Playing taxes on your winnings are now no longer exempt. If you’re a U.S. citizen you owe Uncle Sam a part, regardless if won here or in a single other country. The IRS considers all playing winnings taxable profits, despite the indisputable truth that or now no longer it’s an amount that does now no longer derive reported to the IRS by the payer, like that $20 use on a scratch off ticket, or a lucky $250 when your numbers hit, even a $1,000 jackpot on your celebrated slot machine. Sadly, playing taxes are due.