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French judges employ wisdom of Solomon (sort of)

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 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% of the earnings while the rest should go to Sune, a judicial source said.

The ruling was hailed as a legal innovation. The judges noted that there was “no judicial definition of the winner in a slot machine game.”

This was posted in Bdaily's Members' News section by Ruth Mitchell .