{"id":4543,"date":"2018-09-04T13:23:45","date_gmt":"2018-09-04T17:23:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.slotsmamma.com\/blog\/?p=4543"},"modified":"2018-09-22T13:34:46","modified_gmt":"2018-09-22T17:34:46","slug":"new-york-slots-players-destroying-machines","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.slotsmamma.com\/blog\/new-york-slots-players-destroying-machines\/","title":{"rendered":"New York Slots Players Keep Destroying Machines"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-4544\" src=\"http:\/\/www.slotsmamma.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/smashing-slot-machine-300x228.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"228\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.slotsmamma.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/smashing-slot-machine-300x228.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.slotsmamma.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/smashing-slot-machine-768x584.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.slotsmamma.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/smashing-slot-machine.jpg 920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>Some slot machine players are sore losers. But New York slots players are taking things to another level by smashing machines when they&#8217;re frustrated.<\/p>\n<p>Police tell the <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2018\/09\/03\/bitter-gamblers-cant-stop-bashing-breaking-slot-machines\/\" class=\"external\" rel=\"nofollow\">New York Post<\/a> that dozens of slot machines have been damaged at Resorts World Casino in Queen.<\/p>\n<h2>Numerous New York Slots Players Have been Arrested<\/h2>\n<p>Resorts World opened in October 2011. New York police have arrested 491 people at the casino for criminal mischief since this time.<\/p>\n<p>Overly angry slots players who destroy machines after losing lead to most of these arrests. \u201cThey\u2019re very fragile, and they\u2019re easy to break,\u201d a police source said of the machines.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGuys sometimes punch it hard, other times they just tap it. Sometimes they can\u2019t believe [they broke them].\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Resorts World officials give raging gamblers a chance to pay for the damages. Fixing the games generally costs between $600 and $1,400.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s only when the players refuse to ante up the money that the casino calls the police. Criminal mischief charges usually follow after the authorities arrive.<\/p>\n<h2>What can Resorts World Do to Prevent This Problem?<\/h2>\n<p>It doesn&#8217;t seem like Resorts World can do much to stop New York slots players from breaking games. The police themselves said that the machines are fragile and break easily.<\/p>\n<p>The only thing the casino can do is continue giving players a chance to pay for the broken games. This sometimes works and prevents the authorities from having to get involved.<\/p>\n<p>Perhaps the manufacturers could also make sturdier slot machine cabinets. But this may not ultimately be feasible, especially regarding the glass covering the game screen.<\/p>\n<p>Expect Resorts World to try some new tactics, because they&#8217;re currently dealing with a lot of broke machines. And down games mean that the casino isn&#8217;t making money with these slots until they&#8217;re repaired.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Some slot machine players are sore losers. But New York slots players are taking things to another level by smashing machines when they&#8217;re frustrated. Police tell the New York Post that dozens\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[82],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.slotsmamma.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4543"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.slotsmamma.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.slotsmamma.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.slotsmamma.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.slotsmamma.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4543"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.slotsmamma.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4543\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4546,"href":"https:\/\/www.slotsmamma.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4543\/revisions\/4546"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.slotsmamma.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4543"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.slotsmamma.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4543"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.slotsmamma.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4543"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}