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On a trip to Lake Tahoe, I won $1800+ and my husband $1600+, we received a tax form with the money amounts to be reported. We also had a win/loss record from the casino and reported that on our taxes. On a cruise with Celebrity, I hit a jackpot $1800+ and I had to fill out forms before they would give me my money (on the ship) and I received a tax form from the casino department at the end of the year, and I also requested a win/loss record . I can only give you info that I personally have had.

you report your winnings on your 1040 form using the 1099 that is sent by the cruise line. You get a win/loss statement from the cruise line. if you won $1,500 that goes as income, if you loss $2,000 you can only put down your losses that are equal or less than the amount you received on the 1099. So you can only show a loss of $1,500 and it is a wash. You can not claim that you loss more than what you received on the 1099.

your post is not real clear to me, so I will try to interpret what you are saying. You sat at the machine, you charged money to your room cabin to play the machine, except you did not play the machine, you tried to cash out. My understanding is that some people try to use the casino as a cash machine. They charge money to a machine, play a few hands, sign out of the machine and then go to the cashier to get their money in cash. The casino does not want you to do this. They want you to play. So if that is what you were attempting to do, then that is why you got locked out.

Yes the last full day of the cruise, you may receive an offer under your door for your next cruise. Referred to the "come back and play" offer - if you have played enough. After that you will receive emails and US mail offers sent to you with offers Now they have you.

We flew in the day before, stayed at local hotel, took taxi to port (which got lost) but we arrived around 11:30 and we had no one around and check in was a breeze We used Princess transfers to take us to airport and end of cruise and that was a bit of a mess with buses all over the place, no signs saying which bus was going where, but we made it to the airport just fine.

The first time you sit down at the machine, it will ask for your birthdate (use to be you created a "code"). It reads your medallion, and matches the birthdate to your medallion and cabin. You can feed "real" money into the machine, or you can choose to take money (the amount is charged to your cabin) and have it put in your "casino bank". If you play cash, when you decide to get off that machine, and you still have money left on the machine it will go to your "casino bank" and you go to the next machine and draw from that money to play the next machine, or you put real cash in again. At anytime you can go to the cashier cage and get real money out of your casino bank. But if you are going to be playing for 7 days or longer, just continue to use the money in your "casino bank" and wait until the end of the cruise to hopefully cash out.

I think it will for the next few offer periods. If you don't book anything the offers may drop back down.

We got the same offer. Wondered what it would be. Yesterday got an email that said the same offer, but this time it said go to the casino and find out what the mystery is $50 or up to $250. currently our offers are free interior with $50 casino free play six months ago it was interior with $250 year ago it was Balcony with $400 we have only one casino offer cruise booked, for next may 2025, for interior with $250 (we paid extra to upgrade to oceanview)

regular charge. The casino posts the monies to your cabin account and it will all be charged to your credit card in one lump sum at the end of your cruise if you choose not to pay some of it down with your winnings. I played next to a lady that was up $1,000 and she was debating if she should cash out the $1,000 and go to guest services and pay it towards her cabin bill.

high five to "dog" - we cruise the same as him. We currently have a 17 day Alaska cruise coming up in 2025. I have already prepaid for 2 cases of water, and prepaid the gratuities. We will have $400 on board credit and that will be used to pay for our coffee in the morning, and soda for my husband - he gets one a day with dinner. We will not get the internet (we are elite and pay half price) because we will be getting off the ship almost every day and we will take our phones and use the internet to check emails and text messages then. We do not alcohol drinkers and we do not need the gelato. We eat in the MDR, buffet, and all the freebie eats. You can spend as much or as little as you like, but for us the packages make no sense. We also enjoy Celebrity, but they do not do cruises out of Los Angeles and that is our home port. As with any cruiser, it depends on why you are cruising, is it for the location, the getaway, the food, the adventure, etc. I read this column every day and can't wait to get on board, but I have a 13 month wait. I enjoy the ship and being on vacation.

Going to the casino and using the machines are easy - we do not play table games, so someone else will have to advise you You sit at a machine, place your medallion next to the box and the screen will ask for your birthdate. You then can put cash in the machine or enter the amount of money that you want to start off with. It will charge that amount to your cabin. Sample: $500. you now play the machine, the machine will keep track of your play amount and award you points. After playing $100 you want to move, you hit cash out and WAIT for the machine to say that you are signed out and the left over money is back in your bank. You go to the next machine and it will ask how much you want to play - you have $400 in your bank so you ask for $100 and you start playing again. You never get cash out of the machine, nor a ticket. Everything is tied into your medallion. Always wait for the machine to verify that the money has gone back to your bank before you leave the machine.

I do not travel in a suite- so I will ask a stupid question: isn't the conceirge part of the service of the suite occupants ?? why are you going to tip each time you go and ask for their help with something. You paid for that service when you booked the suite and overpaid for the cabin Sorry, but it is beginning to feel that you should walk on board the ship - hand over your wallet, credit cards and first born child and sail away.

We would never get to 17,000 points, will be interested to hear what they offer as a come back and play offer. I hope that you are at least having fun.

Just received an email asking me to fill out a survey. All questions related to the offers and booking the offers. I completed the survey and also let them know that the offers have gotten worse.

I will answer because it is not totally off topic. It is part of getting a casino offer and using it. When you get a casino offer for a free cabin, when you book your cruise, you pay for the cruise up front so ie, the cruise has port tax/fee of $295 per person, and the offer is for a free interior. You will pay $295 for taxes, plus $200 deposit which is returned to you in OBC once you board the ship - so you can not use the OBC prior to the cruise. In our case, the Alaska cruise is $595 each for the port tax, plus $200 each for deposit, plus we get the princess insurance and then we upgraded to OV cabin, so we paid $2900+ at the time of booking. If we cancel for any reason we lose the $200 each deposit. This is part of the agreement for booking the cruise with a casino offer. Making changes because the cost of the cruise goes down may not change the cost of what you have to pay to upgrade to a higher class cabin. Over all getting a free offer for a cabin is money saving, but the trade off is spending the money in the casino,which is what we do