You guys ought to take whatever your equivalent to an Rresponsible Conduct of Gambling course is over there.
The machines are built on the gambling principle.
They should have been removed a long time ago.
As for the sum, it's because a massive chain would just roll over and settle on a smaller amount. It has to be large enough for them to want to challenge.
Though whether she was smart enough to actually know that, I dunno. Her lawyer may have been.
And yeah, she probably wants money as well.
But, nevertheless, the machines need to go.