The Easy Vegas thread
• Correct the $500 to $5000
• Note that the 24% withholding applies to certain games like sports and lotteries, but not slots or table games
• Note that the withholding kicks in if you don't supply a SSN or TIN
• Link to the IRS doc that explains all this as a source. I'm supposed to cite my sources anyway, not just for readers, but for myself, so if in the future it's challenged I can see where I got the info.
So, thank you again. I hate accidentally publishing wrong info, so I greatly appreciate your help.
What bothers me about slot videos is that the channel host usually asks some bystander to hit the spin button on a slot machine, but never gives them a voucher for what they won on those slot pulls. If there's a hand pay, usually casinos say whoever pushed the spin button wins the hand pay. Are slot channels actually paying their bystanders any hand pays? No? Why not?
If you don't show ID, you're not getting paid.
If you show ID, you're getting paid. The question is then whether the casino withholds 24% for taxes?
After showing ID, if you also provide SSN or TIN for a slot win, nothing is withheld. If you don't supply SSN/TIN, then the casino withholds the 24%.
Quote: Instructions for Form W2-GA payee of gambling winnings meeting the reporting thresholds for bingo, keno, and slot machines, and a payee of gambling winnings meeting the withholding thresholds from horse racing, dog racing, jai alai, sweepstakes, wagering pools, lotteries, sports wagering, and certain other wagering transactions, but not from a state-conducted lottery, must present two forms of identification, one of which must include the payee’s photo. A completed and signed Form W-9 is acceptable as the nonphoto form of identification. Gaming establishments owned or licensed by a tribal government of a federally recognized Indian tribe may waive the photo ID requirement for payees who are members of that tribe and present a tribal member identification card issued by the same tribe.
This continues my specialty: Doing things no one else has done.
Quote: MichaelBluejayI've had this idea for about 20 years but finally implemented it: a visual representation of how hard it is to win the lottery. Chances of winning Megamillions or Powerball is about 1 in 291 million, so my page shows you a black ball (your winning ball), then shows 291 million other balls. Buckle up.
This continues my specialty: Doing things no one else has done.
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LOL
I love it!
Quote: MichaelBluejayI've had this idea for about 20 years but finally implemented it: a visual representation of how hard it is to win the lottery. Chances of winning Megamillions or Powerball is about 1 in 291 million, so my page shows you a black ball (your winning ball), then shows 291 million other balls. Buckle up.
This continues my specialty: Doing things no one else has done.
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If those 291 million marbles were each one half inch wide, placed along Interstate 80, they'd stretch roughly from Sacramento to Toledo.
Best of luck!
Quote: MichaelBluejayI've had this idea for about 20 years but finally implemented it: a visual representation of how hard it is to win the lottery. Chances of winning Megamillions or Powerball is about 1 in 291 million, so my page shows you a black ball (your winning ball), then shows 291 million other balls. Buckle up.
This continues my specialty: Doing things no one else has done.
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lol.. Nice.
What i do is tell a person 'imagine a shuffled deck of cards'.
Imagine how hard it would be to pick the 5 of clubs.
And that's only 52 cards.
Now imagine picking 1 number from millions of numbers to win the lotto
Quote: DieterQuote: MichaelBluejayI've had this idea for about 20 years but finally implemented it: a visual representation of how hard it is to win the lottery. Chances of winning Megamillions or Powerball is about 1 in 291 million, so my page shows you a black ball (your winning ball), then shows 291 million other balls. Buckle up.
This continues my specialty: Doing things no one else has done.
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If those 291 million marbles were each one half inch wide, placed along Interstate 80, they'd stretch roughly from Sacramento to Toledo.
Best of luck!
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I– I still ain’t made up my mind yet about Toledo!
There are lots of ways to try to *imagine* it. Mine is the first way that *shows* you.Quote: 100xOddsWhat i do is tell a person 'imagine a shuffled deck of cards'.
Imagine how hard it would be to pick the 5 of clubs.
And that's only 52 cards.
Now imagine picking 1 number from millions of numbers to win the lotto
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I got the idea about 20 years ago but realized that a black image would one red pixel, 26 million pixels total, would overwhelm anyone's computer/browser. The secret sauce here is to not have one picture, it's to continually generate new balls that are deleted as soon as they scroll past view so they don't take up any memory. Also it does the heavy lifting (the scrolling) for you.
Quote: DieterQuote: MichaelBluejayI've had this idea for about 20 years but finally implemented it: a visual representation of how hard it is to win the lottery. Chances of winning Megamillions or Powerball is about 1 in 291 million, so my page shows you a black ball (your winning ball), then shows 291 million other balls. Buckle up.
This continues my specialty: Doing things no one else has done.
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If those 291 million marbles were each one half inch wide, placed along Interstate 80, they'd stretch roughly from Sacramento to Toledo.
Best of luck!
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It's roughly the distance from NYC to Mexico City, as the crow flies.
So what are the chances of there being 291 million Americans, and the one you are is you?
Quote: billryanQuote: DieterQuote: MichaelBluejayI've had this idea for about 20 years but finally implemented it: a visual representation of how hard it is to win the lottery. Chances of winning Megamillions or Powerball is about 1 in 291 million, so my page shows you a black ball (your winning ball), then shows 291 million other balls. Buckle up.
This continues my specialty: Doing things no one else has done.
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If those 291 million marbles were each one half inch wide, placed along Interstate 80, they'd stretch roughly from Sacramento to Toledo.
Best of luck!
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It's roughly the distance from NYC to Mexico City, as the crow flies.
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You got them floaty marbles?
Nice!
5+ hours is mind-boggling.
I guess I could also imagine I’m Professor Xavier and I’m seeing every American using Cerebro.
And that's for Lotto Texas at 1 in 26M. Try PowerBall / Megamillions for 1 in 291M and you're looking at *days*.Quote: smoothgrhI pressed the Stop button after about 30 seconds.
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