Originally Posted by tableplay View Post
Originally Posted by Alan Mendelson View Post
Well Bob21 that combination of knowing the code to get bigger pays is certainly suspicious but what's the crime? Was the machine tampered with and did they have inside information? Or did they experiment by testing known flaws and discovered one that worked?

Define the criminal activity.

Let me tell you about how TV stations in LA have manipulated the Nielsen TV ratings. In the past it was known that Nielsen had more "diaries" and meters in the Long Beach area. So the TV stations increased their news coverage of Long Beach during the ratings period.

I think what the TV stations did is no different than what these players did. And no one accused the TV stations of committing a crime when they covered more Long Beach news to boost their ratings.
Excellent point Alan. Note that this case is quite similar to the doubling down IGT VP bug case and that the disposition of the IGT VP case (through the appeal process IIRC) was that the defendants ended up being not guilty of any crime.
Hey tableplay, there is a big difference in someone being found not guilty and them being innocent. The burden of proof is very high (and rightfully so) on finding someone guilty. This is a pretty complicated concept. It might be over your head.

There are a lot of people in our country that have being found not guilty of some crime, but, in fact, were still guilty of that crime.