The Atamers are not much for wagering, but they had enjoyed several vacations to Las Vegas, Atlantic City, N.J., and Biloxi, Miss., with Frank and Elsie Sevakis, who are avid gamblers. "It just stretches my credibility that someone would do that." "It seems to me very illogical that someone would walk away from a million dollars," said Sevakis' attorney, Phil Vitello. The jackpot is being held in a court account until the dispute is settled.
Sevakis has filed his own lawsuit against Miami-based Carnival Cruise Lines demanding the company pay up - to him, to the tune of $56,000 a year for 20 years. And after living one floor apart for six years in a posh oceanfront condominium complex, the Sevakises and Atamers don't even talk when they see each other.Ītamer is suing Sevakis to reclaim what he said is his jackpot. The couples no longer share weekly dinners in each other's homes. Now there are no more plans for Atamer and his wife to visit the Sevakis' summer home in Michigan. And then, he said, his 79-year-old buddy slipped into the chair in front of the winning machine and claimed the jackpot as his own.
The 73-year-old retiree had just hit the largest slot-machine jackpot ever on a Carnival cruise ship - $1.1 million - after his pal, Frank Sevakis, loaned him three $1 coins.Overwhelmed to the point of nausea, Atamer said he walked away, fearing he would have a heart attack. As lights flashed, whistles blew and a crowd gathered, Muffavak Atamer searched for air.
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