How else do you propose that they fix the programming glitch? Should they have let others continue to play and lower the jackpot amount that just reset to $10,000 again down to $1,000 while people were still playing the machines?

Certainly the “suits” at M were not faced with a misprogrammed payout that was as massive as that which took place at what has been called The Flea-iesta.

One can hope had the mis-programmed payout been even greater the management at M would still have behaved honorably in the matter. Surely a new casino should not open up to any bad publicity.

Shutting down the entire bank of machines? Well, that might be excessive caution but they are entitled to be extra alert once the problem has been identified.

So yes. Congratulations to “M” for having handled the situation properly and honorably. They booked a bet and when the player won, they paid it. Some electronic innards that were off by a factor of ten was unfortunate for them, but it was under their control so they took the loss. This is very good Grand Opening publicity for them.