Royal Caribbean (or any line) - How are large payouts disbursed?

[MikeTheNFT]

On RC specifically (But curious as to others), if you end a cruise with say $5-10k in your bank, how do the casinos pay out? Is it always cash? Is there a limit or is there a point where they cut a check instead?

[tompeter]

I have requested payment by check for specific Jackpot winnings (on Princess). But normal accumulated winnings are paid in cash as far as I know.

[KarmaCruisers]

Not on RC; but on Carnival we’ve hit $10k (grand jackpot) and they gave us a strap of 100’s

another lady flopped a heart Royal for $30k..gave chips at the table then cash at the cage.

[KXZ1498]

Cash/wire/check are all available. If they are low on cash, they will tell you they will only disperse as a check or wire.

[Bead Pirate]

As some have said above it varies by cruise line (even ship)...

 

These are all in last couple of months (it is that time of year to move up to the top players level):

 

MSC Slots $19K cash with no tax form

Royal (Wonder) 6 slot hits between $1.5K and $3K all hand pays with tax forms

Celebrity (Texas Holdem) $32K combination of cash and check with tax forms

NCL Slots $7K cash and tax forms 

 

[cruisinqt]

On our last Carnival cruise I got hand pays 3 times. One for $1500, one for $2084, and one for $3,338. Anything over $1200 is a hand pay with a tax form with Carnival. I don’t know what they would do if it’s a huge amount like $10k but for a few thousand it was a hand pay for us. 

[neurosurg]

I once got lucky (Norwegian), won $20k on a slot machine and was told they would hold onto the cash (they made me open a front money account) until the last night of the cruise.  I'm guessing either they were low on cash at the time, or just were hoping I would lose it back.

 

On the last night they offered to give me the cash, or get a check.  They gave me the cash, no problem.

[EZ1]

On the 1st week of our back2back on Carnival Celebration(mid Dec), a lady won $210,000 at one of the tables!!!! Found out that she was paid $50,000 in cash, & the rest was a check.

[tunafish]

On 1/2/2023 at 1:27 AM, EZ1 said:

On the 1st week of our back2back on Carnival Celebration(mid Dec), a lady won $210,000 at one of the tables!!!! Found out that she was paid $50,000 in cash, & the rest was a check.

what was the wager?

[EZ1]

She won a progressive jackpot, don’t know what the wager was.

[EZ1]

25 minutes ago, tunafish said:

what was the wager?

She won a progressive jackpot.

[mcrcruiser]

Very similar to wins in a US land based casino . Win  over $1200  & you get q tax form . The big difference is in Las Vegas you can have a players bank & you can place the wins into the players bank & draw out daily with receipts 

[luvcruzing]

On 12/12/2022 at 2:12 PM, Bead Pirate said:

MSC Slots $19K cash with no tax form

Wow, you got lucky twice here.