Expired Sports Ticket

I know that this is entirely my fault. I l let a $100 ($186 winnings) future bet on an NFL team O/U expected wins expire after 120 days. It was probably closer to 175 days when I found the ticket when I was moving and mailed it in. The people at Venetian/Cantor Gaming sent me a letter yesterday explaining that the ticket was expired. I was bummed out because I had seen so many others post before I mailed my in about people sending their in their expired Tickets and they were accepted. Is there anything that I can do?

Maybe if it was presented in person...

Any Vegas locals here wanna do a favor?

Shame on Cantor (who run the sports book at the Venetian) for refusing it. It used to be that not honoring an expired ticket was almost unheard of.

I tend to think DJ's idea is not going to work because the machine at the Venetian will reject it based on the expiration date and may even display a note that it was already rejected via the mail.

If you want to fight this, then you might read through the Nevada rules and regulations for sports books and try to find some technicality to get them on. Then, make a complaint to Gaming that the expiration policy isn't legitimate because of whatever technicality you site. Chances are they will just pay it rather than fight it, unless they choose to fight it on principle too.

Thank both of you.
Hmm... I'll look into that.
Edit: The first thing I found on their website is a statement saying all tickets have 180 days. Not 120 like the ticket said.

They definitely stamped my original ticket with a big red expired stamp.

I wish the tickets didn't expire at all. But if they have to expire, maybe let them expire a year after the action. I feel like so many people take a yearly pilgrimage to Vegas. It would definitely aid in my current thoughts towards the business.

I just had a back and forth with somebody on the Cantor Gaming Website. After a few messages, of me complaining about them taking a wager and not paying a winning ticket, she finally says that even lottery tickets have expiration dates. I told her that unclaimed money from the California Lottery goes to Public Schools. Please send my winnings to a Nevada School.

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Thank both of you.
Hmm... I'll look into that.
Edit: The first thing I found on their website is a statement saying all tickets have 180 days. Not 120 like the ticket said. http://www.cgtglobal.com/company/faq/

In your original post you said you didn't notice the ticket until 175 days after the event. What was the difference in time between the event and either the postmark date or date of the rejection letter? If you could make any argument you were in 180 days, you're in great shape.

I fought an expired ticket case against another casino that I'm not allowed to mention (but you can easily Google it) and they had two different dates. My problem was that my ticket was expired by both deadlines, the more lenient one by a few days. Gaming ruled that in such cases the player should get the benefit of the more liberal rule.

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I told her that unclaimed money from the California Lottery goes to Public Schools. Please send my winnings to a Nevada School.

Although our schools could use it -- don't count on them doing that.