All Knucklehead Day Award Eleven

Our eleventh winner is The Sandia Resort and Casino. They get the award for the following.

For about an hour last August, Gary Hoffman was a very lucky man.

Hoffman was playing the nickel slot machines at the Sandia Resort and Casino on an Indian reservation in New Mexico when he appeared to hit the jackpot: the machine said he won nearly $1.6 million.

But the ecstasy was short-lived. Hoffman says in a lawsuit filed earlier this year that Sandia refused to pay, claiming that the machine malfunctioned. Instead, he said, they gave him about $385 and a few free meals at the casino.

The casino says it's not responsible for what it describes as a computer error and says it offered Hoffman the maximum payout of $2,500 for that particular slot machine. But, a jury may never decide who is right. Lawyers told ABC News that gamblers like Hoffman may have little legal recourse against Native American casinos, which sometimes operate beyond the reach of U.S. courts.

Read the lengthy article at the link above. This isn't the first instance where a casino has reneged on winnings to a gambler, but at least the third that I know of in a little over a year. Click here and here for other instances. I wouldn't step foot in these establishments. Apparently their word is useless, and if enough of these incidents get publicity, these casinos might start getting a message. TFM will do his small part. I make The Sandia Resort and Casino today's eleventh Knucklehead of the Day.

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