Safe Deposit boxes

Question do Vegas casinos have safe deposit boxes that you can leave money in for an extended time period? Say I want to leave 5000 in cash there instead of taking it on a plane with me back home. Then bringing it back on the next trip. Do they cost to use them? I have used one on a trip before where you had to show a room key but never left money there. Or would you be better off opening a Checking account at a Vegas bank that has locations in your home town.

I know I had a safe deposit box in Laughlin after I won a VP tournament, but I took the money out in a few days when returning to Vegas. But I knew sportsbook bettors that had safe deposit boxes at the Stardust that kept them year round where they store their 1,000-5000 chips that they used for sport betting. They would use those chips to bet as it was a way around the $10,000 limit that the books had to report if the person used cash. For some reason, if the bettor used cash, the casino had to report it to the IRS on a form they sent to them. But if you used chips, they didn't have to report the bet over 10 grand. Why? I don't know, but that's the way it was back then.

That's a pretty cool nugget of trivia bags. Makes sense to me.

JOHN

The last time I was at the Belagio poker room most of the players that sat down at our table would go to a desk at the back of the room and access deposit boxes. I felt small and amatuerish because I didn't have one. (at least I knew who the fish at the table was).
I have also seen these boxes at the mirage poker room.
A quick call to the hosts at your casino of choice would be able to answer your question.

Many, if not most, established poker rooms (with big games) have safe deposit boxes. However, acquiring one is often not quite so easy.

At the Hard Rock, Hollywood, you must be an "established player" at $5-10 NL or bigger. Than, IF a box is available, the shift manager has to sign off for you to get it. As a low roller, I've tried periodically to no avail, and I have an established, good relationship with the shift managers and director of operations. But that just does not help me get a box. damn it.

At other poker rooms I've visited, if boxes are not available, the casino will be happy to establish a "players account" where you can deposit or withdraw your cash. Unfortunately, that does leave a paper trail.

I can offer no insight on getting one. Just keep asking.

I did try the $20 trick at the Hard Rock for a box. That did not work. Than again, I did not expect it too. My bank only charges $30 yearly. lol

So I remain a "low roller" simply because I do not want to carry more than a couple hundred when I commute to play poker at HR. And every time a game breaks out that I would play, I ask them to pay my ATM fees so I can buy in, mentioning that I can not get a box. They won't pay the fees so I won't play, and that's that. I do not want to buy in short stacked.

BTW: I only play limit games, but would play much bigger that they usually have. IF I could keep my money in a box.