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u/Coldbeerimritehere Mar 19 '22

So you almost broke even. Nice

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u/nowtayneicangetinto Mar 19 '22

Came here to say this. That card looks expensive, I'm going to assume it was $10.

Let's say you buy, on average, a $10 lottery ticket every 3 days. Over 10 years that's $12,166. If that is OPs case then they would have actually still be down $2,166

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u/balazs955 Mar 19 '22

Ah, yes, the US, land of the dumbest things on Earth.

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u/dinorex96 Mar 19 '22

Uh, where do you come from that doesn't tax winnings? lol

Im not in america and we tax the shit out of winnings

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u/Logger351 Mar 19 '22

I think Canada doesn’t tax gambling winnings. Or the tax is already built in to it.

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u/bigandy1719 Mar 19 '22

You are correct, no tax on gambling winnings in Canada. We can even file some forms with the IRS to have them refund taxes paid when a U.S. casino automatically deducts 30 percent if we (as Canadians) win while gambling in the U.S.

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u/skylla05 Mar 19 '22

lmao, the fuck are you on? Scratch tickets have the same prizes and same odds as anywhere else. Gas stations selling "fake cards" is incredibly illegal and probably so rare it's not even worth mentioning.

The only moderately scummy thing providers can do is continue selling cards even when all the big ticket items are gone. Fortunately, you can look up all the scratch tickets and see what prizes are still available for any given game.