Following the closure of all Las Vegas poker rooms and casinos, local media reports that the authorities are making it easier for professional poker players to apply for the aid subsidies that the Federal Government is providing to workers who have seen their incomes reduced. by the Covid-19 crisis.
Las Vegas professional poker players are able to apply for the unemployment benefits for poker pros too. According to the local tabloid Las Vegas Review, poker professionals who live in the city (mostly regular cash game midstakes) will be able to access the federal CARES assistance program. This is confirmed by the State of Nevada and the Department of Employment, with its manager Rosa Mendez: poker professionals can be qualified as self-employed workers.
Given the "extraordinary nature of the moment, they can therefore fall under the regulation of the CARE Act".
In the United States, poker professionals are - at least from a tax point of view - considered self-employed and required to file a tax return.
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