Ka taƙaita labarin:  Wata tsohuwa mai shekaru 90 ba za ta karbi kyautar dala miliyan 41 da ta yi tunanin ta lashe a wani mashin din Iowa ba bayan da kotun koli ta jihar ta yanke hukuncin cewa an samu nasarar janye ta ne saboda kuskuren software. Pauline McKee ta yi tunanin ta yi nasara sosai a shekara ta 2011 lokacin da, bayan ta saka dinari a wasan 'Miss Kitty' a gidan caca na Isle Hotel a Waterloo, allon ya sanar da cewa ta lashe kyautar kyautar $ 41,797,550.16. Amma a ranar Juma'a Kotun Koli ta Iowa ta yanke shawarar McKee, wanda ke da jikoki goma sha uku, a zahiri ya ci $ 1.85 ne kawai saboda yadda alamomin suka daidaita a wasan. Kotun ta yanke hukuncin cewa gidan caca ba dole ba ne ya biya McKee saboda dokokin wasan sun bayyana cewa mafi girman kyautar ita ce $ 10,000 kuma ba a yarda da kyaututtukan kyaututtuka ba. Pauline McKee, mai shekaru 90, ba za ta karbi kyautar dala miliyan 41 da ta yi tunanin ta lashe daga ramuka a Isle Hotel Casino (hoton) a Waterloo, Iowa ba bayan da kotun kolin jihar ta yanke hukuncin cewa nasarar ta ta fito ne daga kuskuren software. 'Ina da shakku tun daga farko, saboda wannan kudi ne mai yawa don injin din din din,' in ji McKee ga Chicago Tribune bayan hukuncin. 'Ina fatan in taimaki 'ya'yana da kudi, amma ba haka ya kamata ya kasance ba.' Mai Shari'a Edward Mansfield ya rubuta cewa dokokin wasan da kuma teburin biyan kuɗi, waɗanda za a iya karantawa a kan na'urar, sun zama kwangila tsakanin gidan caca da ɗan wasan. Yarjejeniyar ta zama tilas, ko dan wasan ya karanta dokoki ko a'a, in ji shi. 'Kowane sako da ya bayyana a allon da ke nuna cewa mai ba da tallafi zai sami kyautar dala miliyan 41 kyauta ce,' Mansfield ya rubuta a cikin hukuncin da ya kori karar McKee. 'Rashin biyan kuɗin gidan caca ba za a iya kalubalanci shi a matsayin cin zarafin kwangila ba.' Stacey Cormican, daya daga cikin lauyoyin gidan caca, ya ce hukuncin kotun zai tabbatar da adalci a cikin babbar masana'antar caca ta Iowa. "Ana buƙatar gidajen caca su sanya dokoki kuma su bi waɗannan dokoki. Idan ko dai magoya baya ko gidajen caca za su iya canza dokoki a tsakiyar wasan, zai zama cikakken rikici, 'in ji ta. Cormican ya ce gidan caca na iya tilasta shi...
Pauline McKee ta yi tunanin ta yi nasara sosai lokacin da ta saka dinari a cikin mashin din Iowa kuma wasan ya sanar da cewa ta lashe kyautar $ 41.8m. Amma kotun koli ta jihar ta yanke hukuncin cewa dokokin wasan sun ce kawai ya ba da damar bayar da mafi yawan $ 10,000 - kuma ba ya ba da damar kyaututtukan kyaututtuka. A lokacin bincike an gano cewa na'urar tana da matsalar software, wanda ke haifar da saƙonnin bonus na wasan ba daidai ba. Kotu ta yanke hukuncin cewa McKee ya ci $1.85 ne kawai bisa yadda alamomin wasan suka daidaita.