Las Vegas McCarran International Airport congratulated her on the win with a Twitter post Friday. The airport has 1,400 slot machines in baggage claim and the gate areas to entice travelers coming and going, but just 500 are in operation today due to COVID-19 restrictions.Ī video of the jackpot winner's reaction posted to Twitter by Las Vegas Locally went viral. On Thursday, a Texas woman won a $302,000 jackpot on a Wheel of Fortune slot machine in the B concourse, which is home to Southwest Airlines.
Tourists regularly slide any leftover money into the flashy slot machines in the departure gates at the Las Vegas airport while waiting for their flights home – a last hurrah before returning to reality.
Gaming officials said that he will return to Vegas to collect his overdue prize.Watch Video: Las Vegas Strip reopens, awakening from 80-day coronavirus coma Robert Taylor was already back home when he was notified of his winnings last week, according to the release. “I commend the agents of the Enforcement Division, particularly Agent Dan Nuqui, for ensuring that the public trust in the gaming industry remains strong by spending countless hours over two weeks to ensure that a patron is awarded winnings owed to him,” Taylor said. “The Nevada Gaming Control Board is charged with the strict regulation of the gaming industry, the protection of the gaming public, and ensuring that the industry benefits the State of Nevada,” said James Taylor, chief of the board’s enforcement division, in the news release. The jackpot winner was determined to be Taylor, a tourist from Arizona. To identify the winner, gaming officials combed through hours of surveillance videos from several casinos, interviewed witnesses, shifted through electronic purchase records and even analyzed ride share data provided by the Nevada Transportation Authority and a rideshare company, according to a news release. The gaming board took on an exhaustive search to make sure the man would be awarded his prize. He wound up winning $100Kīy the time the error was noticed, casino personnel were unable to identify the man, who was from out of state. She sent her husband to the store for a precooked chicken.
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