Playing taxes to your winnings are no longer exempt. If you may maybe perchance well be a U.S. citizen you owe Uncle Sam a fraction, regardless if won here or in a foreign nation. The IRS considers all gambling winnings taxable profits, even supposing it be an amount that would no longer salvage reported to the IRS by the payer, like that $20 pick on a scratch off impress, or a lucky $250 when your numbers hit, even a $1,000 jackpot to your favorite slot machine. Sadly, gambling taxes are due.