Checks have been known to bounce many weeks after deposit. But generally, if it hasn't bounced in a week or two you are usually straight.

You could just have his family agree to forge his sig and just deposit it. You're making it look like it's huge deal. It's really not. Someone will get a check and deposit it. That's it.
You don't have to sweat anything.


And also Lol at the IRS bit. I am guessing 95% of players that play online (Americans) don't file anything to the IRS. Esp 100% of Recs.

Yeh maybe if you aren't on the books with a normal job and you have cash in a bank they'll be asking how or why, sure you may file.
Everyone else? No shot.

Recs most likely are losing money yearly so your argument for them not paying is moot.

As for players that are winning yearly you'd have to be pretty think headed to not pay your taxes on money you're earning.

So sure the guy that makes some sports bets and cashed out time this year for $2750 probably is not gonna worry about it. The poker player who had a steady stream of funds coming into the banking system def should be worried about paying and being legit. Don't wanna **** with the IRS

To each his own.

I have to agree here. Making a mountain out of a mole hill on both accounts.

So bovada will no longer do visa fast funds through a card I've used mutlitple times. When I offered another bank card they said that's not eligible either. Mind you they are both bank debit cards (Wells Fargo and BOA). Now I have to settle for a check which takes forever to clear which really messed up holiday plans. So I've requested multiple max check withdrawals and think I'm done with bovada they are making withdrawals a pain in the ass and I think it's only going to get worse from here on. I strongly recommend Bitcoin books which I've recently been using. Cashed out from site to bank account in 1 day. $10k daily max

They probably realized that people like you shouldnt get VFF cause they dont follow the rules and still post bank names in the thread.

i use one of those banks and my checks clear in a couple days

can you pm me which one, since its such a big deal to post a bank name in a thread.

Hmmm. Ok, I stand corrected.

So forge signatures in a state where it's a felony to play online poker and don't pay your taxes. Got it.

the 1st one you typed...1st 2 checks i deposited with them took about a week, couple days for them since

Yeah I hear you.

But how scary is Scientology? They might be the only organized crime syndicate that beat the IRS.

What do you mean by collections?

I got a check from abroad. Does anyone have any information about this kind of check or how long it takes to clear?

Collections is when a bank doesn't give you the money until they have it themselves. Typically because the bank isn't 100% confident that they're going to get the money*. If the check isn't sent to collections, then the bank makes the money available to you same/next day, even though they haven't gotten the cash from the bank the check is drawn on. If it later bounces, then they're going to come after that money.

*There can be lots of reasons why they feel this way, including your customer/account status (including the age of the account), the amount you have in your account vs. the amount the check is for, how well they can handle it if it is bad (big ones can handle it better), where the check is from, how authentic the check appears, whether you look suspicious, etc.

Requested a cash out check by courier on Bovada and was approved on November 19th 2015. Today is December 15th and I Still have not received the check. Called and emailed them numerous times and been getting the run around. Was wondering if anyone else been having the same issues?

Requested first cash out by check 12/13. Approved 12/14.

Quick question, in the approval email, was there supposed to be some tracking number for the envelope? Or will that information be sent at a later time.

Req check on Nov 19
Approv Nov 21
December 15 still waiting.

What are you 13? No one is going to come for him. It's a check. The bank MAY ask what it's from. You tell them online consulting. That's it.

You think a bank is going to worry about a signature? I've deposited multiple checks made out to friends out of state who needed to pay me and I've signed them to myself with their name. Never ever had an issue.

This isn't Isis dude. It's a check.

Literally the only way you'll get caught is if you walked into a bank and said

"Hi I'm depositing a poker check that isn't for me and I never signed this... Please call authorities"
To which then you'd just lose the check. You're not going to get water boarded from this "felony"

Once your check is shipped you'll get a separate E-mail with a tracking number.

FWIW, I've never gotten an email with a tracking number, but every time I've gotten a message in my Bovada inbox. So I would check there, too. But yeah, shipping typically doesn't happen on the same day as approval, particularly in the last month or two.

Requested 11/27, approved 11/29, received 12/10.

requested rapid transfer(max) 11/24
still pending

Something is wrong there, 2 situations possible I can think of (obviously there is more), could be blacklisted, also may need to verify documents. I would definitely shoot bovada customer support an email to try and find out more information. I've never heard nor seen a request pend for that long on Bovada.

Check

Req: 12/1
Approved: 12/2
Received: 12/15

From north but a different place than the last one

Check

Req: 12/15
Approved: ??
Received ??