Playing taxes on your winnings are no longer exempt. Whereas you happen to are a U.S. citizen you owe Uncle Sam a part, regardless if won right here or foreign. The IRS considers all gambling winnings taxable profits, even supposing it be an amount that does no longer salvage reported to the IRS by the payer, worship that $20 engage on a scratch off mark, or a lucky $250 when your numbers hit, even a $1,000 jackpot on your current slot machine. Sadly, gambling taxes are due.