Biggest casino winnings

[iEmpire]

I won $400 on the Carnival Elation a couple years ago between quarter slots, black jack and roulette. Otherwise it's always up and down.

[retiredonthesea]

Almost $4000.00 on NCL Sun---helped pay for our suite. Also did pretty good on NCL Jewel $2200.00. Both on slots!!

[vafatboy]

Wife won 1200.00 on Majesty a few years back.

 

I won 460.00 on Navagator in the Blackjack tournament.

 

Won 240.00 on Grandeur in the Slot tournament in March.

 

Rob

[cottagemama]

I won $750 on slots on our 2nd Carnival cruise but have never won more than $50 on our 4 RCL cruises

[egh170]

Won $5500.00 in 1993 on the Norway. Spent most of it on another cruise for the next year. Have not won over $100.00 since.

[RSGS315]

My late husband and I sailed on the Nordic Empress to Bermuda in the early 90's.

The first night onboard my husband had played at the Caribbean Stud table for a while, and was just playing out his chips, as he wasn't doing well. I was standing behind him, and noticed that his hand was all red, and I thought that he had a flush. Well the gentleman sitting to his right said to me "look again" and when I put my reading glasses on I noticed that he had a Royal Flush. He won the pot of over $3,000.00 and because he always put a dollar into the progressive pot he won an additional $20,000.00, for a total of oveer $23,000.00.

Since we had booked this the very last minute we had to take an inside cabin, as this was the only category available. Our cabin didn't even have a safe, so we had to take our winnings to the purser's office to put it in a safe.

My husband's photo hung in the casino for several years, and strangers in our home town in New Jersey would often stop at our table in a diner or restaurant and said that they saw his picture in the casino on the ship.

Some years later our son and daughter in law sailed on the ship, and the photo was still up, except a second man had hit a Royal Flush as well, and they had the captions with their names reversed. The funny thing was that the other gentleman was Orientel, and had also an orientel name. Our son took a photo of the pictures and it was too funny to see this.

They finally removed the old photos when the ship was renovated and became the Empress of the Seas.

We booked three different Royal Caribbean cruises with the winnings, so RCI got all the money back, but on our terms.

Ginnie

[Texas2steppers]

Has anybody ever won it big in a casino on a ship? I won $300.00 playing blackjack on the Serenade last week and it got me thinking what the biggest winnings ever were.

 

 

My DH won the slot machine tourney 2 years ago and won $1100:D. I won it in February and won a free cruise. I think it is interesting how some people get 1099s and others do not. Guess we were lucky that we did not receive one.

 

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[JamesEM]

If your winnings are over $600.00 and you are an American citizen a 1099 sould be issued.

[knotIn1]

Did they really win X?

 

Did they include how much they lost prior to the X winnings?

 

Human nature...report winnings higher, report losses lower. On a message board never the less.

 

You all probably did win, just how much after taking into consideration yout losses prior to the win.

 

I lost $20. Or was that $200.....$2000.............

[14Terry]

Playing the slots, I've won about $100 on every cruise so far.I hope to keep the "streak" going, here in about 6 days! :D Congrats to all who have won!

[chasetf]

I'd like to see a thread, "Biggest Casino Losses." Doubt there would be many honest responses.

The other thing that is curious is the winners never say how much they spent winning the jackpot.

 

My mom would always tell us about winning this 5K jackpot or that 12K jackpot ... but never say how much she spent to "win" them. ;)

[phoenix1181]

My DH won the slot machine tourney 2 years ago and won $1100:D. I won it in February and won a free cruise. I think it is interesting how some people get 1099s and others do not. Guess we were lucky that we did not receive one.

 

Did you win the 11/06/10 Navigator cruise? Are you going?

[14Terry]

chasetf, good point. I never spend more than $20 an evening, in the casino. I set my limit before I even go in. Small amount I know, but can play quarter slots for a while.:D

[phoenix1181]

The other thing that is curious is the winners never say how much they spent winning the jackpot.

 

My mom would always tell us about winning this 5K jackpot or that 12K jackpot ... but never say how much she spent to "win" them. ;)

 

I realize this may be difficult to understand but, for many gamblers, what they spend to win the jackpot is irrelevant. It's merely the cost of an evenings' entertainment..................

[dixieva]

If your winnings are over $600.00 and you are an American citizen a 1099 sould be issued.

 

 

No 1099 for me when I won the $1,200 on the Empress.

 

My daughter won $800 a few years ago and no 1099 for her either.

[EngIceDave]

If your winnings are over $600.00 and you are an American citizen a 1099 sould be issued.

 

Based on what?

Law is $1200 on a single win.

 

If you win more than $1200 in a single pull/spin, a 1099 is required.

 

I have stacks of 1099's, I know how it works

[tyler6597]

On a Princess cruise I wont the jackpot bingo for $2500.00 and then walked into the casino and got the last seat for a slots tournament. Won that and $500.00. That night I went to play the slots and won $1000.00. Luckiest day of my life as far as gambling. I've also won slots tournaments on three other ships. We took the winnings from the Princess cruise and paid for another cruise and still had a bundle left over. Good times.:D:D:D:D:D:D

[tobeyoungagain]

Won $1100 on a penny machine, Dec 2009 on the Celebrity Solstice.

[weary traveler]

I won $1,000 on the crack-its one morning at sea aboard the NCL Majesty, went to the casino window and collected the cash and figured.."ok here's my mad money" half hour later as my wife is sunning by the pool, over the PA comes the announcement .. "Congratulations to Paul ********, our newest $1,000 winner in our crack-its sweepstakes..." only problem i was in the elevator coming up to see her and didnt hear it.. she laid in the lounge chair with her hand out. (sighs) and then later that week in the casino (she doesnt play) i handed her $10 to play this "cute" machine.. she taps me on the shoulder and says "what does this mean???" (1,875.00 jackpot) sighs.... it doesnt pay to be a man..

[tkjohn25]

Bump. Been a while since I checked this. Let's keep it going.

[rim2rimhiker]

$800 at Roulette, September 1990, on Song of America. That was a lot of money to me at the time .... still is.

[pmkejk]

Four years ago on the Jewel of the Seas I won $1000 on the Wheel of Fortune machine (I won it on the second day of the cruise and took all of it home). On the last night of the cruise my husband ran out of his $50 to spend in the casino so I gave him $15 to play with. He put it in another Wheel of Fortune machine and won $1000. :D

 

That is the most we have won. Mostly we just go in with a nightly donation and have fun playing.

[will773]

My grandmother won over $700 dollars playing bingo on the Navigator of the Seas back in 2005. That was fun.

[tkjohn25]

My grandmother won over $700 dollars playing bingo on the Navigator of the Seas back in 2005. That was fun.

 

 

My wife and I always play one game of bingo. It always seems like we are one number away but it never comes up. Lol.

[rburke]

My son won $13,000 playing blackjack the first night of a cruise on Rhapsody in 2006. No 1099 was issued. He did get a membership in the Royal Caribbean High Rollers Club, a couple of nice polo type High Roller shirts, a set of cufflinks from the pit boss, and wine delivered to our table every night at dinner.

 

Every cruise he's been on since he's had a bottle of wine in his room when he boarded and a bottle of wine delivered at dinner each night.

 

YMMV