when they were the LA Dodgers Triple A farm team) baseball which I won at a baseball game in 1968.
She could have at least “tipped” him for the $50-$100 he fed into the machine for her to “win”. Bitch.
She just exposed her character for the world to see.
“No, I said Poker’s an honest trade. Only suckers buck the tiger. The odds are all on the house.” Doc-Tombstone
I’m “betting” this ain’t her first rodeo.
Ah, they’re both idiots.
But she’s a casino lizard and she’s only doing what she was born to do.
Signs say ‘one player per game’ and if the video shows she pushed the button, she got it.
Lesson to be learned, don’t be cute when it comes to money.
I wouldn’t be too angry if I were that guy- She’ll go through that cash in no time buying purple velvet furniture and meth. lol
Well, it was already pretty clear that he was dumber than a sack of hammers because not only was he playing slots, but playing $50 slots at that. I bet he wears velcro tab shoes because he can’t tie his own laces.
Vegas was not built by gamblers that won.
So, does that mean some piece of shit can sneak up behind you and push the slot button, and, if it’s a winner, steal all your goddamn money? Who the fuck came up with that stupid fucking rule? It should be whoever put the money in the slot; not who pushed the button.
Average White Dude was unavailable for comment?
@Uncle Al: Hey – wait a minute! I wear Velcro tab shoes sometimes because I – uh, because I – well, I just DO sometimes!
🙂
Gambling = a tax on stupid!
What’s morally right and what’s legally right are often quite different. And some of you guys are being too rough on the man. I never knew that whoever happened to press the button was the sole winner. Like a lot of people, I’ve gone gambling with friends or relatives and we’ve pooled our money together to play $5 slots (normally we play quarter slots). We never knew that the person who pressed the button was the sole winner.
How much you wanna bet she was a escort hooker
off of craig’s list?