Jackpot or Mistake? Man Sues Over $1.6M 'Jackpot'

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http://abcnews.go.com/TheLaw/Story?id=3772215&page=1

New Mexico Indian Casino Says Slot Machine Malfunctioned; Refuses to Pay

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.

"I became ecstatic," he said.

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.

If this was you, what would you do? Would you except the casino excuse that it was a malfunction and they wouldn't pay?