'A review of the game history screens on the slot machine on the night of the incident revealed all of the awards, except for the $7.00 Grand Game award. That adds up to $20.58 cents, minus the 40 cent wager, hence, her real winnings were $20.18. As a result of the wager, the slot machine should have awarded 80 credits (80 cents) for four 'Fabulous Trip' symbols displayed on the game’s five reels, 700 credits ($7.00) for a 'Grand Game' bonus round triggered by the base game award, 426 credits ($4.26) for a 'Showcase Showdown' community bonus game, and 812 credits ($8.12) for a second 'Showcase Showdown' community bonus game.' on March 26 on a 'Price is Right' themed penny slot machine at Fortune Valley Hotel & Casino in Central City. 'The investigation confirmed that Louise Chavez of Thornton placed a 40-cent wager shortly before 11:00 p.m. Quoting in length from the Division of Gaming press release: The Colorado Division of Gaming investigated the incident and reported last week that the woman should have received a payout of $20.18 instead of the $42 million the machine had indicated. The casino proceeded to return the $23.00 the woman said she had put into the machine, and gave her a free room for the night and breakfast the next morning.

Even though the slot machine was indicating she had indeed won that amount, an attendant who came to check it out told her that the slot machine had malfunctioned.

In March, I blogged about a Colorado woman who thought she had won $42.9 million playing penny slots at the Fortune Valley Casino in Central City, Colorado.

Woman wins 42 million on slot machine