The jackpot winner was determined to be Taylor, a tourist from Arizona. To identify the winner, gaming officials combed through hours of surveillance videos from several casinos, interviewed witnesses, shifted through electronic purchase records and even analyzed ride share data provided by the Nevada Transportation Authority and a rideshare company, according to a news release. The gaming board took on an exhaustive search to make sure the man would be awarded his prize.
He wound up winning $100Kīy the time the error was noticed, casino personnel were unable to identify the man, who was from out of state. She sent her husband to the store for a precooked chicken.