Insufficient Funds check issued by Casinos At Sea on NCL Jewel

Anyone else have a bounced check issued by Casinos At Sea? Won a rather large amount on a slot on Jewel on Sat, 8/16/17, asked for a check, first told to come back to cashier on Thursday, then changed to Friday morning before 9:30AM (Casino closed at that time). Waited around for about 30 minutes for approval. Tried to deposit check in Chase account after returning on the following Monday. Was told "insufficient Funds". Tuesday, found number for Casinos At Sea, was told the authorizing official was "out to lunch". Later that day was told it was ok to now cash. No explanation, no apology. What kind of Casino in the work issues a bad check to its customers?:(

that's not a good sign for business

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I had almost 20k in chips the first night on a cruise 3 weeks ago. I went to cash in and was told that I was only allowed to cash in what I put onto the tables and I could use the rest as credit during the week. After a little convincing on my part I got the cash with an understanding that any future winnings would be paid by check. What this did was make me basically stop playing for the week. I did not want a check for just this reason. Even if the check was made good in 5 minutes it is still something that a person should not ever have to worry about.

Looks like they had enough time to fund the check but failed to do so. Not encouraging to play at their casino.

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Not good!

Pathetic

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Wow CAS just keeps getting worse and worse! Why should you take your winnings as credit? ! Glad u stopped playing and left with their $$. Insufficient funds-- wow

Safe sailing

I had almost 20k in chips the first night on a cruise 3 weeks ago. I went to cash in and was told that I was only allowed to cash in what I put onto the tables and I could use the rest as credit during the week. After a little convincing on my part I got the cash with an understanding that any future winnings would be paid by check. What this did was make me basically stop playing for the week. I did not want a check for just this reason. Even if the check was made good in 5 minutes it is still something that a person should not ever have to worry about.

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So you can win, but you cant take the winnings off the boat? Surely someone on board doesnt know their job.....that is the stupidest ruling I think I have ever heard in a casino.

If they dont carry enough $100 bills on board (20k is only two packs), surely they can do an electronic transfer to your bank if you agree.

This could also be a control issue. Usually checks are issued with what is called positive pay. A very stupid oversight could cause this to happen as well, I doubt there is any real funding issued

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A check? Which means your winnings are easily traceable by the IRS.

A check? Which means your winnings are easily traceable by the IRS.

for the slot person: The W2-G they surely issued is all the IRS needs. Been there, done that.

for the table person: Sort of. After all they did allow him to cash in lots of chips that would not be reflected on the check. Personally, if they were not going to allow me to cash in all my chips and early in the cruise, I would have come back and played some, then cashed in a few hundred.

Again. and again.

A check? Which means your winnings are easily traceable by the IRS.

I was issued a W2 for my winnings, just like at land casinos. So it doesn't matter if you're paid in cash, by check or by wire transfer. Evidently the ship does the usual IRS notifications.

One of the great mysteries of cruise ship casinos is why the supply of $100 bills is so low. At some point on almost every cruise, the cashiers try to encourage me to take fifties or twenties instead, claiming a shortage.

Players have every right to be paid in cash if they prefer. Land-based casinos in regulated jurisdictions must always have on hand enough cash to pay every jackpot on every machine. It's perfectly reasonable to expect the same at sea.

Land-based casinos in regulated jurisdictions must always have on hand enough cash to pay every jackpot on every machine. It's perfectly reasonable to expect the same at sea.

That's not ALWAYS true. Casinos no longer hold as much cash a many have been lead to believe. Here is some information for Vegas: http://gaming.nv.gov/index.aspx?page=60

With that said, the simple fact that they run low on high denomination bills frequently enough for people to notice, is, well, ridiculous. The idea of a bounced check is alarming. I rarely play on the ship (I play frequently in Vegas) due mainly to the vig on the ship being so aggressive. This just makes it worse.

This could also be a control issue. Usually checks are issued with what is called positive pay. A very stupid oversight could cause this to happen as well, I doubt there is any real funding issued

 

 

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And I would guess they may even have separate accounts for these kinds of checks and money was just not moved over there in a timely manner. No doubt the casinos screw people, but it usually up front about it - LOL!

Here in MX it is practically impossible for me to deposit into my account a check from a foreign bank, perhaps the same for citizens of other countries, how would they do to pay me if I have a high gain?

Only win one time about $400 in quarters, needed several cardboard cups, I went with the cashier and they changed me for bills.

Takes the bait? Why would you say that? Yes, I'm a first time poster but my post is true. We were so mad that I wanted to see if anyone else had got a bad check. Looks like others have had bad experiences too.

One of the great mysteries of cruise ship casinos is why the supply of $100 bills is so low. At some point on almost every cruise, the cashiers try to encourage me to take fifties or twenties instead, claiming a shortage.

 

Players have every right to be paid in cash if they prefer. Land-based casinos in regulated jurisdictions must always have on hand enough cash to pay every jackpot on every machine. It's perfectly reasonable to expect the same at sea.

I have found the opposite to be true. I like to play with $20 bills and every time I cashout or ask for change for $100's, I find they don't like to give them out.