Which might leave some bystanders most confused. When he pressed for his dues legally, the casino allegedly passed the, um, buck to the folks who had made the slot machine.Ĭasino Austria AG also reportedly happened to mention that in Austria no jackpot can be higher than 2 million euros. Merlaku didn't accept the casino's seemingly less than generous offer. No, not to a fine casino lunch, but to a fine Austrian courthouse.

The bells, whistles and hosannas that the machine had emitted telling him he had won a vast vat of cash had been merely a software error. Casinos Austria AG, you see, insisted that he'd only had four of the five matches on his slot machine. This one was, perhaps, worth nearer to $56. I have no reason to believe that any meal could be worth, say, $56 million.

For, as the Daily Mail reports, he was offered around $100 for a free meal. However, Merlaku was merely left with the numb part of that after trying to collect his prize.