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It was ultimately a mundane bug, but the amounts taken that were able to slip past are the real lede. > casino manager Nicholas Weeks explained that it is poss
by jzebedee 2y ago
It was ultimately a mundane bug, but the amounts taken that were able to slip past are the real lede.
> casino manager Nicholas Weeks explained that it is possible to insert two receipts into TICO machines. That was a feature, not a bug, and allowed gamblers to redeem two receipts and be paid the aggregate amount.
> But a software glitch meant that the machines would return one of those tickets and allow it to be re-used – the barcode it bore was not recognized as having been paid.
- _boffin_ 2y agoSomebody forgot their integration tests