Opinion ID: 1862032
Heading Depth: 1
Heading Rank: 4

Heading: Sinks's Testimony

Text: ¶ 8. Finally, Freeman presented the expert testimony of John Sinks, an electronics engineer with a B.S. degree in electronics engineering from the University of Maryland as well as a former employee of Harrah's Casino with six months experience in gaming. He testified that, by using a magnifying glass while reviewing the surveillance tape, he could see Garner move the middle reel to remove the Cool Millions symbol from the pay line. According to Sinks, the computer printouts from CDS and Splash Casino were inconsistent and unreliable. ¶ 9. Sinks further stated that he had never witnessed a Cool Millions machine hit a progressive jackpot, but he had witnessed two smaller jackpots on a Cool Millions game. On one of those jackpots one light flashed on top and on the other jackpot both lights flashed. Sinks indicated that Freeman's experience would be consistent with a primary progressive jackpot, because of the bells ringing and the lights flashing and due to the fact that the slot machine had stopped incrementing and scrolling.