Bartender gets £1million ATM glitch but blows it all in five months of boozing

dailystar.co.uk:

bartender who scored £1million from an ATM glitch managed to blow the miraculous fortune in just five months. Dan Saunders' luck changed overnight after he realised that he was able to transfer "infinite" money between his savings and credit accounts.

The Australian initially tried to move $200 AUD - but the cash machine lit up with an error message saying "transaction cancelled." READ MORE: Brazilian 'Tinder Swindler' caught by cops after using orphan sob story to dupe 7 women A slightly tipsy Dan continued to try and withdraw the money and ended up with the cash.Later on, the bartender walked past the machine again and repeated the action until he ended up with $1,300 in cash.After thinking it was too good to be true, he rang his bank the following morning but they didn't flag anything unusual about his account.However, he noticed that between the hours of 1am and 3am, the ATM disconnected from the bank's network.It was reported that the transaction would only register the next day which pushed him into debt.

Despite this, he was still able to withdraw after the clock struck 12.Dan was generous with his "addictive" fortune and would buy drinks for everyone at his local boozer."I felt like a caveman discovering fire," he told VICE.He even charted a 20-seater private jet for his friend which totalled a whopping £50k."It was a mix of old friends and new faces.