We met Eduardo Cardoso in the summer of 2023 when he told us how much he loved gaming.
“I like to go to the casino like any other person likes to go on a weekend,” he told us.
And as luck would have it, playing the slots, he hit 3 jackpots at the Seminole Classic Casino but couldn’t collect his winnings.
“Because I had a Cuban passport, and they say a Cuban passport isn’t valid here,” he says.
Back then, the casino told us “Seminole Casinos always pay out all prize money unless prohibited by Treasury Department regulations.”
It turns out that the federal government has rules that prohibit Cubans who do not have proof that they live outside the island from collecting prizes in US casinos.
