Playing taxes to your winnings are now not exempt. Even as you is at possibility of be a U.S. citizen you owe Uncle Sam a bit, regardless if won here or out of the country. The IRS considers all gambling winnings taxable earnings, even though or now not it’s an amount that does now not fetch reported to the IRS by the payer, admire that $20 purchase on a scratch off ticket, or a lucky $250 when your numbers hit, even a $1,000 jackpot to your favourite slot machine. Sadly, gambling taxes are due.