Casino Refuses To Pay Woman $8 Million Jackpot, So She Takes Action

Hitting It Big

Maribel had won over $8.5 million, according to the display! Was she mistaking something? She stretched out to her daughter, who was engaged in the other game and gave her a shoulder shake without looking away from the screen.

Her daughter spat her beverage out. They were rich! She also had a clear plan in mind for how she would use the funds.

A Bright Future

Maribel found it easy to think of items to buy with the money. Of course, she would take a vacation to a warm place like the Bahamas and undoubtedly get a new car and home.

But enough daydreaming for now; she needed to go to the cashier to turn her fantasies into reality! Little did she anticipate what would happen.

She Was Excited

Maribel was astonished by her large winnings. For real, she believed she was the luckiest person on earth. Her life was going to change as a result of this.

Maribel approached a casino employee while full of energy and with money in her eyes. However, they managed to get her back to Earth fairly quickly.

Unplugged 

After seeing the huge jackpot number, an employee of the machine promptly came and unplugged it, insisting she couldn’t claim such a huge figure.

They shut off the machine, took it away, and handed Maribel $100. But luckily, Maribel had taken a photo of the prize money on the screen before it went black. This wasn’t over.

Have This Instead  

Maribel straight away complained to the manager. As well as the mere $100 they claimed Maribel had actually won, as a way of an apology they offered Maribel and her daughter, a guest suite for the rest of the weekend, as well as free dining. But Maribel still wasn’t happy.

“To me, it’s cheating, maybe even fraudulent,” she stated. “My first thought was, ‘how many people has this happened to?’ They think they’ve won, then go away empty-handed.” Maribel didn’t want complimentary hospitality, she wanted an explanation

Taking It Further

Maribel escalated the situation all the way to the top. The CEO of the casino John Setterstrom said this was the first time he’d experienced a guest winning a jackpot and being denied it like that. 

Something had gone seriously wrong. And the reason she wouldn’t be given her prize money was very difficult for Maribel to swallow.