Playing taxes on your winnings are now no longer exempt. If you are a U.S. citizen you owe Uncle Sam a part, regardless if obtained here or out of the country. The IRS considers all playing winnings taxable earnings, despite the indisputable truth that it be an amount that does now no longer get dangle of reported to the IRS by the payer, luxuriate in that $20 buy on a scratch off designate, or a lucky $250 when your numbers hit, even a $1,000 jackpot on your authorized slot machine. Sadly, playing taxes are due.