Has anyone ever won money in a Carnival Casino?

[Drew B]

Phew well that actually makes me half smile.. i thought we had missed the great win! I didnt realize the slots were set up that way.. only time we are ever inside a casino is during a cruise.. you can imagine tho, that thought would probably not had entered my head then even if i knew it, thanks for the info

 

I learned it after I was choosing between two MegaBucks machines in Vegas. I sat down at the one on the right, and few minutes later, a woman sat down at the one on the left and almost immediately won $50,000! I was chatting with her about how I was kicking myself for choosing the wrong machine, and the slot attendant who came up explained that the outcome would have been different if I'd chosen the machine on the left...

[DelRio]

So,,, how many people came home with a W-2G ?

 

Carnival put one under my door last day of the cruise.

 

How many even know what a W-2G is?

 

If you received a W-2G, tell us what Carnival Corp Fed ID is.

[The4Cruisers]

My DS usually wins back enough to break even each cruise. He usually only plays about $100 - $150 and sticks to the smaller machines. Last time out on the Holiday, he won $400 playing penny slots on the last night of the cruise. That money was just burning a hole in his pocket until we got home and he could spend it. :D

[dan40]

My wife has hit slots for $1000. a few times. Never enough to get a tax form, and she may be a little ahead overall. I have taken more than $1000 away from the Black Jack table a number of times. Not that I'm up overall.:mad:

[kwbrad]

So,,, how many people came home with a W-2G ?

 

Carnival put one under my door last day of the cruise.

 

How many even know what a W-2G is?

 

If you received a W-2G, tell us what Carnival Corp Fed ID is.

 

You only get one if your winning is $1200 or more (I think).

Of course my big win last time was exactly $1200 - not that I am complaining!

So far on every cruise I have come out ahead somehow.

1st cruise - RCCL Rhapsody - won a free cruise in bingo - cost about $600 for upgrades and taxes, etc, spent about $200 on bingo the whole trip (but I also one $160 at bingo on this same trip). Spent about $150 in the casino with no big win there.

2nd cruise CCL Ecstasy - $1200 win (down about $300 before that if I am remembering correctly)

3rd cruise RCCL Mariner - had several small hits between 20- 150, and one larger hit of $350 or so. Between hubby on the roulette wheel and myself on slots we ended up $500 over for the week. (I won the $350 on $5 I put in walking through the casino on the way to the welcome aboard show - never made the show - and we just played with that money all week. Ended up with a little over $500 at the end of the week)

 

Oh, and the Carnival Fed # on the form is 59-1562976

[DelRio]

Payer must furnish W-2G for $600 or more.

[Drew B]

You only get one if your winning is $1200 or more (I think).

 

Is that per session or for the whole cruise? Is it just for slots or for the tables as well? The reason I'm asking is that once I had a big winning streak at blackjack and won enough in about ten minutes that I was up $1,800 (above and beyond my initial investment). Nobody approached me with any forms. I slowly gave about half of that money back over the course of the cruise, and at the end, I left the ship up $900 (which is under the $1200 threshold you mention).

[kwbrad]

Payer must furnish W-2G for $600 or more.

 

Not for slots, bingo, keno, or poker tourneys. Here is the government info:

(taken from http://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/iw2g.pdf )

 

Reportable Gambling Winnings

 

Report gambling winnings on Form W-2G if:

1. The winnings (not reduced by the wager) are $1,200 or methods.

more from a bingo game or slot machine,

2. The winnings (reduced by the wager) are $1,500 or more from a keno game

3. The winnings (reduced by the wager or buy-in) are more

than $5,000 from a poker tournament,

4. The winnings (except winnings from bingo, slot machines, keno, and poker tournaments) reduced, at the option of the payer, by the wager are:

a. $600 or more, and

b. At least 300 times the amount of the wager, or

5. The winnings are subject to federal income tax

withholding (either regular gambling withholding or backup withholding ).

