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I've  noticed that unlike any other city I have visited, you can pretty much take any amount of $$ you want through the airport AS LONG AS YOU'RE GOIN TO VEGAS. I have personally traveled with up to $12k on my person, & my gambling./traveling partner has never taken any less than 20k cash & neither of us has ever had a problem goin 2 vegas with this much $$$ (I guess because its assumed u are going 2 gamble maybe). However, this same guy was stopped traveling with 8k going down to miami and I was stopped with 6k going to NY....... Any thoughts or experiences would be welcomed........
 
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Airports will stop you and question you.  I've heard stories about them holding people and checking into the persons background. I was stopped a few years back and was only questioned.

I suggest just wrapping the money good and taping it inside your underwear. When you get on the plane just go straight to the bathroom, remove the money, and put it in your pocket(or carry on).
 
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why carry large amounts of cash when you can wire money to the cage or get a marker for whatever you have in your checking account.
 
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just put it in your pockets....walk thru the security clearance..and you are good...it wont set off any alarm
 
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Quote Originally Posted by Walter_Sobchak:

just put it in your pockets....walk thru the security clearance..and you are good...it wont set off any alarm


He can be that easy and I have done that.  However, if they notice the money, it normally raises questions.  It also depends on what airport.  In the Las Vegas airport you can probably just have the money in your hand and walk right past security.
 
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Our goverment has made it a crime to posses alot of cash.  Dont take it through the airport guys.   TSA is the new gestapo.  If you get caught with cash they will bring you to a private room and start drilling you, they will then inform the DEA who will show up with a dog, that dog will bark, then the DEA will seize your cash and you will spend a long time trying to get it back, if ever. 
 
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Quote Originally Posted by bigkat:

I've  noticed that unlike any other city I have visited, you can pretty much take any amount of $$ you want through the airport AS LONG AS YOU'RE GOIN TO VEGAS. I have personally traveled with up to $12k on my person, & my gambling./traveling partner has never taken any less than 20k cash & neither of us has ever had a problem goin 2 vegas with this much $$$ (I guess because its assumed u are going 2 gamble maybe). However, this same guy was stopped traveling with 8k going down to miami and I was stopped with 6k going to NY....... Any thoughts or experiences would be welcomed........
  That ridiculous that you cant have 8k or 6k on you.  Many people have that on them.  That really is not that much money.  Very sad what some of these airports do.
 
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Just as Walter said, I normally have it n my pocket & just walk straight through & have had no problems but I'm kinda timid going 2 other cities. Now about wiring $$ to the cage, I called about that, they said if I wired $$ in, I could not take it out I would have to "draw down" on it like marker. I was like FUCK THAT. Lets just say I take 8k. That doesnt mean I want to buy n for 8k. I normally keep 4k n my pocket & 4k n the room safe. Then go to the table & get 1k worth & hope to CATCH FIRE. But I refuse 2 have them hold all my $$ just for GAMBLING when I love shopping & tricking (lol)....
 
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Quote Originally Posted by bigkat:

Just as Walter said, I normally have it n my pocket & just walk straight through & have had no problems but I'm kinda timid going 2 other cities where I have outstanding warrants. Now about wiring $$ to the cage, I called about that, they said if I wired $$ in, I could not take it out I would have to "draw down" on it like marker. I was like FUCK THAT. I want to act like a high roller, not gamble like one. Lets just say I take 8k. That doesnt mean I want to buy n for 8k. I normally keep 4k n my pocket & 4k n the room safe. Then go to the table & get 1k worth & hope to CATCH FIRE(by that I mean bank $50 or get comped for a buffet. But I refuse 2 have them hold all my $$ just for GAMBLING when I love shopping for jockstraps& tricking unsuspecting johns(lol)....
 
oh, one last thing, never bring more than $10k in cash. that way if you're ever questioned you can tell them the mandalay bay has $10k limit on their roulette and you intend to put all of it on purple

 

 
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gunoenic stop editing my posts.........
 
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i just got back from VEGAS yesterday and i brought 15k with me and in 2007 i was playing alot of futures and brought out 40k to VEGAS and put it in my carry on and nothing happened.i go to vegas once or twice a year for the last 9 years and never had a problem bringing $.
 
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If you are traveling from state to state you can have as much money as you want on you. If you are coming into vegas or any state from outside the USA, you have to declare that you have over 10k. Being flush with cash isnt a crime but sometimes warrants an explanation.
 
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If you cant prove where the money came from, and most gamblers cant, dont take it throught the airport, there's always a first time to get fucked.
 
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Vincent, glad u have had success. So have I.. Lets keep the streak going.. Considering going 2 the Mayweather fight......
 
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big kat, wassup man, seems like very post you have is swearing you are some sort of vegas whale loaded with cash , dont hurt yourself pattin yourself on the back buddy
 
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40k thats a lot of cash to walk thru airport security with, but if it worked congrats.
 
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Never had more than $3K on me but I always just put it in my pocket and walk right through.  Never had a problem.
 
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nc capper, around $500 per spin hardly qualifies me as a whale. But, Im not ever payin for 1)rooms, 2) food 3) limo 4) show/fight tickets. But it should entitle me 2 better than those cheap damn tan limos (lol)
 
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I always wear a money belt. Does not matter if I have 1K or 50K.
Never had a problem.tuck in to below my belt line!
I often get drunk as fuck and without that money belt would have probably lost wallet, ect more than once!
 
 
 
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hmm, you're a rated player at $500 per hand and you only take $4k to the floor, buy in for $1k, and "hope to catch fire"
 
 
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Brought 20K to Vegas in my pockets and no problems.....just keep it in your pockets and don't look like a jerkoff who has that amount of cash in your pockets.
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