Holding
Gold Coast's deductions were proper, as its liability to members became fixed upon their accumulation of the minimum number of club points whether or not they chose to redeem them and because the amount of liability was known with reasonable certainty.
Read more about this topic: Gold Coast Hotel & Casino V. United States
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