article_snippet.sent: I had my doubts from the start, because that's a lot of money for a penny machine,' Pauline McKee told the Chicago Tribune after the ruling. '
article_snippet.sent: Any message appearing on the screen indicating the patron would receive a $41million bonus was a gratuitous promise,' Justice Edward Mansfield wrote in a ruling that dismissed Pauline McKee's lawsuit. '
article_snippet.sent: Stacey Cormican, one of The casino's attorneys, said the court's decision will ensure fairness in Iowa's large gambling industry. '
article_snippet.sent: Cormican said The casino could have been forced into bankruptcy if the court had ruled in Pauline McKee's favor.
article_snippet.sent: Casino officials investigated the machine after her daughter informed an attendant that her daughter had won the jackpot.
article_snippet.sent: The casino gave Pauline McKee a $10 card to play while Pauline McKee waited during the initial investigation and eventually paid for Pauline McKee family's rooms.
article_snippet.sent: Pauline McKee sued The casino in 2012 after the Iowa Racing and Gaming Commission determined The casino didn't have to pay-out because of the machine's glitch.
article_snippet.sent: Pauline McKee lawyers argued that The casino had an implied contract with the customers to pay whatever number the customers were awarded on the machine, according to the Chicago Tribune.
article_snippet.sent: Judge Mansfield found the argument to be 'contrary to precedent and general contract principles,' Judge Mansfield wrote.