It is really unlucky for him that he did not put any amount while rolling auto, he might be checking out the seed and having a feel of the situation when he hit the jackpot
Betting with an amount higher than 0 doesn't make him eligible for the jackpot there's a minimum of 10k satoshi.
but no one in the right sense will play with auto bot unless you are hunting something else, the thrill of playing the game is a different experience rather than using a bot to do that activity while you are busy monitoring the rolls or doing something else

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Having an automatic jackpot payout is the way to go, first it is difficult to get and since there are players who uses bot, they can miss those, it is a realistic situation.
You could get the same feeling when playing with an auto bet. It's possible that he's betting with win chances below 1% or near zero because it would take a lot of bets and smaller bets are recommended.