Resorts World spokesman Dan Bank told CNN: Instead, Bookman was offered a complimentary state dinner. Specifically, a casino employee said she 'didn't win nothing.'Īccording to the New York State Gaming Commission, Bookman's machine had malfunctioned and since it had a disclaimer stating that malfunctions 'void all pays and plays,' the casino was technically not at fault. The struggle I've been through, it's hard to cope.'īut the next day, when she went to the casino to claim her prize, she found out it was much, much less than expected. 'I can't even describe the feeling,' Bookman, a single mother of four, told WABC. She spent the whole evening thinking her life was changed forever. Showed the machine displaying her winnings ($42,949,672, to be exact which would have been the largest jackpot from a slot machine in the history of the United States).

And it's understandable, considering photo evidence (i.e. In August, when Katrina Bookman hit the jackpot on a slot machine at Resorts World Casino in Jamaica, Queens, she thought she had just won herself almost $43 million, according to CNN. This Woman Thought She Won $43 Million, but She Actually Won a Steak Dinner

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