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But yeah, the underage players are SOL. If you're gonna go to Vegas and gamble while underage, stay below the radar. Don't win any slot jackpots, don't crack the Carribean Stud jackpot, don't hit a bad beat poker jackpot, and don't go to the cage with $5K and try to cash out.

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Hang on...when I gambled underage at the Borgata and I was carded, I just told the floor that I left my ID at the Taj where I was staying. He said I couldn't keep playing and I cashed out over a dime (hit it lucky at Roulette--I only play 1/2 NL cash).

I mean, you're clearly right that underage players should stay inconspicuous, but I don't think they can let you cash in and not let you cash out for lacking proper ID. If theyre gonna card you they need to do it strightaway. Of course, that's different for a tourney where checks are presented.

Could someone with a thorough knowledge of the laws governing this sort of thing weigh in?

--AD

Re: Underage players at the table
 

Who cares if the players are underage? The floormen obviously don't (i.e. they don't require you to have a comp card). If the kid is goin down to have some fun then let him have fun. I think we all have done things before they were "legal" to do. I doubt anyone under 18 would try this, but if they are over 18 they can serve in the military and shoot people, so why cant they play cards.

Re: Underage players at the table
 

OK you need to stop using the word "squirt" cuz it's getting a little creepy...

Re: It happened at Commerce
 

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But yeah, the underage players are SOL. If you're gonna go to Vegas and gamble while underage, stay below the radar. Don't win any slot jackpots, don't crack the Carribean Stud jackpot, don't hit a bad beat poker jackpot, and don't go to the cage with $5K and try to cash out.

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Hang on...when I gambled underage at the Borgata and I was carded, I just told the floor that I left my ID at the Taj where I was staying. He said I couldn't keep playing and I cashed out over a dime (hit it lucky at Roulette--I only play 1/2 NL cash).


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I'll quote from Nevada NRS 463.350

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1. A person under the age of 21 years shall not:

(a) Play, be allowed to play, place wagers at, or collect winnings from, whether personally or through an agent, any gambling game, slot machine, race book, sports pool or pari-mutuel operator.

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You cannot collect your winnings. So sorry. And you can't give your chips to someone else to cash for you (in theory).

If you hit a big jackpot and don't have your ID, the casino will be happy to keep it safe for you until you can provide it. I've seen this regularly at poker tourneys when folks get deep enough into the money they need a W2G and don't have their ID.

If you go up to the cage with $5K and try to cash it they're likely to demand ID for their cash-transaction tracking, and if you cannot provide it you may have some trouble getting the chips back from the cage. If you go up with >$10K you DEFINITELY will have to provide ID.

Re: Underage players at the table
 

If you are under 21 cashing out 5K or 10K, get someone to help you. That is a ton of cash at that age and I would not want to lose it.

Re: Underage players at the table
 

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OK you need to stop using the word "squirt" cuz it's getting a little creepy...

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Now you're raggin' on me for consistency? Guy to my right was "squirt", guy across from me was "youngin'". Person to my left was "babyface" and the fellow in the 10-seat was "urchin".

Mind you I was MUCH MUCH happier with babyface sitting to my left than his replacement. Some 90yo coot spewing the F-word every 30 seconds, throwing cards and other things at the dealers, and muttering to himself. Dunno why the dealers put up with him. I ended up calling coot's $90 all-in bet from UTG with my AK in the BB even though I knew he hadda have AA-QQ thinking it's a win-win...if he wins, maybe he'll get happier and not be so unpleasant to sit next to, if I win, maybe I'll push him over the brink and he'll snap and have to be carried out. (He had KK and I spiked an A--Coot definitely went deeper into his tantrum but didn't leave, so I did.)

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You are a tool. You should not only feel bad, you should know that you are a scumbag.

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You're the tool. I never said I wouldn't let him keep the pot. Where is that in my post? Why don't you rethink who you're calling a scumbag and develop better reading skills.

Re: Underage players at the table
 

I play over in Shreveport, La at the Eldorado and getting into their (and all the river boats there) is tight. They take your ID, look you over, put it in an electronic machine that does something, maybe verifies if it's real, then they put it in another electronic machine that does something else, maybe scans it? I have no idea what the machines are doing but I can assure you getting in with a fake ID would be very tough if not nearly impossible. And if you look under about 35 they WILL card you. I have seen them stop and ID people at the door who I knew had to be in their mid 30's.

That being said, if I ever saw someone at my poker table who I really believed was underage, I'd take a bathroom break and talk to the Floor. I have no desire to play against underage kids. I wouldn't invite them to my home game, so I sure don't want to be playing in a game with them where it's illegal for them to even be there.