IEB Gaming Agents Collect More Than $3.6M in DOR Intercepts in FY22
- October 25, 2022
- by MGC Communications
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Gaming Agents for the Massachusetts Gaming Commission’s Investigations and Enforcement Bureau collected more than $3.6 million in Department of Revenue [DOR] intercepts during Fiscal Year 2022, according to Bruce Band, the Deputy Director of the MGC’s Investigations and Enforcement Bureau.
Those intercepts came via FY2022 winnings at Massachusetts casinos from people owing back taxes or back child support.
Whenever someone wins a jackpot over $1,200 in slots or a table jackpot of $5,000 or that pays out at 300-to-1 odds, that person’s name and social security number has to be run through the DOR to see if they owe any back taxes or back child support in Massachusetts.
If the patron does, the money owed is withheld from the winnings and transferred to the DOR.
The total intercepted by the DOR in FY2022 at Massachusetts casinos was $3,601,569.28. In FY2021, IEB Gaming Agents helped to collect $3.4 million in DOR intercepts.