That Awkward Moment When..

Earthwake is right don't ever tell them the truth about an online gambling check. What I do is deposit it in my savings account that I opened for my gambling stuff. Find a bank that lets you have a small savings account without fees and deposit any checks into the account. Most tellers won't ask you anything if your depositing the check. Also, never and I mean never use a check cashing service. Also, if you can find a Credit Union I would join one because they want all the money they can get and usually won't ask questions about cash deposits unless it over the 10K amount and they won't ask you about checks you received from online books.

I use a credit union for those types of checks and they seem to  ask 50% of the time what it's for and who from when it is on a Canadian or foreign bank. I give them the same answer every time. I invested money in my college roomates business and it is a portion of my dividends.

I never cash, always deposit. Sometimes they put a hold and sometimes they don't. I was shocked once when I got a call from the branch manager saying business must not be to good when 5 dimes bounced 2 checks within a week.