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user-inactivated · 3722 days ago · link · · parent · post: Finding a video poker bug made these guys rich. Then Vegas made them pay.
Casinos are telling you, "Here is a safe. Try and pick it." That small chance that you can "pick" the safe and take a meager amount of money is what brings gamblers in each day. It's encouraged. People do occasionally get to withdraw from the safe. These people pressed the buttons on the slot machine exactly as they were allowed to attempt to pick locks normally, and they simply found a way to exploit the machine without doing any hacking or fiddling, just in the sequence of button-pressing. Is it still stealing? They had all charges acquitted (so essentially they legally did no hacking, did no stealing), and yet they did not get their money back. All they got out of it was back taxes they can't pay.