Anyone here had already paid taxes on winnings?

[Hispo]

I think that it can be really silly idea to pay taxes on gambling if it is prohibited ...

If gambling is prohibited in the country, then even if you really want to, you will not be able to pay the tax in this case. Anyway, voluntary payment of a tax cannot ensure its guaranteed fulfillment, unless it is withdrawn when the winnings are issued/withdrawn.

It is a very curious case, because if one really wanted, one could actually pay taxes for gambling winnings in a country where gambling is illegal, though it would require to lie to the government about the source of those earnings (which is illegal itself) but I think someone could get away with it if there is not much scrutiny, still it would be indeed silly for someone to pay them in that way.

I have encountered so many people gambling online who are from countries where gambling is alledgedly outlawed, so much so it gives me the impression the ban on gambling is not even being enforced in those nations.


As for myself, I don't have to pay taxes on my gambling earnings as I am at a net loss this past year.

[mak013]

I have encountered so many people gambling online who are from countries where gambling is alledgedly outlawed, so much so it gives me the impression the ban on gambling is not even being enforced in those nations.

Online casinos + VPN help gamblers to solve such a problem. I think that it is often depends on casino. Some casino reject even to choose such countries during the registration. In such casinos gamblers use fake data and can have problems with KYC. But some other casinos have no any restrictions for such gamblers. I don`t know why it is so but i don`t think that some government servicemen ask casinos to ban their countries.

[Dewi Aries]

I live in a country that prohibits gambling which means there is never a regulation that requires a gambler to pay taxes, but quite a lot of people in my country are involved in gambling especially in online casinos because of the freedom in terms of accessibility, even though the government prohibits various sites from operating in my country but that is not a problem for us because VPN can still be used as one of the options to still be able to get involved in gambling.
On the other hand, for the tax issue that is applied when a country legalizes gambling, in my opinion, in the end, many people there still don't really like the regulation, especially when we talk about addicted gamblers whose main priority is to get a lot of money, they will never like losing money even if it is to pay taxes, although there may be some who obey the rules but I am sure the majority of them hide information that they have managed to achieve a number of wins.