Social Security Card !

If you win a jackpot that requires a hand pay is your drivers license enough I.D. Or do you need to show your Social Security card ?
We have only had this problem a couple of times, but they seem fine with the drivers license.
Years ago you needed at SS card, but I just gave them my DL on my hand pay and they didn't take out taxes. FYI if you want it in a check ask before you give them ID. Ballys wanted to give me almost 4,000 in cash because it was such a "small amount" LOL I said not small to me check please.

CheeseHeadsForever I would take that problem on every visit.
I'd love to have that problem. Just once.

It depends.

I won a taxable jackpot at Oaklawn Park in Hot Springs, Arkansas.
To my shock, they required proof of my SSN.
I assume the same applies to the only other legal casino in Arkansas, the dog track.
I protested, of course, but it did no good.
If I remember correctly, he said they would accept anything with my SSN, such as a Medicare card, which I didn't have at the time.

I dug around and finally found my SS card, went back and collected my money.

Mississippi doesn't require proof of SSN, but they do take out state tax from winnings.

Edited to add that Arkansas also collects state tax from a jackpot.

Not too big of a deal, except you must file a state tax return for every state in which taxes were taken from a gambling jackpot if you wish to re-coop some of it.
Yes, I agree, this type of problem is a good thing. I don't always express myself real well.




Does Vegas require the SS card? I've had hand pays in Louisiana where they took out state tax but didn't require the SS card. Going to Vegas in a few weeks and wondering if just the drivers license is enough?
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Originally posted by: soonermom
Does Vegas require the SS card? I've had hand pays in Louisiana where they took out state tax but didn't require the SS card. Going to Vegas in a few weeks and wondering if just the drivers license is enough?


No, Vegas does not require proof of the SSN. Drivers license is sufficient.
And, no state tax is taken out from Vegas winnings.
I've gotten W-2s in NJ, MS, IL, NV, Maine, CA & FL - never needed a SSCard.
Never needed a SS card, my drivers license was good enough.
In NOLA, they took out state tax.
The attendant at Harrah's was too lazy to explain there was a state tax before asking for my DL. Not that I had a choice in the matter, but it would have been nice to have been told up front.
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