BRIDGEPORT, Ind. -- Gamblers raked ...

BRIDGEPORT, Ind. -- Gamblers raked in nearly half a million dollars in couple days on a slot machine that multiplied from 10 the amount of wealth that players put in, a newspaper reported.

Caesars Indiana thrown away $487,000 before a player notified officials of the question with the machine, the Courier-Journal of Louisville, Ky reported Friday.

Kathryn Ford of Louisville, Ky realized something was improper July 23 when she and her husband sat down at sum of two units of the machines, called Extra circulating medium

When she deposit in a $20 bill, the machine registered it as $200 She tried another $20 bill and the same thing happened, she said.

Ford said she bring eight $20 bills in the machine and received vouchers that could be regained for $1,600 in cash -- without plane playing.

Other gamblers noticed.

SWITCH locate FOR PHILIPPINES

"There was steady a young woman who bounded in while I was sitting there. She . . reached across me popp a hundr in, popp abroad a thousand and then she took off" Ford said.

Ford and her husband reported the puzzle to a security officer, and casino officials determined the machine had a switch locate for use in the Philippines instead of the United States instructing it to multiply credits by dint of 10.

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