French Judge Splits Jackpot Between Guy-Girl “Gambling Partners”

TOULOUSE, France (Reuters) - A French court has split the jackpot from a casino slot machine between the woman who put in the money and the man who pulled the lever, ending months of argument between the two. Marie-Helene Jarguel walked off with over 2 million euros ($2.91 million) in March after a bet of 50 euros on a one-armed bandit, only for her gambling partner Francis Sune to contest her gain based on the fact that he activated the machine. A court in the southwestern city of Montpellier ruled on Tuesday that Jarguel should keep 80 percent of the earnings while the rest should go to Sune, a judicial source said. The ruling was a legal innovation. The judges noted that there was “no judicial definition of the winner in a slot machine game.”

Well first of all you gotta love the name of the town – “Toulouse”. Sure sounds like a place where people go to gamble to me! Anyway, I can’t believe the judge even gave a dime to the dude who pulled the lever here. Who the hell cares who pulled the lever? The way we were raised in my family – whoever puts the money in the machine gets 100% of the purse. Granted nobody ever wins anything, but in theory, that’s just always been the rule. There’s no skill in pulling the fucking lever. The skill is having the money to bet with in the first place. I could have a horse pull the lever on a slot machine and the results would still be the same. It makes no difference. And what does that mean, “gambling partners”? That’s like every man’s dream. A chick who follows you around gambling with you all day. Not surprising it would end up in disaster.