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Old 09-02-2012, 07:24 PM  
L-Pink
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Originally Posted by kane View Post
If I understand it correctly you get taxed at a normal rate for gambling winnings right? How is that different than gains from the stock market? You took a risk and won.
Gambling winnings are pretty much instant earnings and are thus not eligible for capital gaines. Nor is flipping stocks. There is a reason they are called long term capital gains.

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