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I've been told by several winners and floor people that Harrah's doesn't give out 1099's or W2G's to folks who win main event seats in their freerolls. (Still trying to win a seat myself.) The claim is because they aren't winning cash, but rather just an entry into a tournament which is non-refundable, non-transferable, yaddayadda, that it ain't reportable (or some such, anyway).

Kinda sounds from that like if you win a freeroll tourney and get a seat to the main event, and bust out of the main event with no cash, there are no taxes to be paid on the entry you won. Maybe?