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.
