{"id":42336,"date":"2024-12-09T17:11:23","date_gmt":"2024-12-10T01:11:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/vitalvegas\/?p=42336"},"modified":"2024-12-09T17:40:50","modified_gmt":"2024-12-10T01:40:50","slug":"wheel-of-fortune-slot-maker-sued-in-dumbest-lawsuit-ever","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/vitalvegas\/wheel-of-fortune-slot-maker-sued-in-dumbest-lawsuit-ever\/","title":{"rendered":"Wheel of Fortune Slot Maker Sued in Dumbest Lawsuit, Ever"},"content":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><body><p>We have seen some dumb lawsuits. One moron actually sued Venetian because a scorpion stung him in the testicle. We are not making this up.<\/p>\n<p>Now, however, we are witnessing peak stupid. A <a href=\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/igts-wheel-of-fortune-slot-like-rigged-roulette-claims-lawsuit\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">class action lawsuit<\/a> has been filed against IGT, maker of Wheel of Fortune slot machines, claiming the game&rsquo;s wheel is &ldquo;rigged&rdquo; and &ldquo;doesn&rsquo;t operate pursuant to the laws of physics.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The profoundly idiotic lawsuit was filed Nov. 21, 2024 in the U.S. District Court in Nevada. The rumor is after it was submitted to the court, a clerk, two bailiffs and a judge were hospitalized briefly for internal bleeding resulting from spontaneous, convulsive laughter.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_42337\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-42337\" style=\"width: 845px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazyload wp-image-42337 size-post-thumbnail-crop-845xAUTO\" style=\"border: 1px solid #000000;\" src=\"\/vitalvegas\/dist\/images\/common\/transparent_3x2.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"845\" height=\"563\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/vitalvegas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/clown_lawyer_wheel-845x563.jpg\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-42337\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Reno attorney David O&rsquo;Mara is the bonehead in question. Probably not pictured.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>This, friends, is why our legal system is FUBAR.<\/p>\n<p>The lawsuit takes a shotgun approach to ambulance-chasing, as it not only names IGT, but also some casinos that have Wheel of Fortune slots: MGM Resorts, Bally&rsquo;s Corp., Penn, Station Casinos and Boyd.<\/p>\n<p>Plaintiffs in the case include MENSA members from Las Vegas, Detroit, Rhode Island and Mississippi. Mississippi was the real shocker.<\/p>\n<p>The lawsuit asserts the Wheel of Fortune bonus wheel is &ldquo;deceptive&rdquo; because &ldquo;the outcome is predetermined by an internal computer that defendants have programmed to ensure the wheel stops much more frequently with the indicator pointing at one of the segments with a lower monetary amount.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Wait.<\/p>\n<p>Slot machine wins are determined by computers and not pure chance?<\/p>\n<p>Slot machines make gamblers think they have a better chance of winning than they actually do?<\/p>\n<p>Slot machines are made to take in more than they pay out?<\/p>\n<p>String them up!<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_42338\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-42338\" style=\"width: 845px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazyload wp-image-42338 size-post-thumbnail-crop-845xAUTO\" style=\"border: 1px solid #000000;\" src=\"\/vitalvegas\/dist\/images\/common\/transparent_3x2.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"845\" height=\"1122\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/vitalvegas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/grand_fu-845x1122.jpg\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-42338\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Possibly related: Behold, the Grand F.U. Wheel.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Sigh. We&rsquo;ll type this slowly for the &ldquo;lawyer&rdquo; who filed this frivolous lawsuit: All slot machines in modern casinos have internal computers. The outcome of wagers is determined by a &ldquo;random number generator&rdquo; or &ldquo;RNG.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Everything you can see on a slot machine is for show, including the reels. The reels have nothing to do with the outcome of your bet or spin or hand.<\/p>\n<p>Ditto the wheel. Ditto the firecrackers. Ditto the pigs. Ditto the buffalos. Ditto the sounds and lights and hoopla.<\/p>\n<p>The bonus wheel on Wheel of Fortune is displaying the results of the RNG-determined outcome. It&rsquo;s not &ldquo;rigged.&rdquo; Casinos don&rsquo;t have to cheat, they have a built-in advantage based upon math.<\/p>\n<p>The RNG is our robot overlord, and all the rest is bells and whistles. You know, marketing. And possibly brainwashing. Depending upon who you ask.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Wheel Whisperer&trade; should be a thing. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ZWelD1Zi9O\">pic.twitter.com\/ZWelD1Zi9O<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Vital Vegas (@VitalVegas) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/VitalVegas\/status\/1047300037099700224?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 3, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>In casinos, even the completely &ldquo;random&rdquo; games aren&rsquo;t &ldquo;random.&rdquo; Yes, your dice roll is random, but the payouts for that roll ensure the casino gets a bite even if you win. The chance of rolling &ldquo;snake eyes&rdquo; (two) in craps is 36-to-1, but the payout is 30-to-1. That difference between the true odds and what the casino pays is called the &ldquo;vig.&rdquo; A roulette spin on a straight-up number should pay 38-to-1 on a double zero wheel (36 numbers, two zeroes), but it pays 35-to-1. The casino do take a bite, don&rsquo;t she?<\/p>\n<p>As with so many asinine lawsuits, this one isn&rsquo;t about logic or being right or even the law. It&rsquo;s a money grab. A Hail Mary to see if anyone with deep pockets (and insurance) will settle just to get rid of this masturbatory exercise in judicial bottom-feeding.<\/p>\n<p>Nonsense lawsuits like this clog up our legal system and encourage other nitwits to blame big business for their own poor judgment and misfortune.<\/p>\n<p>Slot machines and gambling are completely voluntary. They are also highly regulated.<\/p>\n<p>Wheel of Fortune is arguably the most successful slot machine in history, and it&rsquo;s an absolute blast.<\/p>\n<p>Fun fact: There are about 250 variations of the Wheel of Fortune slot machine.<\/p>\n<p>Las Vegas was built on the illusion of winning, and many people actually do. Win, that is.<\/p>\n<p>Casinos are still businesses, however. They&rsquo;ve gotten more expensive in recent years, in part due to cerebrally flatlined lawyers trying to make nothing into a windfall.<\/p>\n<p>We hope the defendants will fight the good fight until this lawsuit is tossed and the lawyer for the plaintiff is tarred and feathered in a public square. Although, living in Reno might be punishment enough.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We have seen some dumb lawsuits. One moron actually sued Venetian because a scorpion stung him in the testicle. We are not making this up. Now, however, we are witnessing peak stupid. A class action lawsuit has been filed against IGT, maker of Wheel of Fortune slot machines, claiming the game&rsquo;s wheel is &ldquo;rigged&rdquo; and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[23,30],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-42336","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-vegas","category-las-vegas-wtf"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Wheel of Fortune Slot Maker Sued in Dumbest Lawsuit, Ever | Vital Vegas<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"We have seen some dumb lawsuits. One moron actually sued Venetian because a scorpion stung him in the testicle. We are not making this up. 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