“I didn’t file anything at that time because I was so perturbed,” Wilson said.
He returned a few days later and submitted his complaint. Wilson, who is living with friends in Las Cruces, did not file a claim immediately as he had to be in Denver, Colorado for a job interview.
According to the state government’s website, the NMGCB is responsible for “monitoring compliance of the New Mexico gaming tribes under the approved Tribal/State gaming compacts.” Wilson’s referral to the gaming commission came to be another point of contention as that body is not the state’s regulatory committee-that group in question is the New Mexico Gaming Control Board (NMGCB). “They did their diagnostics, whatever that is, and said ‘this is not a legitimate win,’ that there was some kind of digital or electronic glitch, so they didn’t pay anything,” Wilson told the Albuquerque Journal. However, much to Wilson’s dismay, he was informed that his win was illegitimate due to a machine malfunction. There was no hiding that he did trigger a win on the slot machine as the bells rang, the lights were illuminated, and several nearby patrons walked over to congratulate him.
According to Wilson, he spent roughly five minutes and $100 on a buffalo-themed slot machine.
