Arizona resident Robert President Taylor will collect his lawfully won $229,368.52 at Las Vegas’ Treasure Island Hotel & Casino this weekend. He won the money on a reformist expansion slot political machine at the gaming property on Jan. 8. But a political machine erroneous belief prevented anyone from knowing.
The “communications” misfunction kept the participant and stave from realizing the winning run into at the time. Later, the massive jackpot was discovered and confirmed. But the public figure of the victor remained a mystery.
Many efforts to key out the player were undertaken past Treasure Island staff. But apparently, they could non key out the tourist, nor reaching him.
Video, Records, Statements Scrutinized
Then, Sagebrush State Gaming Control Board (NGCB) Enforcement Division agents undertook their have investigation. They watched many hours of surveillance picture from Treasure Island and other gaming properties. They also interviewed possible witnesses and reviewed their statements.
Additionally, they sorted through online purchase records, and viewed information from the Silver State Transportation Authority (NTA), as good as records from an unnamed rideshare company.
The exhaustive investigation resulted inward successfully identifying the supporter as Robert Taylor,” a NGCB financial statement released on Friday revealed.
At about 12:30 on Jan. 28, Deems Taylor was officially notified of the jackpot.
He is expected to trip endorse to Las Vegas from Grand Canyon State this weekend to gather up the winning check. Treasure Island faculty is eager to regard him.
We are thrilled that our jackpot victor was found by the Sagebrush State Gaming Control Board and we are sounding forward to awarding him his winnings,” Treasure Island said inward a financial statement released Friday to Casino.org.
The NGCB is also proud that the inquiry led to Taylor getting his rightful jackpot.
“The Sagebrush State Gaming Control Board is supercharged with the strict ordinance of the gaming industry, the trade protection of the gaming public, and ensuring that the industry benefits the State of Nevada,” William James Taylor, chief of the NGCB Enforcement Division, said Friday when announcing that the participant will take in the money. He seemingly is no relation to the winner.
James Joseph Deems Taylor commended the agents of the Enforcement Division, especially Agent Dan Nuqui, “for ensuring that the public bank in the gaming industry remains warm by outlay numberless hours over ii weeks to ensure that a supporter is awarded winnings owed to him.” He also commended the NTA staff for their assistance in the investigation. Nuqui is a table fellow member of the Silver State State Law Enforcement Officers’ Association.
Prior Slot Errors
Slots make malfunctioned inward other gaming properties inward recent years. For instance, inward an unrelated incident, inward 2020 a risk taker at the Newcastle Casino inward Oklahoma was told that a simple machine malfunction was slow the almost $8.5 1000000 jackpot she hit.
Maribel Taurus was reportedly wagering $1.25 when she won a $8,469,498.95 jackpot. In an interview with KOKH, a local TV station, Linda Sanchez, Maribel’s daughter, said that redress after her female parent won the bountiful prize, the twist she was using unopen down. The would-be victor has consulted with an attorney, the account adds. group A lay claim was below review, but it is unknown quantity if a solving was of all time reached.
Earlier, in 2016 Katrina Bookman run into a slot jackpot at Resorts World inward Queens, N.Y., with her screen out displaying that she had won $42.9 million. When the New York occupier went to hard currency out her lucky ticket, casino staff told her the win was erroneous, and that the one-armed bandit political machine had malfunctioned. They offered her a discharge steak dinner, and $2.25. She declined their offer. She has since filed a lawsuit. It is unclear if the dispute was resolved.