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Tournament winnings and Taxes

I have raised money from 11 backers to play in a series of tournaments in Vegas.  I will divide a percentage of any money won between the backers.  Obviously  I need to account for taxes.  I thought the way to do this was to file out a form 5754 from the IRS that is used to create multiple W-2G’s for each winner in a gambling activity (apparently used in Lotteries alot).  The IRS even uses a Poker tournament in their example on their website.  Trying to be thorough, I contacted Caesars poker room to find out exactly how they handle form 5754 and they told me they don’t recognise form 5754!  I will just get a w-2G for the whole payout and it’s up to me to deal with the backers however i want.  How is this situation usually handled?  Should i hold out a percentage for taxes?  Can I force Caesars to take a form 5754?

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