Hi ya diva. First of all Congratulations hun!!! I have had checks sent to me, wire transfers from the casino to my bank, Quick Tender etc etc and never had a problem with any of them.
Depending on the size of the check and your bank, they may want to allow you to take 1/2 of the funds immediately and 1-3 business days receive the rest, but other than that I've had no problems.
All else fails, you can always go to the corner check cashing place and cash the check. Yes they do charge a nice fee but ... you do get the check cashed. If the check is very large, you may want to call the check cashing place first, give them the information, how much, what bank its drawn on etc etc and they usually will have everything ready for you within a couple of hours.
I hope this has helped and again Congratulations!!!
Good Luck!!!
Oc