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On the recordApril 25, 2013
I am not much of a gambler myself. I make a voluntary tax payment every once in a while and buy a lottery ticket, although I realize I will never win. Refresh my memory--and the Senator probably knows this--do I recall that the only deduction for gambling losses is against gains in gambling and not against ordinary income?
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Dick Durbin
Democratic · Illinois
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Apr 25, 2013

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