July 19,2007 | ELIZABETH, Ind. -- Prosecutors are considering criminal charges against casino gamblers who won big on a slot machine that had been installed with faulty software.
The machine at Caesars Indiana credited gamblers $10 for each dollar they inserted because the software wasn't designed for U.S. currency, state police said. More than two dozen people played the machine before one gambler alerted Caesars employees.
Caesars lost $487,000 on the machine during that time, state police said.
A decision on whether to bring criminal charges could come in a couple of weeks, said John Colin, chief deputy prosecutor for Harrison County. He said "criminal intent" may be involved when people play a machine they know is faulty.
The casino said some of the gamblers returned the money after the casino contacted them.
The incident occurred last July, but Colin said Wednesday that obtaining casino records took longer than expected.
Kathryn Ford of Louisville, Ky., the gambler who alerted the casino, said going after the other patrons was unfair.
When a slot machine jams and gamblers lose money, they don't get it back, she said.
"It doesn't work in the reverse," Ford said. "They need to forget it and move on."
Error voids all play. Works against the player. In this case, once the ticket is paid... they deserve to keep their winnings. The house cannot go back on a paid ticket if the player did not tamper with the machine.
This rocks. some Australian guys build a Trojan Horse full of people dressed like Greek solders, and then try to get it past security into various places in Sydney. The only place that denies them access is the Turkish Consulate.
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Topic: Business
1:50 am EDT, Jul 19, 2007
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In one trial, Dukoral induced a 52% protection against diarrhoea caused by ETEC. The duration of action is thought to be around three months. The vaccine is not licensed for protection against travellers’diarrhoea in Australia, although it has this indication in several other countries.
Hmmm... me thinks i need a third dose in 3 months?
AS3O: Atlanta Seed-Stage Second Office July 20th Meeting at Java Vino
Topic: Business
12:53 am EDT, Jul 19, 2007
Dear AS3Oers,
It's time again for the almost-weekly meeting of AS3O, the organization that dares... well, to go to coffee and work. We were not overwhelmed by attendees at Gathering Grounds last week, and I heard from a few that Atlanta's seven different Kirkwoods, only one of which intersects with one of Atlanta's twelve different Hosea L Williams drives (intermittently also known as "Boulevard"), may have contributed.
So, Friday July 20th, back to the downstairs room at Java Vino -- North Highland just south of Ponce and North. See the web site at http://javavino.com , directions at http://maps.google.com/?q=579+N+Highland+Ave+30307 , and more info at http://as3o.org
Make sure to find us downstairs -- we're not sure we'll be able to put up a sign at the entry level. Thanks again to everyone -- we look forward to seeing you on Friday!
-Jackson, Russell, and Ali
PS - As always, we're looking for suggestions -- please let us know if there are any great (locally-owned) places to meet, if some times are better than others, etc. We'll be having our first evening meeting soon -- beer and a blackboard, maybe? And please forward this e-mail on to anyone who might be interested in hearing about future meetings.
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This chapter discusses Secure NFS. It includes a description of the transactions between a server and a client using DES authentication and presents the administration procedures that are needed to set up and administer Secure NFS.
