Gaming board tracks down Las Vegas tourist after slot machine failed to inform him of jackpot win

Comment #17

KY Floyd — Fri, 11 Feb 2022 06:51:12 GMT

My dad was an accountant.

Trump and Obama were both US presidents, but roughly half of the US population thinks they were pretty bad at the job, never mind how much their offspring learned about doing the job well. As other posts suggest, if whoever you're using as an accountant now thinks gambling winnings are reported on a W9 you should probably look for a new accountant.

Comment #16

wander73 — Wed, 09 Feb 2022 17:33:41 GMT

so crazy. I am better off buying items and reselling. The shipping software I have rocks and hope more companies come on board too.

Comment #15

sully16 — Wed, 09 Feb 2022 16:51:54 GMT

Great that they did the right thing, congrats Bob.

Scary how easy it is to find someone like that.

Comment #14

TheMeatman2005 — Wed, 09 Feb 2022 16:13:01 GMT

The purpose of Form W-9.

IRS Form W-9, known as a W-9 form, is one of the many tax documents required by the IRS (Internal Revenue Service) to help accurately estimate the taxes owed by contract workers in a given tax year. It s a request for information about the contractors you pay as well as an agreement with those contractors that you won t be withholding income tax from their pay contractors must pay their own taxes on this income.

What is IRS Form W-2G?

File W-2G Form to report

Comment #13

wander73 — Wed, 09 Feb 2022 15:41:00 GMT

My dad was an accountant. The Atlantic city gaming people gave me a w9g form. The coin shortage is so crap. there is no coin shortage. You need to talk to your accountant about the game winning w forms.

Comment #12

Bleudog101 — Wed, 09 Feb 2022 15:18:09 GMT

Both of my IRS forms for winning are W-2G...do you think the Kentucky Lottery AND Derby City Gaming used the wrong forms???

Only a handful of casinos still have coin payouts available but with that being said very few of their machines still have this option. I don't miss it one bit, coupon is much better. The Las Vegas newspaper has a gaming section and an article about coin machines being affected by the 'coin shortage.

Comment #11

wander73 — Wed, 09 Feb 2022 14:58:05 GMT

Honestly, I haven't touched a casino since they actually were hiring in Philadelphia and in bensalem, Bucks county. I hear rivers casino is actually dangerous

Comment #10

wander73 — Wed, 09 Feb 2022 14:45:19 GMT

w-9 form. I hit in Atlantic City back in 2001 on my sisters bday. w2 is work , w9 is gaming. Atlantic city also stopped years ago with coins, they use a coupon ticket to cash out. that is actually smart to do. I guess when they audit machines they can track things. Look at where were all headed into. the future of payouts.

Comment #9

hearsetrax — Wed, 09 Feb 2022 14:39:36 GMT

https://thehustle.co/02092022-slot-machines/ curious related article

Comment #8

Bleudog101 — Wed, 09 Feb 2022 12:11:13 GMT

Lady won a jackpot to me two days ago and same with all of my jackpot wins. No bells, whistles or flashing lights on any modern slot machine. A message comes across the screen and the electronic signal goes to the slot attendants. That being said newer slot machines---not in this area--players can electronically transfer the funds and keep on playing. It automatically generates a W-2G which comes in the mail. IDK about other feel about this feature, takes the human contact out of the payout whic... [ More ]

Comment #7

KY Floyd — Wed, 09 Feb 2022 06:08:18 GMT

Thought malfunctions voided play and / or payout?

They may use a generic phrase about malfunctions voiding payouts but it depends on the type of malfunction. This malfunction was obviously more severe but it was analogous to not having every flashing light and siren when a big prize is won.

Comment #6

STell743 — Wed, 09 Feb 2022 05:00:20 GMT

Yet another casino wouldn't pay a lady out because the machine malfunction .

Comment #5

Stack47 — Wed, 09 Feb 2022 04:27:12 GMT

Lots of pros and cons for using a player's card and this could be at the top of the list.

Comment #4

Bleudog101 — Tue, 08 Feb 2022 21:00:51 GMT

Certainly same technology is used there (probably started in Nevada) as here. They wear cellphone looking devices on their arms, a jackpot is won and it alerts the payout folks. Was talking to one of the ladies months ago and it went off and she said that means somebody won a jackpot and off she went.

Glad the Gaming Board tracked him down. Honesty and integrity wins every time

Comment #3

Raven62 — Tue, 08 Feb 2022 20:26:34 GMT

Congrats to the Winner!

Thank You to The Nevada Gaming Control Board for having Honesty and Integrity!

With honesty, you can trust things to be as they appear.

Integrity is standing up for what you believe is right, living by your highest values.

Comment #2

TheGameGrl — Tue, 08 Feb 2022 18:51:35 GMT

Thought malfunctions voided play and / or payout?

Only thing I can think of in tracking...is if the participant had a players card active at the machine.

Comment #1

noise-gate — Tue, 08 Feb 2022 18:41:56 GMT

What a magnificent gesture

Gaming board tracks down Las Vegas tourist after slot machine failed to inform him of jackpot win

Lottery Post — Tue, 08 Feb 2022 18:29:30 GMT

Out-of-state player finally gets rightful prize after hours of painstaking detective work

By Kate Northrop

The Nevada Gaming Control Board went on the hunt for an out-of-town winner after a slot machine at a Las Vegas casino failed to inform him of a huge jackpot win.

A slot machine malfunction caused a tourist to walk away from a Las Vegas casino completely unaware that he had won a nearly $230,000 jackpot, but the gaming board was willing to put in the work to make sure the playe... [ More ]