If anyone is interested

I got laid off three weeks ago I have started collecting unemployment.
I went on the road my first stop was bilox I am up 2k. My next stop will be Philly MS followed by Vicksburg and Lake Charles.I use the TKO
count and have a very good way to hide my skills.

You should go a little north of Vicksburg to Tunica checkout Horseshoe, Goldstrike and Hollywood for Doubledeck.

The Paragon is worth the short drive west of Natchez.

...of Sam's town, which is notorous for preferential shuffling and other unfriendly activities.

Also, the last time I was at the Hollywood, the pit was extremely unfriendly and the heat was intense, but that was a few years back.

Check out the South page. You may want to leave out the part about playing on your unemployment income!

Just ask my brother ...

DD out of the shoe face up. The count jumped I went for it. The dealer got 3 naturals in a row. Go figure.

how does the irs find out if you are winning

LPB believes you just can't claim your gaming activities as a business. Just claim your net win and pay the 25%(?) or whatever is required.

If you win "too much" at one time:

Win > $5,000 (used to be $3,000, but I believe was raised) the casino could file a Suspicious Activity Report ("SAR"). These are really a pain in the ass for the casino; so don't get filed all that often. SARs exist to catch "structuring" (i.e., a big win being cashed out a bit at a time) by people trying to avoid...

Win > $10,000 the casino MUST file a Cash Transaction Report (CTR).

If either of these forms get filed on you, it creates a paper trail which could expose you to fraud charges if you keep drawing unemployment, as the income would almost certainly reduce, if not eliminate, your eligibility, at least for a time.

My advice: never cash as much as $2.5K at once as, for many casinos, this is the threshhold where they ask for I.D.

There have been cases where the IRS has gone to casinos to get "players statements" on individuals they suspect of failing to report large gambling winnings; but this would not occur on a state level.

EVERY AND I MEAN EVERY CASINO in Tunica knows I count...but because I only play for small stakes, $50-$100 they tolerate me 1-2 times a month, anymore and I would probably be banned. But yeah ballys and The Fitz are the single most tolerable places to play for card counters. Sams town has deck mechanics like a some bitch and if horseshoe and road house think your counting they got deck mechanics too. I'm going to be in Tunica, Pearl, Philly, bioloxi and Vicksberg from the 2nd-10th of next month so any reputable counters want to get together and let me show you how its really like to defy the math I wouldn't mind going over my usual profit goals to make your jaws drop... Anyways got some customized cards in the mail I think I am going to break those in for a couple of hours. Cheers

I am not familiar with Pearl where is it?