To find an Arizona man who had won a $229,000 progressive slot machine jackpot, agents of the Nevada Gaming Control Board searched for two weeks.
Robert Taylor’s hometown hasn’t been revealed by the Control Board, but they verified Friday that he will get $229,368.52 from Treasure Island this weekend.
It took some good old-fashioned police work, as Control Board spokesperson Michael Lawton remarked.
According to Control Board officials, this was the first time they had ever had to track down a prize winner.
On the evening of January 8th, Taylor was playing a progressive slot machine at Treasure Island when he and casino employees were unable to determine whether he had won the jackpot due to a communication fault with the machine.
By the time an exhaustive study of the slot machine and communications equipment was completed, Taylor had returned to Arizona and no one knew who had won the prize.
As a result, the board’s Enforcement Division launched an exhaustive investigation to uncover the patron’s identity.
Surveillance footage from a variety of gambling establishments was reviewed as well as witness testimonies, electronic transaction records, and ride-hailing data from the Nevada Transportation Authority.
According to the results of the study, Taylor was the lucky winner.
Taylor received a formal notification of his win on January 28.
Agent Dan Nuqui, who spent two weeks hunting down Taylor, explained that the Nevada Gambling Control Board is in charge of stringent control of Nevada’s gaming business, public safety, and the industry’s financial benefit to the state.
“A terrific example of government working together for the good of the public,” said Chief of Enforcement James Taylor of the Nevada Transportation Authority’s thanks for helping find Robert Taylor using its ride-hailing records.
Rewritten from an article by: rvelotta@reviewjournal.com Follow @RickVelotta on Twitter.
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