An unusual dispute between a construction worker and a casino keeps the city of Santa Cruz waiting Rio gallegos. The man, identified as Anthony Mirandaclaims that won $100 million after playing a slot machine and the establishment refuses to pay him stating that it was a “malfunction”. After the spread of the case, other people claimed to be in the same situation and demand that they be paid the prizes owed.

In dialogue with The Southern OpinionMiranda said that he became a creditor of the amount last Thursday, when wagered $6000 at Casino Club from the provincial capital. After playing for half an hour on a slot machine that he usually uses, he was surprised to see that he had just won the millionaire sumwhich was initially recognized by the employees.

“One of the room assistants came to congratulate me and they were going to bring the papers to take the data”, said the mason. However, he pointed out that moments later the situation changed drastically with the arrival of the head of the room. “The woman came and told me that it was not valid and turned off the machine”, asserted and added: “As if that were not enough, he mistreated me telling me that I was dishonest in wanting to collect that money. He told me: ‘You won’t be able to collect this because it’s not valid, the machine has a malfunction’”.

Incredulous at the argument of the employee, the man asked to raise his claim to the authorities of the establishment, but stated that “no one answered him.” Faced with this situation, that same day he sought legal advice and, together with two lawyers, appeared at the First Sectional Police Station to do it complaintwhich a day later extended to Consumer Defense.

Witnesses to what happened confirmed the bricklayer’s version and affirmed that when he won the prize the machine was blocked and a buzzer began to sound. “There many people approached, who have even taken pictures of himWe have testimonials,” he said. Gustavo Insaurraldeman’s lawyer.

On the other hand, it revealed that from the diffusion of the case two other alleged victims said they had experienced similar situations after playing in another little machine in the same room. The alleged events took place at the end of June and involved amounts much lower than the millionaire sum that the worker earned. Nevertheless, would realize that the casino always uses the same modus operandi.

“It was the same procedure, they cited faults and turned off the machine”, said the lawyer and added: “Later, they told them to come back later and the people gave up claiming.” “They didn’t want to mediate it or anything and they gave it up for lostbut obviously when Antonio became public, they got excited and contacted us”evaluated and specified that in both cases the amount obtained was $250,000.

“There is evidence and there are photos of the screen with the award”closed Insaurralde.