The first time I brought my brother to Encore casino something amazing took place. He’s always considered himself a lucky person so it was no surprise when he hit a jackpot of $1,500 within a couple hours of playing slots. To this day I myself have never been issues a hand pay but in my defense I play much more poker than slots. The attendant comes over and collects his information. He has a slight buzz on as he sits and awaits his payout. A few moments later the slot attendant returns with cash in hand. The attendant hands over a mere $43 and says to him “congratulations you no longer owe backed taxes to the state of Massachusetts”. Now you can probably imagine the sheer amount of disappointment after receiving only $43 out of the $1,500 he was expecting. But in hindsight this was most likely a blessing in disguised as he had been drinking and there was a 90% chance all the profits from that bonus would have been funneled back into different slot machines most likely in the high limit region of the casino.
