onlinesportspoker: Do Vegas casino`s cages/money desks maintain a record of what a player has cashed out?

Monday, 6 January 2014

Do Vegas casino`s cages/money desks maintain a record of what a player has cashed out?

Do Vegas casino`s cages/cash desks keep a record of what a player has cashed out?
In Aprill 2010 on my last night in vegas i won $ 30,000 on the roulette tables, I cashed the chips out for cash, the next day i flew home. Im having some issues with the money i put into my bank account, im being questioned for tax reasons etc.(3yrs later)

Now my question is would the casino cage have kept a record of me cashing the chips for cash? I have gotten a statement from MLife but this does not show the information i need, I need a receipt of some sort to prove where i got the money from. Would casinos in vegas keep and hold this type of Information? Obviously in vegas 30k is a little win compared to some of the big high rollers so im not holding much hope this is kept on file.

Any info would be appreciated.

Best answer:

Answer by James C
They report anything over 10k to the IRS (or it might be 5k I forget), UK has a tax treaty with the USA, the normal way it goes is that 30% tax is deducted by them immediately and you can then file a claim when you get back to the UK to recoup that.

Not too sure in your case. I suspect you would be better off posting this in one of the main poker forums such as 2+2. There will be people there that are familiar with the ins and outs of the tax situation on big wins.

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