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Ask HN: How can a slot machine glitch?

3 pointsby smcguinnessalmost 8 years ago

1 comment

Someonealmost 8 years ago
Underflow. The price money of $42,949,672.76 is 20 cents short from 2^32 cents.<p>The Iowa case apparently (<a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.chicagotribune.com&#x2F;news&#x2F;local&#x2F;breaking&#x2F;chi-iowa-casino-error-20150424-story.html" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.chicagotribune.com&#x2F;news&#x2F;local&#x2F;breaking&#x2F;chi-iowa-c...</a>) was also close to that ($41,797,550.16), but quite a bit further off. I still would guess underflow to be the problem, though.