Originally Posted by
quahaug
The guy doesn't get paid in cash on the spot does he? All I saw was a picture of one of those giant checks. I doubt he's got 50 g's in his wallet so how's he supposed to give those chumps anything.
On big jackpots they don’t have to be all cash or all check. They can split it however you want. Probably just had them pop $50k out for the Tip. If the big check is is showing the full amount without the $50k deduct, thats probably just for the publicity photo. They likely gave him a regular sized check minus the $50k tip, but he would get a tax form for the full win including the tip.
My guess, I could be wrong.