Anytime anyone in the US wins a prize, he/she has to pay federal, usually state and possibly local income taxes on it. I steer away from lotteries, gambling, raffles etc, especially if the prize is something I don't really want. For example in October 1988 I went (with my late ladyfriend) to an anniversary celebration of a local airport. When I paid admission I was given a ticket which won $120 worth of dancing lessons. I didn't think I'd ever use that but, like an idiot, accepted the prize. The certificate lay on my dresser a year or two, then I threw it away. In the meantime I had to pay about $50 worth of income taxes on something I never used. A prize for a negative fifty dollars!

Hmmm, I thought the cutoff was at $600.00. If the prize is $599.99 no tax and 600.00 taxed...Tried to search but didn't find much other than this from another contest..."Any winner that wins a prize or prizes that cumulatively value $600 or more will be sent an IRS form 1099 and may be responsible for paying taxes on the prize winnings."

Casinos in Nevada only get tax info if the winnings are over $1000.

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http://www.hothardware.com/News/Win_the_BEAST_HotHardwares_Skulltrail_Give_Awa/

I though you guys would like to know!

http://www.hothardware.com/News/Intel_Delivers_HardCore_EightCore_Platform/ ... Launched!

Now, Let 's see who? is your Dady!

Who?

Hmmm, Coming out with a new chip and the last new ones are still almost impossible to find? Unless you want an extreme the 9000's are rare at least around here. But I did sign up hopefully they won't sell my new email address!

It's nice to run your own mail server -- if you want to enter a sweepstakes or something, you can always have a new E-Mail address, even if only for a few weeks.

You can even set up addresses like ned@no-spam.whatever and get rid of them later.

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http://www.hothardware.com/News/Win_the_BEAST_HotHardwares_Skulltrail_Give_Awa/

I though you guys would like to know!

http://www.hothardware.com/News/Intel_Delivers_HardCore_EightCore_Platform/ ... Launched!

Now, Let 's see who? is your Dady!

Who?

Hmmm, Coming out with a new chip and the last new ones are still almost impossible to find? Unless you want an extreme the 9000's are rare at least around here. But I did sign up hopefully they won't sell my new email address!

It's nice to run your own mail server -- if you want to enter a sweepstakes or something, you can always have a new E-Mail address, even if only for a few weeks.

You can even set up addresses like ned@no-spam.whatever and get rid of them later.

You can always create a throwaway gmail account... It's free and painless

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http://www.hothardware.com/News/Win_the_BEAST_HotHardwares_Skulltrail_Give_Awa/

I though you guys would like to know!

http://www.hothardware.com/News/Intel_Delivers_HardCore_EightCore_Platform/ ... Launched!

Now, Let 's see who? is your Dady!

Who?

Hmmm, Coming out with a new chip and the last new ones are still almost impossible to find? Unless you want an extreme the 9000's are rare at least around here. But I did sign up hopefully they won't sell my new email address!

It's nice to run your own mail server -- if you want to enter a sweepstakes or something, you can always have a new E-Mail address, even if only for a few weeks.

You can even set up addresses like ned@no-spam.whatever and get rid of them later.

You can always create a throwaway gmail account... It's free and painless

I can always create a throwaway account on my own server.

... and if they're compromised, I can use compromised address to detect spam sources and block them.

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