Biggest prize anyone every won on Ncl

[asda]

has anyone every won something really big on Ncl either in the casino or a game of bingo?

We have never had any luck with the bingo and only won lose change in casino but then again we don't spend a lot playing either anyway

[JPV072900]

I won a really nice key chain once!!!

[TrumpyNor]

I won a little over $300 on Deal or no Deal - wouldn't consider it "a really big win", but it was nice with some extra money.... ;)

[puddles99]

Yes. We won $1800 on the last game of Bingo on our Gem sailing in 2013.

[kerryincork]

We won a free cruise worth a $1000 on Epic from a raffle I was speaking to someone just after who said they had won a cruise on the last cruise they were on. So it does happen 😊

[asda]

Well done all you lucky people.i will just have to keep trying.

[bobg529]

I won $50 sitting in the audience of Deal or no Deal. But don't ask me how much I spent in tickets!

 

 

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[NLH Arizona]

I won $1,700 on a penny slot machine. On my last cruise someone won $40,000.

[Out to sea!]

After 5 days of trivia on the Epic I accumulated enough points to win a hat. :D

Edited June 6, 2015 by Out to sea!

[BamaVol]

I won $5 in the DOND audience (casino pull tab ticket). Every night I watched those on stage win $200-300. On the final night they pulled a ticket and a woman won a cruise. I don't play bingo or frequent the casino but I imagine that's where the big winners (& losers) are found. Isn't there at least one fleet-wide game with a rollover payout?

Edited June 6, 2015 by BamaVol

[brookie848]

On our last night on our cruise this year we saw a woman win almost $15,000 on a penny slot machine. She must have been playing max bet to win that much and max bet on some of the penny machines can be a lot. So who knows how much ahead she ended up being ahead for the week.

[Guindalf]

Someone posted a pic on Facebook of their $22,500 win on a penny slot machine.

 

I won $1800 for winning the Texas Hold'em tournament on our first sea day in Alaska in 2009, which was nice for a small gambler like me!

Edited June 6, 2015 by Guindalf

[Planefixer]

I won a HUGE prize on our Family cruise on the Breakaway. I reconnected with my family. No phones, ipods, text's ect... We, did things as a family. Actually sat down for meals together, AND TALKED!!!. I was a wonderful experience. You forget the little things in life with all the distractions of modern living.

 

I believe that was the biggest prize, at least for us.

[TrumpyNor]

I won a HUGE prize on our Family cruise on the Breakaway. I reconnected with my family. No phones, ipods, text's ect... We, did things as a family. Actually sat down for meals together, AND TALKED!!!. I was a wonderful experience. You forget the little things in life with all the distractions of modern living.

 

I believe that was the biggest prize, at least for us.

 

I love this reply!!! :)

[missdixie]

I won $300 with pull tabs waiting for a show to start on the Pearl. I think I spent $5

[coldflame]

has anyone every won something really big on Ncl either in the casino or a game of bingo?

We have never had any luck with the bingo and only won lose change in casino but then again we don't spend a lot playing either anyway

 

A little while back a woman here mentioned her husband hit the progressive jackpot in the slot machines and ended up with over $7K

[coldflame]

I won $1,700 on a penny slot machine. On my last cruise someone won $40,000.

 

I wonder, if you win that much over International Waters, what's the tax on it. I can only think once you declare it in the custom forms, you'll then report it as regular income? Any accountants here that could answer? :)

[pboxfun]

Sister won $600 last October playing bingo.

[emcelh]

I wonder, if you win that much over International Waters, what's the tax on it. I can only think once you declare it in the custom forms, you'll then report it as regular income? Any accountants here that could answer? :)

 

I don't know about $40,000 and customs (nice problem to have) but I won a little over $1200 in the Gem casino a couple of years ago and was given the same form you get in land based casinos to report it on your tax return. (Haven't had many of those either. Lol)

[dgparent]

On our last cruise some guy won $2,000 on the pull tab and the reason we found out is because he was the 1st contestant in Deal or no Deal and the MC made a big deal about how lucky he was, 1st winning the 2K and then being picked as a contestant. He proceeded to win 25 cents in deal or no deal LOL.

 

My wife and I were amazed that people had so much luck, we never win anything. One lady was talking to another lady at a different table in the suite restaurant at lunch, so she was loud, and she was telling her how her husband won a free cruise at poker then another $1,000 in the casino.

 

It seemed everywhere we went people were talking about how much they won etc.

[Out to sea!]

I wonder, if you win that much over International Waters, what's the tax on it. I can only think once you declare it in the custom forms, you'll then report it as regular income? Any accountants here that could answer? :)

 

Supposedly, for American citizens, any winnings over $1,000 and Carnival sends out a tax form (1099?). I've never won anything close to that so can't verify.

[sail7seas]

I won a HUGE prize on our Family cruise on the Breakaway. I reconnected with my family. No phones, ipods, text's ect... We, did things as a family. Actually sat down for meals together, AND TALKED!!!. I was a wonderful experience. You forget the little things in life with all the distractions of modern living.

 

I believe that was the biggest prize, at least for us.

 

What a wonderful post.

You, indeed, won the biggest possible prize of all. :)

And what is even better is you know it!!

 

 

 

Supposedly, for American citizens, any winnings over $1,000 and Carnival sends out a tax form (1099?). I've never won anything close to that so can't verify.

 

I don't know the dollar amount but if you win a certain amount, a U.S. taxpayer is supposed to get a 1099 to report the winnings.

 

I've heard if you win the free cruise,, it is for the book price of the cruise even though most would never actually be paying the full, undiscounted amount for that same cruise.

 

[NUPDCOP]

Won a water bottle on our very first cruise....on our last cruise we won a dinner in the main dining room with the hotel director, which included wine and beer... it was nice.

[ellis101]

Our honeymoon was our first ever cruise and we won $1000 on the tab strips they sold at bingo, won $100 at bingo another time, and a del sol bag, t shirt, nail polish and hair accessories set at a pool side gathering of the sun last March. Felt pretty lucky already on our honeymoon but that was a great bonus for us! We also came away form our 11 night cruise up in the casino!

[NMLady]

I wonder, if you win that much over International Waters, what's the tax on it. I can only think once you declare it in the custom forms, you'll then report it as regular income? Any accountants here that could answer? :)

 

For IRS the tax depends on what tax bracket you are in.

 

I wasn't aware that you had to declare it on customs forms, unless you have the amount in cash. Then you'd also have to have forms showing origin since it is more than $10,000 in cash.

 

But usually the casino gives check or gives option of wire transfer to your bank. In either of those cases, nothing to declare for customs.