# IRS question

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/irs-question/519701>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [December 2, 2009, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/irs-question/519701 "2009-12-02T14:44:19Z")\
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**Author:** ![IAmNotSpartacus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/cc9497/32.png) [@IAmNotSpartacus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IAmNotSpartacus)\
**Post date:** [March 14, 2010, 6:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/irs-question/519701/21 "2010-03-14T06:14:05Z")

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I can now offer my personal experience that casinos do in fact make customers fill out W9s before cashing in chips from a very successful night of blackjack.

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**Author:** ![Desert\_Nomad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/desert_nomad/32/177_2.png) [@Desert\_Nomad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Desert_Nomad)\
**Post date:** [March 14, 2010, 6:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/irs-question/519701/22 "2010-03-14T06:50:33Z")

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> [@IAmNotSpartacus](#):
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> Yes, US citizens are expected to report income and pay appropriate taxes on all income, foreign or domestic. There are numerous codified exemptions, to my knowledge gambling winnings are not one of them.

Yup. I don’t gamble but have lived outside the USA for 8 years (and did not set foot in the US for at least 3 of those years). I still pay more in tax to the US than the average American earns… and yes it is grossly unfair as I use no US government services.

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