Last year I won $1k on a scratch off, now I get to pay $250-$300 in taxes, lol.

I go on 2-4 day casino trips several times a year, they are a blast. Just the atmosphere is fun, hanging out with friends, having some drinks, and relaxing. My wife and I enjoy it, we also go with friends. Whatever we bring we are comfortable with losing as our bills, retirement, and savings are always taken care of first. We've also done a pretty good job of putting away winnings whenever we get a good hit on a slot machine, even a "bad" trip now usually means coming back with at least half our money. We typically go to the same place which had led to some pretty good comps and rarely paying for a room (oh I know we are paying for it with what we give them lol).

This video is a bit annoying but the guy bought $1,000,000 in scratch offs. They spent $1 million and got $720,000 in return, goes to show how rare the big winners are considering they didn't even get a single win over $1k out of 20,000 tickets.