[kwbrad]

Is that per session or for the whole cruise? Is it just for slots or for the tables as well? The reason I'm asking is that once I had a big winning streak at blackjack and won enough in about ten minutes that I was up $1,800 (above and beyond my initial investment). Nobody approached me with any forms. I slowly gave about half of that money back over the course of the cruise, and at the end, I left the ship up $900 (which is under the $1200 threshold you mention).

 

I am not sure how it works, I put a link in a previous post on the IRS info I found. I think it has to do with when you cash out. In my case, the $1200 was the jackpot amount on the machine (it was a 2 quarter max machine) so the lights and bells went off and I had to be cashed out at the cage, provide ID ,etc, etc.

[hevuk]

I know the secret to winning on the slots;)Stand behind me,as soon as i move away move in and start playing.It usually takes less than four quarters before the jackpot is hit.I swear 10 cruises and it has never failed once,no matter how long i stand there as soon as i move away i hear the bell then the noise of the coins spilling out:eek:

Someday,it will be me!!!!!!!!!!

[Vitamin_Sea]

I know the secret to winning on the slots;)Stand behind me,as soon as i move away move in and start playing.It usually takes less than four quarters before the jackpot is hit.I swear 10 cruises and it has never failed once,no matter how long i stand there as soon as i move away i hear the bell then the noise of the coins spilling out:eek:

Someday,it will be me!!!!!!!!!!

 

I understand what your sayying. It never fails to. You can play the same machine for an hour and lose. Then, the moment you get disgusted and walk away, the next person throws a quarter in- then all hell breaks lose. Bells start going off, lights are flashing and money is shooting from the machine like a machine gun. :(

[iluvdoxies]

yes I have.

[terri910]

We rarely win in any casino -- Las Vegas or on the ship -- so we always look at it as money we are spending for entertainment. We set aside a certain amount we are willing to lose (read: "spend"), and then stop. Sometimes it takes us longer to use up that designated amount than other times. Occasionally, we walk away with $10 or $20 more than we started with. Not often. *L*

 

However, we have seen others win big on ships. On one of our cruises we were in the casino when a woman won the big jackpot winning her choice of a car or $25,000. She chose the money.

 

I would get pretty excited if I won anything over $50!! I can't imagine winning a big jackpot as she did, or as some have posted about on this thread. I say, good for them, but also "you're welcome" because it is the people like us that drop in our dollars with little to no return that make your thousands in winnings possible! :D

[islandgals]

I won $450 as a first time roulette on th Liberty.

[Vitamin_Sea]

Yep..Its nice to hear from the people who actually won money. Can you imagine how many folks have lost major money on these ships? The amount of losers would out weigh the winners by a huge amount.

 

Remember, Carnival didnt install a casino on every boat to lose money!:p

[mom2tcdx2]

I don't gamble large amounts of money and usually will try the slot machines for a bit. I won enough on the Splendor to at least continue to play for the week. Wasn't a large amount of money but over all I believe I ended up losing about $25 which wasn't bad.

[dan40]

Is that per session or for the whole cruise? Is it just for slots or for the tables as well? The reason I'm asking is that once I had a big winning streak at blackjack and won enough in about ten minutes that I was up $1,800 (above and beyond my initial investment). Nobody approached me with any forms. I slowly gave about half of that money back over the course of the cruise, and at the end, I left the ship up $900 (which is under the $1200 threshold you mention).

 

The $1200+ threshold applies to a single play. If you play a slot and BUILD your credits up over $5000. there is no tax liability. But hit a single spin for $1200. or more and you pay tax on that. Black Jack play, not a tournament, just some period of play incurs no tax liability no matter how much you win.

I have won over $20,000. at Black Jack [not on CCL] and had no tax requirement.

[jhale]

Play slots first 2 or 3 days, stay away on last 2 days. can't prove, but I believe they reset machines, make back what they gave away on first part of cruise. .

 

I've always thought the same thing, lol!

[TahoeBob]

The $1200+ threshold applies to a single play. If you play a slot and BUILD your credits up over $5000. there is no tax liability. But hit a single spin for $1200. or more and you pay tax on that. Black Jack play, not a tournament, just some period of play incurs no tax liability no matter how much you win.

