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    Whenever I go to Vegas, someone will ask me to bet on some sports team when I am down there. I just make the bet for them at MGM and bring the ticket back. So far anybody that I bought the tickets for, has not won.

    I always wondered what if they did win? How would they claim the prize? Mail the ticket in?

  • #2
    Originally posted by tangoplus View Post
    Whenever I go to Vegas, someone will ask me to bet on some sports team when I am down there. I just make the bet for them at MGM and bring the ticket back. So far anybody that I bought the tickets for, has not won.

    I always wondered what if they did win? How would they claim the prize? Mail the ticket in?
    Um, no, you cash out for them, and give them the money.
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    • #3
      Originally posted by Bababooey323 View Post
      Um, no, you cash out for them, and give them the money.
      Well I would if the event had ended before I left Vegas... I don't know much about sports, but I think these are bets on who is going to win championships and stuff like that.

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      • #4
        Thats funny, I was talking to my tax attorney about that recently. In Macau, the casinos there are one of the few that allow side bets. In Vegas, side bets are definitely illegal and only way to cash out is to really make your own bets and then transfer the funds to them at a later time. So keep it on the DL, or not do it at all. Or go to Macau, its only 30 mins from Hong Kong in China

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        • #5
          Oh I didn't even know it was illegal LOL

          Guess I won't be doing that anymore then

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          • #6
            Originally posted by tangoplus View Post
            Whenever I go to Vegas, someone will ask me to bet on some sports team when I am down there. I just make the bet for them at MGM and bring the ticket back. So far anybody that I bought the tickets for, has not won.

            I always wondered what if they did win? How would they claim the prize? Mail the ticket in?
            Yes, you mail in the ticket. I placed a bet on a game that was weeks after I left vegas. On the back of the ticket it tells you how to mail it. A few weeks later MGM sent me a check in the mail.
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            • #7
              You can mail it in. Most of my friends will make some pretty longshot bets on favorite teams. The idea behind it, if one of the longshots actually hits, they HAVE to go back to Vegas to cash it in, and the money they made will conveniently cover part of the trip.

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              • #8
                Originally posted by tangoplus View Post
                Oh I didn't even know it was illegal LOL

                Guess I won't be doing that anymore then
                Its only illegal if you tell them! lol

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                • #9
                  Originally posted by royale View Post
                  Its only illegal if you tell them! lol
                  actually its illegal no matter what but doesnt matter unless you get caught........and then as long as you dont talk youll be fine
                  it's that time again, let's get #28 gentleman....for the boss

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                  • #10
                    No one would ever know its for someone else so you wouldnt ever have to worry. If your making a long term bet (like whos going to win the NBA championship or something like that) and you get the betting ticket when your in Vegas all you do is mail in the winning ticket and they mail you back the check. Thats all.

                    Same thing happens with chips. If you leave Vegas with chips (like you forgot you had them) you can mail them back and they will mail you a check.

                    Its as simple as that.
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                    • #11
                      Originally posted by Keebler View Post
                      No one would ever know its for someone else so you wouldnt ever have to worry. If your making a long term bet (like whos going to win the NBA championship or something like that) and you get the betting ticket when your in Vegas all you do is mail in the winning ticket and they mail you back the check. Thats all.

                      Same thing happens with chips. If you leave Vegas with chips (like you forgot you had them) you can mail them back and they will mail you a check.

                      Its as simple as that.

                      Thanks Keebler!

                      It is great to have so many degenerate gamblers on board

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                      • #12
                        Do you guys actually spell cheque "check"?? We are talking about the same thing right........
                        You lot and your weird language!
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                        • #13
                          Originally posted by LondonUK View Post
                          Do you guys actually spell cheque "check"?? We are talking about the same thing right........
                          You lot and your weird language!

                          There is English, and then there is American.

                          Two totally different languages.

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                          • #14
                            Speak American!!!
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                            • #15
                              Originally posted by NyceGuy View Post
                              Speak American!!!


                              There is American, and there is Yankeenese.

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