Being denied 43 million because of a computer bug

In Austria. A young father and poker player, Behar Merlaku; this poker player that usually never plays any casino games decided to celebrate his son’s birth by going to the Casino Bregenz but this time no as a poker player but to try out theirs slots machines. And then, “BOOMMM!!!” There is the jackpot. Suddenly the slot machine winning sound went off, the little lights start flashing, and the screen start to displays a ludicrous amount of €43 million (EUR 42,949,672.86 to be exact).

"When I won, I was over the moon, which wouldn’t after seeing that enormous amount on the screen, because it's really a big jackpot," he commented to the Austrian newspaper Heute. He, of course did what we would all have done on that occasion, he took the opportunity to take his cell phone and to immortalize the scene by filming the famous slot machine (see below). But for his big surprise this waking dream will soon turn out to be a nightmare.

Then soon after the casino manager comes to meet him and then explain to him that the money will not be awarded to him, claiming the win is actually due to a computer bug. But Mr Merlaku refuses to believe as to a computer bug and said: "They came to me and then told me it was a software error. They really thought I was an idiot, but they were wrong."

Mr Merlaku would also surprise a casino employee taking a chip of the slot machine, and it’s when he first suspected that the direction was planning on deleting the data.
And then a few days later, he received a letter from the Casino Bregenz explaining that in fact an employee of the casino had by mistake manipulated the jackpot. But Mr Merlaku continued "it's not my problem, it a won and a won is a won".

He therefore decided to take legal action in court against the casino and then précised that he will fight this fraud until his death, stating “What the Casino Bregenz did to me and my family is completely out of order and outrageous”. He then pointed the fact that he now has psychological problems from this unfortunate story. He also said that he now having problem with his sleep, thinking all the time about this injustice. “Its eats me from the inside, I only think of what they have done to me that day, "said he.