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Originally posted by: O2bnVegasQuote
Originally posted by: pjstroh
I cant imagine any place "requires" a Social Security card. What if a Canadian wins the jackpot? Or what if you simply lost your Social Security card? Can the casino withhold the winnings? I highly doubt it - even if they say so. I'm not a lawyer but I'm pretty sure if a casino tried to withhold your winnings on the basis of an unavailable SS card you could probably resolve the situation quickly with a modest threat of calling the appropriate gaming authorities.
Besides, its not a good idea to carry your SS Card around with you anyway. Someone stealing your wallet would have everything they need to steal your identity and bypass security into your financial accounts.
I agree with you, but I can tell you it happened to me, as I described above. I whined and asked to see a supervisor. I told them I have won jackpots in multiple states and never had to show the SS card and that practice is outdated anyway. All to no avail, of course. Fortunately the casino is just a 45 minute drive and we go there from time to time, so it wasn't too big a deal, except to find my SS card which I hadn't used for anything in 30 years!
They would have accepted anything with my SS number on it, such as a Medicare Card, but I didn't have that either. I wasn't in the mood to try calling a gaming authority.
Medicare (I have one now) DOES advise you to carry that card with you, and you are often required to show that card when you get medical care. And it does contain the SS number.
The US Social Security system does not cover Canadians, or any foreigners (like Asians...) for that matter (unless they are employed in the US and the employer takes out SS taxes/wages/whatever it is they take out), so casinos, even in Las Vegas take out a chunk of the jackpot which they do not do for US citizens unless you ask them too. I can't recall if there is a procedure by which foreigners can recover some of it when they get back home.
When my husband applied for a job at a car dealership, he was requied to present his SS card. He had lost it many years prior, so he had to get a new one.
