Australian casino accidentally distributed millions of dollars, then recipient arrested
The Starlight Casino in Sydney, Australia, lost millions of dollars due to a software error until the casino operator recognized and corrected the error. Their corrective measures include arresting the recipient.
The bug, caused by a software update for Star's Ticket In, Cash Out (TICO) machines, caused players to insert multiple tickets into a machine to receive one of the tickets along with the full cash back, then allow the ticket to appear again and again Pay once.
Last July, the mistake resulted in the casino giving away more than $2 million to customers over 13 days.
Casino manager Nicholas Weeks attributed the casino's failure to notice the error six weeks after it occurred to "a very serious mistake made by a large number of people and teams."
Local media reported that 43 people used TICO ATMs to withdraw free funds. One of them, recovering gambling addict Thanh Lan Le, reported that her addiction relapsed after seeing her friends gamble again and again.
Lee told the Sydney Morning Herald she withdrew $57,265 over the next 10 days and by the time she left the casino, all but $5,000 was gone.
The best day turned into the worst day
The casino then reported the 43 "lucky" recipients to police, who arrested Le and an unknown number of others on charges of fraud, participation in a criminal organization and knowingly dealing with ill-gotten gains, the Morning Herald reported. crime.
Le admitted one count of dishonestly obtaining property by deception and offered to repay the money.
"I know it's my fault," she told the Morning Herald. "I got it fraudulently, but the ATM machine gave us the money."
Wicks made the comments this week during the NSW Independent Casino Commission's second investigation into operator Star Entertainment. In 2022, the Commission found the company was unfit to hold a casino license in Sydney after a public inquiry found it allowed money laundering, criminal infiltration and fraud to occur at casino venues.
The latest inquiry also heard Star Chief Financial Officer Christina Katsibouba testified that Giovanni Rizzo, the casino's head of investor relations, asked her to leak the books to cover up the company's February filing Semi-annual losses.
Kasibuba told the inquest she failed to comply with the request.
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Source: www.casino.org
