Rob,
Everyone has different circumstances. As a senior, you have a fixed income, and many senior benefits will vanish with too many W2s.
As an example for you, some seniors play a lower denomination and/or J/B and deuces so there is a less chance of accumulating lots of W2s.
Of course I love jackpots who doesn't but I have to be careful in my situation with medicare, etc.
To each his own Rob, I tried my best to explain the reality.
Carol
--- In vpFREE@yahoogroups.com, "rob.singer1111@yahoo.com" <rob.singer1111@...> wrote:
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> I do not understand why so many people fear W2G's. The more the better and the more jackpots the better. Isn't that really the name of the game in video poker?
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> More concerning to me would be playing for points & slot club status than playing for as many W2G's as possible.
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> I really like the Horseshoe and probably will be mid diamond by years end. I have to be careful about W-2's. On social security and husband pension and I do not want to have to pay extra for medicare,real estate taxes, etc. And since I am from Illinois, Indiana takes out almost 4 percent tax that I do not see as I am not a professional gambler and cannot file as such. In total I had few 4/kinds and no 4 deuces. Lost about $800 but 2 years ago won a total of $14,000 w2's which put us over the limit for some real estate exemptions.
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