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Agents with the Nevada Gaming Control Board spent two weeks tracking down an Arizona man who left Las Vegas
without realizing that he had won a $229,000 progressive slot machine jackpot.
Control Board officials aren’t disclosing Taylor’s hometown but confirmed Friday that he is collecting $229,368.52
from Treasure Island this weekend.
“It was definitely some good old-fashioned police work,” Control Board spokesman Michael Lawton said.
Control Board enforcement officers said they could not recall another time when they were called upon to track down a jackpot winner.
On the evening of Jan. 8, Taylor was playing a progressive slot machine at Treasure Island when a communications glitch on the machine prevented him and casino floor personnel from determining whether he had won the jackpot.
By the time an extensive review of the slot machine and the communications technology was completed confirming the jackpot had been won,
Taylor had returned home to Arizona – and no one knew the identity of the winner.
“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 enforcement agent Dan Nuqui, who spent two weeks tracking down Taylor.
Agents with the Nevada Gaming Control Board spent two weeks tracking down an Arizona man who left Las Vegas
without realizing that he had won a $229,000 progressive slot machine jackpot.
Control Board officials aren’t disclosing Taylor’s hometown but confirmed Friday that he is collecting $229,368.52
from Treasure Island this weekend.
“It was definitely some good old-fashioned police work,” Control Board spokesman Michael Lawton said.
Control Board enforcement officers said they could not recall another time when they were called upon to track down a jackpot winner.
On the evening of Jan. 8, Taylor was playing a progressive slot machine at Treasure Island when a communications glitch on the machine prevented him and casino floor personnel from determining whether he had won the jackpot.
By the time an extensive review of the slot machine and the communications technology was completed confirming the jackpot had been won,
Taylor had returned home to Arizona – and no one knew the identity of the winner.
“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 enforcement agent Dan Nuqui, who spent two weeks tracking down Taylor.