I have won over $20,000. at Black Jack [not on CCL] and had no tax requirement.

If you are a US citizen there is a tax liability on everything you win. If you win $50.00 you are required by law to report the winnings. having worked in casinos in Nevada I have a good understanding of winnings. I have seen many times a player who will win well over $20,000 a night but not anything to large in one hand and they are required to pay taxes on it.

 

There is a big difference in between required to and actually doing so because It will be hard to get caught. If anyone does not believe please feel free to call the IRS at tax time and tell them you did not report $15,000 in casino winnings and see what happens.

[cathyoo]

If you are a US citizen there is a tax liability on everything you win. If you win $50.00 you are required by law to report the winnings. having worked in casinos in Nevada I have a good understanding of winnings. I have seen many times a player who will win well over $20,000 a night but not anything to large in one hand and they are required to pay taxes on it.

 

There is a big difference in between required to and actually doing so because It will be hard to get caught. If anyone does not believe please feel free to call the IRS at tax time and tell them you did not report $15,000 in casino winnings and see what happens.

 

Having worked for the IRS I agree. The dollar amounts for the payor being required to report your winnings to the IRS have absolutely no bearing on your requirement as a US citizen to pay taxes on your winnings. You may be able to deduct your losses if you itemize. However, if you don't report all your winnings please remember not to judge other thieves and tax cheats. It is not about the "getting caught" it is about the price of your honesty. For me it is a little higher than what I've been able to win in casino.

[BC Gal Ann]

My girlfriend won $1500.00 on the Elation - quarter machine.

 

My sister won also, but I am not sure how much.

 

:)

[Drew B]

Having worked for the IRS I agree. The dollar amounts for the payor being required to report your winnings to the IRS have absolutely no bearing on your requirement as a US citizen to pay taxes on your winnings. You may be able to deduct your losses if you itemize. However, if you don't report all your winnings please remember not to judge other thieves and tax cheats. It is not about the "getting caught" it is about the price of your honesty. For me it is a little higher than what I've been able to win in casino.

 

 

My conscience is quite clear, as long as I know that for a given tax year, I've lost more than I've won gambling, as is usually the case...

[dan40]

If you are a US citizen there is a tax liability on everything you win. If you win $50.00 you are required by law to report the winnings. having worked in casinos in Nevada I have a good understanding of winnings. I have seen many times a player who will win well over $20,000 a night but not anything to large in one hand and they are required to pay taxes on it.

 

There is a big difference in between required to and actually doing so because It will be hard to get caught. If anyone does not believe please feel free to call the IRS at tax time and tell them you did not report $15,000 in casino winnings and see what happens.

 

Sorry, Yes you are correct. I was only thinking about the tax form that must be filled out for winnings of $1200 or more on a single play. My actual, non-form requiring, winnings are well defrayed by my losses carry forwards.:D

[WinnipegCruiser]

Mrs. WinnipegCruiser won a few times on the slots. Usually she clears about $1,000. However once, on the first day, she won a $2,500 jackpot.

 

I usually make money at the tables, including Roulette.

 

Be sure to sign up for Carnival Players club, and Grazie Points. You can find out how at the Carnival Players Club site. Basically you get to move your points back and forth. We get offers every week from Club Grazie for 4 free nights in a super Suite at The Venetian and The Palazzo Resort-Hotel-Casinos.

 

AS soon as the Casino opens, meet with the Casino Host, join the Players club. Use your S and S card when you play. You will see the point accumulate. If you gamble enough you will get the attention of the Casino, and get free drinks, and maybe some other perks.

 

See this thread about an offer many of us got from Club Grazie.

http://boards.cruisecritic.com/showthread.php?t=884671&highlight=

[Williebill]

Can't decide whether to gamble on board or not.

I won $650.00 on the slots and my wife's Brother-in-Law won $1300.00 the next day on the same slot machine.

Bill