A good friend of mine just returned from LV and told me that he had won a $2000.00 jackpot
at one of the off-strip casinos and was told by the floor person who took his ID that they
were no longer obliged to with-hold on jackpot wins for Canadians as of the beginning of
this year. He got paid the full amount and left a VERY happy fellow. Could anyone please
confirm that this is true as I have looked for info all over the internet and cannot find
confirmation of this.
Thanks,
MO
NC has been installed throughout the casino floor at Tropicana Express (Laughlin). Anyone have a strategy?
NC has been installed throughout the casino floor at Tropicana
Express (Laughlin). Anyone have a strategy?
What is NC?
Don the Dentist
--- In vpFREE@yahoogroups.com, S H <burberry25yo@...> wrote:
What is NC?
--- On Fri, 1/9/09, dds2124 <dds6@cox.net> wrote:
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New carpet. It's really nice.
Thanks for asking. 
Why did S H ask if anyone had a strategy for carpet? WTF?
On Fri, Jan 9, 2009 at 11:41 PM, S H <burberry25yo@yahoo.com> wrote:
--- On Fri, 1/9/09, dds2124 <dds6@cox.net> wrote:
What is NC?
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New carpet. It's really nice.
Thanks for asking.
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<<A good friend of mine just returned from LV and told me that he had won a $2000.00 jackpot
at one of the off-strip casinos and was told by the floor person who took his ID that they
were no longer obliged to with-hold on jackpot wins for Canadians as of the beginning of
this year. He got paid the full amount and left a VERY happy fellow. Could anyone please
confirm that this is true as I have looked for info all over the internet and cannot find
confirmation of this.>>
This was posted in early January. I too can't find any confirmation of this. Any Canadian here that can confirm or deny this???
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Jean $�ott, Frugal Gambler
http://queenofcomps.com/
You can read my blog at
http://lasvegasadvisor.com/blogs/jscott/
It is, sadly, an urban myth. Changes to the U.S. - Canada tax treaty move at a snail's pace. So if they ever propose such an amendment (unlikely) we will all hear about it far in advance.
A few years ago, I was the beneficiary of a casino error (they didn't withhold the mandatory 30%). I thought I was lucky until I received a phone call from the slot supervisor a few hours later demanding that I pony up. At first I tried to refuse, but she insisted - I mean she really insisted - and I ended up with a comped meal to their high end restaurant "for my trouble".
The second best thing that can happen to you in a casino is to have the casino make a mistake that they feel somewhat guilty about ...
Slowpoke
It must depend on the state because I have a CDN friend who hit a taxable on the Gulf Coast and got popped for the entire Federal portion.
--- In vpFREE@yahoogroups.com, "Jean Scott" <queenofcomps@...> wrote:
<<A good friend of mine just returned from LV and told me that he had won a
$2000.00 jackpot
at one of the off-strip casinos and was told by the floor person who took
his ID that they
were no longer obliged to with-hold on jackpot wins for Canadians as of the
beginning of
this year. He got paid the full amount and left a VERY happy fellow. Could
anyone please
confirm that this is true as I have looked for info all over the internet
and cannot find
confirmation of this.>>This was posted in early January. I too can't find any confirmation of
this. Any Canadian here that can confirm or deny this???
I can't confirm or deny, I can report what happened to me.
I hit a taxable at MSS in January and was given a W2G, no withholding.
I am operating under the assumption that they made a mistake.
I have been playing in Vegas for many years and I have found that the smaller casinos frequently screw this up and give us Canadians the wrong form (when I get the wrong form I still file a U.S. tax return, as I believe the IRS would get upset if they had a form without a matching tax return), the big strip casinos always get it right, since they see more of us foreigners .
Regards
A.P.
/09, Jean Scott <queenofcomps@cox.net> wrote:
From: Jean Scott <queenofcomps@cox.net>
Subject: Re: [vpFREE] XVP-No more witholding taxes on jackpots for Canadians?
To: vpFREE@yahoogroups.com
Received: Monday, April 6, 2009, 5:43 PM
<<A good friend of mine just returned from LV and told me that he had won a
$2000.00 jackpot
at one of the off-strip casinos and was told by the floor person who took
his ID that they
were no longer obliged to with-hold on jackpot wins for Canadians as of the
beginning of
this year. He got paid the full amount and left a VERY happy fellow. Could
anyone please
confirm that this is true as I have looked for info all over the internet
and cannot find
confirmation of this.>>
This was posted in early January. I too can't find any confirmation of
this. Any Canadian here that can confirm or deny this???
____________ ____
Jean $¢ott, Frugal Gambler
http://queenofcomps .com/
You can read my blog at
http://lasvegasadvi sor.com/blogs/ jscott/