New Hampshire repeals taxes on lottery prizes

Comment #29

Mink404Ski — Wed, 25 May 2011 20:57:35 GMT

Ole Steve Player must be drooling bigtime his home state , he or the corporation win lots of prizes over in NH. 'Wish NY would do this but with Cuomo in charge it will never happen this state is toooo money hungry and screw the players day after day. Has anyone tried to play the number 999 lately the lottery caps the betting activity at a $5 million payout in NY it sucks plus they should pay what the odds are $1000 for a STR8 hit ........anyway best of luck to those lucky players in NH. Go Yanke... [ More ]

Comment #28

GYM RICE — Wed, 25 May 2011 18:35:57 GMT

NH government got greedy and now can't hide from the foolish mistake. In 2009 they went from having zero(the lowest) gambling tax to 10%(one of the highest). This is a state that has no income tax. Now if they would have just put say a 2% tax on winnings, they probably would have got away with it with very little damage. They went all in and it backfired.

Comment #27

HaveABall — Tue, 24 May 2011 20:05:19 GMT

It is a WONDERFUL thing that New Hampshire also decided to charge ZERO state taxes for lottery winnings!

I wish that my residence state, Illinois, would follow suit and thus charge ZERO state taxes for lottery winnings (sadly, all of our neighboring states also charge state taxes). After all, each state's FIRST round of taxes were collected when I bought each lottery ticket from a lottery retailer. Rather, my residence state, Illinois, did the opposite by INCREASING the state taxes, by a... [ More ]

Comment #26

rdgrnr — Tue, 24 May 2011 17:38:08 GMT

Amen, brother!

Keep On Rockin' In The Free World

Comment #25

OldSchoolPa — Tue, 24 May 2011 17:24:10 GMT

I remember reading that post on LotteryPost...now I am sure those in states with RNG are hoping for their perspective lottery heads to come to their senses and bring back the real ball drawings....can I get an AMEN from TN and IN (to name a few

Comment #24

savagegoose — Tue, 24 May 2011 10:13:03 GMT

tks for the search time treat. i do recall the post 2 years ago but didt remeber commenting. heheh but the no speeding protest campaign i was promoting sounds like something i would have said lol. i still bang on about that on occasion.

Comment #23

time*treat — Mon, 23 May 2011 23:28:59 GMT

Well, I don't want to get too far off-topic, but I'll just say that 1) laws can be changed and 2) a good number of companies have already gotten health-care waivers.

It's not really a Dem vs. Repub issue, although they pretend it is. What one party steals from you (like, say, the Bill of Rights), the other party will keep once they get in to power.

Comment #22

OldSchoolPa — Mon, 23 May 2011 23:10:00 GMT

So I am wondering how can an individual citizen of the United States can take a stand against paying the penalty for not having health insurance when that diabolical health care reform law kicks into full gear. Will we see good, honest Americans being sent to prison for refusing to pay the penalty in the taxes to the IRS? Don't think that will happen? Just ask Wesley Snipes, Jim Thorpe, and that first Survivor winner. You only don't go to jail if you are a politician (just ask Charlie Rangel and... [ More ]

Comment #21

time*treat — Mon, 23 May 2011 21:50:39 GMT

If anyone wants a peek pack at who said what, when this tax was first passed ...

New Hampshire crushes lottery winners with new 10% tax

https://www.lotterypost.com/news/196385

Comment #20

rdgrnr — Mon, 23 May 2011 21:48:24 GMT

Exactly, but the way their brains are wired they can't comprehend that.

And the ones that do comprehend it won't accept it because it doesn't jibe with what they think should work, no matter how many times they are proven wrong.

Comment #19

C0w Pi3 — Mon, 23 May 2011 21:39:30 GMT

Isn't that the trade off? The more people play since there are no taxes the more that goes to education

Comment #18

maringoman — Mon, 23 May 2011 21:10:13 GMT

I said it in this very website about 2 years ago. I remember saying the NH lottery sales would plummet so much that they would have to remove the taxes. Hahahaha the people just won and the politicians lost.

I cant wait for Massachusetts people win like their neighbors to the north.

Comment #17

TheOtherOne — Mon, 23 May 2011 20:09:10 GMT

The proof is in the pudding. I hope Tennessee can follow suit but something tells me that just aint gonna happen

Comment #16

dpoly1 — Mon, 23 May 2011 18:09:29 GMT

'bout time!

