Posted on 09/26/2007 3:17:36 AM PDT by Daffynition
Driving 11 miles over the speed limit cost one driver more than a quarter-million dollars this weekend — at least for now.
A State Patrol trooper spotted a Honda Accord speeding southbound on Interstate 5 on Friday, according to State Patrol spokesman Jeff Merrill. It was raining, and the driver was cruising down the freeway at 71 mph. So the trooper pulled the driver over, Merrill said.
The 35-year-old from British Columbia, who had a valid driver's license, struggled to tell the trooper where he was going and how long he had been in Washington, prompting the trooper to search his car, Merrill said.
The trooper found two suitcases in the trunk — one filled with $276,640 in cash. The driver claimed he won the stacks of dollar bills at 23 casinos in Washington, California and Nevada, but he was unable to produce any receipts, according to Merrill.
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Is it typical to get receipts for casino winnings?
note to self...do not carry “large” amounts of cash on the road until the government is reigned in...
I have a receipt for that luggage.
Yes, I think so. If you win over $1200. ... at which point it becomes “taxable” and is reported to the IRS.
Perhaps he should have refused to let the officer search his car...”May I go now officer?”
BC Bud payment? Lots of hydroponic weed grown in BC and brought into the Northwest.
I recognize that picture. Its that guy’s from Nigeria money that he promised to send me if I help him take it out of the country. Is he trying to get you to help too?
Wait one minute that looks exactly like the money I sent to Nigeria to help him get his money out.
Drug money......my first thought.
What he should have said:
“Where am I going ?”
“None of your business, give me the ticket or get a warrant”
IIRC, late Sept. is harvest time in KY,TN and WV...not sure about BC though.
Some body has been counting it.
“Yes, I think so. If you win over $1200. ... at which point it becomes “taxable” and is reported to the IRS.”
Depends on the game one is playing. If playing table games you can win this amount without receipts or notice to IRS.
What a lovely policy.
Thanks for the correction ... as you can see ... I’ve never won a large amount of moolah! :-D
Yup!
Since when is speeding “probable cause” for searching the car?
Now, do I believe he won this money?
NO!
If it’s over 1200 IN A SINGLE EVENT...
I’ve won much more than that on slots, but by winning at four or five hundred bucks a roll... but if the slot machine pays out more than 1200 ON A SINGLE SPIN, then they got ya.
Same thing with the table games. I’ve won more than that at poker and never got hit up for it. But I was on a table once where somebody hit the jackpot (he had four of a kind - four tens - and lost to a guy who had four kings).
I had already folded out of the hand, but my table share was 1300+, so everybody had to fill out the forms.
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