Nevada bill advances to give state part of unredeemed slot winnings
The Assembly on Sunday night voted 40-2 in favor of the measure. Only Republicans Edwin Goedhart of Amargrosa Valley and Richard McArthur of Las Vegas voted "no."
William Horne said slot machine players no longer hear the clanking sounds of coins after a win, now that players use a voucher to play the machines. He said players who win small amounts sometimes don’t redeem their winnings - money that stays with casinos.
Under Assembly Bill 219, the state would take 75 % of those unclaimed winnings and 25 % would stay with the casino.
A snapshot of 70 casinos in Nevada showed they collected us$ 11 million in unredeemed winnings during a 12-month span. The casinos do pay tax on the unredeemed winnings they keep.
Peter Ernaut of the Nevada Resort Association said his organization opposes the bill.
Horne said the 75-25 percent split was a compromise. When first introduced, the bill called for 100 percent going to the state. He said the Assembly Ways and Means Committee estimated the state will collect a conservative us$ 2.5 million a quarter going to the state’s budget. “I think more will be realized,” he said.
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