They did this some time ago in PA

Comment #15

joshuacloak — Mon, 23 May 2011 15:49:40 GMT

glad to see the voters in hampshire have learned a lesson? and sent some decent anti-high tax types to be their Representatives in their state govt for once.

i also agree with rdgrnr about libs. however both parties are to blame for high taxes , just libs take it to the xtreme end of crazy land.

Republicans too, thro Not nearly in the numbers of libs in state and fed govt , Spend money they Don't have and get states in debt, hance needing to Tax stuff to pay it off

we just need to... [ More ]

Comment #14

time*treat — Mon, 23 May 2011 15:42:39 GMT

After the 10 percent state tax was imposed in 2009, lottery officials watched as scratch ticket sales ... plummeted immediately and continued downward.

Scratch sales were off 5.82 percent statewide last year. We were down and Massachusetts, Maine and Vermont were all up, McIntyre said. To me, that was the statistic that was most telling.

The repeal of the tax was not some great moral revelation. The tax cost them revenue. They responded to the only vote a citizen has that counts anymore

Comment #13

rdgrnr — Mon, 23 May 2011 15:32:10 GMT

Unbelievable!

You still don't get it, do you?

Nothing is going to be cut because of removing the tax! The tax is what would have caused things to be cut!

Education will get more money now without out the tax!

Why do you people choose and insist on wishful thinking with your insane ideals over reality every time?

Why don't you go to California and join a commune or something, comrade. Then you can live in peace giving everything you own or earn to the group leader and have the secu... [ More ]

Comment #12

rdgrnr — Mon, 23 May 2011 15:23:08 GMT

Kudos to NH but it's too bad that this lesson had to be learned the hard way once again.

Libs always think burdensome and confiscatory taxes are going to raise revenue and once again we see that they're wrong. They usually reduce revenue. Revenue increases when taxes are lowered.

What amazes me though are the dopes who say that they didn't mind paying the extra taxes - as if they think the government is better at handling their money than they are and knows better what to do with it. If th... [ More ]

Comment #11

James1 — Mon, 23 May 2011 14:56:42 GMT

By the way, every scratch off should be like this one and note the top prize as an after tax prize.

Comment #10

Aeolus — Mon, 23 May 2011 14:19:28 GMT

You can drive over the border all you like you still pay taxes in your state of residence. What this article doesnt say is what will be cut to make up the difference which is more the talking point. More than likely education.

Comment #9

sully16 — Mon, 23 May 2011 13:58:07 GMT

AMEN, Big way to go New Hampshire.

Comment #8

dallascowboyfan — Mon, 23 May 2011 12:26:33 GMT

Comment #7

hearsetrax — Mon, 23 May 2011 10:50:21 GMT

Comment #6

savagegoose — Mon, 23 May 2011 08:49:11 GMT

wow , just wow. kudos to the state, wonder why? too many people driving over the border to a non taxing state? anyhow i hope sales pixk up for em.

Comment #5

MADDOG10 — Mon, 23 May 2011 08:38:51 GMT

Finally nice to see some people in Government who are in step with the times and realize that the citizens are put first. Kudos to the legislature in N.H...

Comment #4

OldSchoolPa — Mon, 23 May 2011 04:09:34 GMT

Illinois....federal government, are you listening?!!! Oops I forgot that we have a tax and spender in both locations....oh well, congrats NH.

Comment #3

Coin Toss — Mon, 23 May 2011 03:51:19 GMT

LIVE FREE OR DIE!

Hope this catches on. Kind of apropos as NH started state lotteries this time around.

Comment #2

James1 — Mon, 23 May 2011 03:46:56 GMT

There shouldnt be any taxes on the lottery to begin with. you practically pay a hidden tax by playing anyway why you got to pay more if you win

Comment #1

Boney526 — Mon, 23 May 2011 03:39:10 GMT

I've always kind of liked New Hampshire.

It just got a little better.

New Hampshire repeals taxes on lottery prizes

Lottery Post — Mon, 23 May 2011 02:52:37 GMT

Lottery commission celebrates with Tax Repeal Tea Party

Starting Monday, New Hampshire residents no longer have to pay taxes on their lottery winnings.

The state imposed a 10 percent tax on gambling winnings over $600 in 2009, but the tax was repealed by the current Legislature under a bill going effect Monday.

Gov. John Lynch last week signed into law the bill repealing the tax, which officials said hurt the racetrack and battered lottery sales after the state enacted it two years ago... [ More ]