Yup, Friends & Money...

[kenb]

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.

[London Shooter]

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

[heavy]

I'd believe it. There have been stranger things happen. And remember, this WAS at an Indian casino. They operate under their own rules.

[London Shooter]

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

[stratocasterman]

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

Some friend is right!

[wild child]

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

[SHOOTITALL]

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.

[kenb]

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

[bryfromtheharbor]

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

[mainframe]

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:)

[heavy]

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