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Digest Number 2407

#1

I will NOT, under any circumstances, reveal my Social Security number or Driver's License number.

How about for a jackpot?

Hit a taxable and they ask for your DL and Social Security Card (the one that says "NOT TO BE USED FOR IDENTIFICATION").
If you don't have one, they'll ask for your number, saying they need to enter it because "that's how our system works".
I tell them I don't want to announce it so the whole world can hear, and ask to write it down. When the attendant returns with the money, he asks "Is this your correct number -- 7 3 2 . . . "
I then mention, again, that I don't want all of Nevada to know. Response: "They tell us to do that". Terrific.

I am going to start refusing to give my SS# for any jackpot at a casino that knows me and already has that information in their records.
If their "procedures" do not allow them to access that information, those procedures will have to change. Quickly.

TC

#2

Babe wrote:

I will NOT, under any circumstances, reveal my Social Security
number or Driver's License number.

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--- In vpFREE@yahoogroups.com, Tabbycat <tabbycat@w...> wrote:

How about for a jackpot? Hit a taxable and they ask for your DL and
Social Security Card (the one that says "NOT TO BE USED FOR
IDENTIFICATION").

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The statement made in my post above was referring ONLY to joining
card clubs, or taking CB/Comps/FreePlay from the club card. In no
way did I mean to imply that I didn't supply my SS# for jackpots of
$1200 or more.

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If you don't have one, they'll ask for your number, saying they need
to enter it because "that's how our system works".

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Actually, this is federal law, and the casinos must abide by it. I
have been told that they will not take the SS# verbally (after all,
anyone could fabricate any name and number that they choose) and that
w/o PROOF of SS#, they will withhold the jackpot payoff until the
SS# is produced. Therefore, I always have my SS card in the safe
deposit box with most of my bankroll. It is easy to retrieve if
needed. They are NOT entitled to my DL, nor will I produce it if
asked. I would make a scene about this if necessary, and demand
that the Casino Control Commission be called. Fortunately, this
has never happened to me.

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I tell them I don't want to announce it so the whole world can hear,
and ask to write it down. When the attendant returns with the
money, he asks "Is this your correct number -- 7 3 2 . . . " I then
mention, again, that I don't want all of Nevada to know.
Response: "They tell us to do that". Terrific.

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If they did that to me, their tip would immediately leave my
hand, and be placed back in my wallet.

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I am going to start refusing to give my SS# for any jackpot at a
casino that knows me and already has that information in their
records. If their "procedures" do not allow them to access that
information, those procedures will have to change. Quickly.

TC

I wish you the best of luck, Tabbycat, But I'm afraid this will
not work, and you'll be denied your payoff until you produce, for
the umpteenth time, I'm sure, proof of your SS#.

Best regards,

Babe

#3

As information to those of us who have been lucky enough (or, is
that unlucky enough?) never to have gotten a 1099-G, is there anyone
here (like a lawyer or a tax expert?) who really knows what
constitutes "proof" of your SS #, above and beyond the card itself?

Many of us have lost ours years ago and just never bothered to get a
duplicate. I can't remember the last time that I was asked to show
a copy of my SS card.

Thanks!

.....bl

--- In vpFREE@yahoogroups.com, "jackessiebabe" <jackessiebabe@y...>
wrote:

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you'll be denied your payoff until you produce, for
the umpteenth time, I'm sure, proof of your SS#.

Best regards,

Babe

#4

My S.S. card is in my wallet, but I never carry it into a casino. The
only thing I have is my NV drivers license, players club card, and
cash. I have never had a problem just giving the S.S. number for a
jackpot over $1100.

My recollection from my days in the financial world is that the tax
form that you sign only verifies the S.S. number, and also verifies
that you are not subject to "back-up withholding".

I share everyone's concern regarding protecting one's identity, but
the information that I have researched shows that much of the identity
theft that is reported in the news is credit and debit card related.
The more you use that Visa or MC, the higher the possibility the
information will be compromised. I think it's only a matter of time
before these credit card companies get sued for failing to protect
their customers. A massive class-action lawsuit would get their
attention real quick.

So until the day that cash is outlawed (hopefully not in my lifetime),
I will continue to use cash as much as possible.

--- In vpFREE@yahoogroups.com, "bornloser1537" <bornloser1537@y...>
wrote:

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As information to those of us who have been lucky enough (or, is
that unlucky enough?) never to have gotten a 1099-G, is there anyone
here (like a lawyer or a tax expert?) who really knows what
constitutes "proof" of your SS #, above and beyond the card itself?

Many of us have lost ours years ago and just never bothered to get a