He was able to pick up his $229,368.52 winnings at the casino over the weekend, the gaming board said. Taylor was notified on January 28 that he won the jackpot. 'The exhaustive investigation resulted in successfully identifying the patron as Robert Taylor,' the statement read. The investigation involved numerous witness interviews and reviewing multiple hours of surveillance footage, ride-share data and electronic records. At that point, the Board initiated an extensive investigation.' Immediately after confirmation that the patron had won the jackpot, multiple attempts to identify the patron by the casino were unsuccessful. 'By the time an extensive review of the slot machine and the communications technology was completed, confirming the jackpot had been won, Mr. Taylor and casino personnel from realizing that a progressive jackpot had been won,' the statement said. 'However, due to a communications error that occurred, the slot machine experienced a malfunction that prevented Mr.

The problem was that the machine malfunctioned and did not alert Taylor or casino personnel that he won, the board said in a statement.Īfter an initial review of the machine confirmed the jackpot win and the casino was unsuccessful in identifying the winner, the gaming board launched a two-week investigation to identify the individual. The Nevada Gaming Control Board announced Friday that Robert Taylor was at Treasure Island Hotel & Casino on January 8 when he hit the jackpot. An Arizona man was notified that he had won $229,000 in Las Vegas, following an investigation into a faulty slot machine that did not show he had hit a progressive jackpot.

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