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.īy 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.Īt that point, the board initiated an extensive investigation conducted by multiple agents of the board’s Enforcement Division, to find the identity of the patron. “It was definitely some good old-fashioned police work,” Control Board spokesman Michael Lawton said.Ĭontrol Board enforcement officers said they could not recall another time when they were called upon to track down a jackpot winner.
(Las Vegas Review-Journal)Īgents 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.Ĭontrol Board officials aren’t disclosing Robert Taylor’s hometown but confirmed Friday that he is collecting $229,368.52 from Treasure Island this weekend. People walk down the Strip in front of Treasure Island in Las Vegas on Friday, July 3, 2020.
