Originally Posted by Rob.Singer View Post
You need to better understand how the business world responds to major problems they are responsible for.

When IGT put out the worldwide memo, their announcing the manner in which they would correct the flaw (new eprom to be sent to all customers for self-replace & install) would have NEVER been a temporary fix, patch job, or bandaid get-by. It only makes sense that they correct the very embarrassing mistake (and by "mistake" I mean mistake by a programmer or a mistake/lapse in not having adequate quality control to spot the flaw--whether programmed in by error or not) by returning each machine to its originally intended spec.

So yes, this is my conclusion. But it's the only intelligent conclusion I can come to, based on years of being involved in similarly highly visible worldwide equipment flaws. I'm not all-knowing about everything that goes on inside IGT and I knew far less while operating this play. But certain aspects add up, and this is how I see it.
Assuming (for the sake of argument so as to advance the discussion) IGT included a bill acceptor/validator fix, along with the double up fix, then it is difficult to explain why Axel's bill wouldn't be accepted - I have little doubt that he chose the correct model (Game King 5.x) given his experience and the double up bug (as described) is easy to invoke so I don't believe he made a procedural error either.