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Re:Salim Kara stole $2M in coins with a magnet and a car ant... by toogan on Tuesday January 02, 2024 @05:05AM (#38840031)
But surely they would have a counter of how many tickets were sold in a machine?
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Re:Salim Kara stole $2M in coins with a magnet and a car ant... by londons_explore on Tuesday January 02, 2024 @05:36AM (#38840218)
I do wonder if the repairman had the ability to reset/twiddle with that counter...
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Re:Salim Kara stole $2M in coins with a magnet and a car ant... by Topgamer7 on Tuesday January 02, 2024 @11:00AM (#38842960)
It literally calls this out in the article folks. Leadership attributed it to a software bug and didn't look into it further.
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