Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84 exptools; site ihuxb.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!cbosgd!ihnp4!ihuxb!ler From: ler@ihuxb.UUCP (Litzhoff) Newsgroups: net.taxes Subject: lottery deductions Message-ID: <1191@ihuxb.UUCP> Date: Thu, 2-Jan-86 11:17:47 EST Article-I.D.: ihuxb.1191 Posted: Thu Jan 2 11:17:47 1986 Date-Received: Fri, 3-Jan-86 01:58:20 EST Distribution: net Organization: AT&T Bell Laboratories Lines: 7 Hey lotto fans, My father is an avid lotto player. Is it true that the amount played on lottery is tax deductible. Is this state only? Or is this federal tax deduction also. thanks L. Litzhoff