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X: Gov. JB Pritzker released partial tax records Wednesday showing he and his wife reported more than $10.3 million in taxable income — including more than $1.4 million in income from gambling.
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Posted on 10/16/2025 2:19:27 AM PDT by TigerClaws

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I'm sure his lucky streak has nothing to do with the hundreds of millions of dollars gangs and cartels in control of the major city in his state earn.
1 posted on 10/16/2025 2:19:27 AM PDT by TigerClaws
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Umm, washing ill gains by gambling it?


2 posted on 10/16/2025 2:20:47 AM PDT by Jonty30 (Socialism's promises, like a Djinn's wishes to the greedy, lead to punishment when due. )
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It’s a payola system - not unlike Hillary Clinton’s ‘winning bets’ through the futures market.


3 posted on 10/16/2025 2:35:25 AM PDT by TigerClaws
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A whale - in more ways than one.


4 posted on 10/16/2025 2:38:49 AM PDT by Stosh
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Wonder how he claimed the winnings?

Unless you file as a professional gambler, it is virtually impossible to claim your losses. I recently won a federal tax court case on this for a client.

Although he can claim the losses as itemized deductions, his high income would phase them out.

Prickster has an addictive personality. It is very evident. Eating, gambling, wonder what else?


5 posted on 10/16/2025 3:17:07 AM PDT by tired&retired (Blessings )
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You can gamble all day, replay and lose your winnings, come out even at the end of the day, and end up paying taxes on all your winnings and not being able to deduct your losses.

The tax laws on gambling suck.


6 posted on 10/16/2025 3:20:36 AM PDT by tired&retired (Blessings )
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I don’t think this was ‘real gambling.’

Just a hunch...


7 posted on 10/16/2025 3:25:11 AM PDT by TigerClaws
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Was his gambling income from investment in gambling establishments? In other words, was he the house? Was he taking advantage of racial minorities, who are the main targets of online gambling establishments?


8 posted on 10/16/2025 3:46:44 AM PDT by Lonesome in Massachussets (Nullius in verba)
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I’m sure his lucky streak has nothing to do with the hundreds of millions of dollars gangs and cartels in control of the major city in his state earn.

1.4 million Gambling income. Yea, this to me means he is dirty. The criminals really seem to hate Trump the most.


9 posted on 10/16/2025 3:48:56 AM PDT by Pete Dovgan
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A little blast from the recent past on Potty Pritzker, from 2018...

Pritzker’s toilet removal contractor gets nearly $9M in COVID-19 work

The contractor who removed toilets from Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s mansion in a $331,000 property tax scandal received a nearly $9 million COVID-19 contract from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. The contractor hadn’t worked with the Corps in 76 years.

Okaaaay...

10 posted on 10/16/2025 4:10:17 AM PDT by mewzilla (Swing away, Mr. President, swing away! 🇺🇸 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 )
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To: TigerClaws

The person in charge of regulating gambling made $1.4 million from the industry he regulates. Totally normal.


11 posted on 10/16/2025 4:43:56 AM PDT by The Free Engineer
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“$10.3 million”

That’ll pay for a whole lot of trips to the all you can eat buffet joints.


12 posted on 10/16/2025 5:29:17 AM PDT by SharpRightTurn (“Giving money & power to government is like giving whiskey & car keys to teenage boys” P.J. O'Rourke)
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That’ll pay for a whole lot of trips to the all you can eat buffet joints.

Yeah, but paying the plumbers to keep coming out to unclog his toilet really adds up.

13 posted on 10/16/2025 5:33:34 AM PDT by Sirius Lee ("Never argue with a fool, onlookers may not be able to tell the difference.”)
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So THAT’S jow you launder!

I won it gambling.

Next “visitor”: set the package over there...


14 posted on 10/16/2025 6:04:00 AM PDT by If You Want It Fixed - Fix It
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To: Lonesome in Massachussets

“Gambling” earnings are a bribe.


15 posted on 10/16/2025 6:10:10 AM PDT by HIDEK6 (God bless Donald Trump )
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Yea right, just PAYOLA disguised as “gambling”.


16 posted on 10/16/2025 6:15:10 AM PDT by Democrat = party of treason
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To: TigerClaws

Unless he owns the casinos, there’s no way that money is gambling winnings. More likely it was palm greasing.


17 posted on 10/16/2025 7:14:38 AM PDT by P-Marlowe
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To: tired&retired

You can deduct your losses up to the amount of winnings, however you better have every withdrawal from the bank in a very well organized detailed description spreadsheet, in case of audit.


18 posted on 10/16/2025 7:27:09 AM PDT by ThisLittleLightofMine
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To: TigerClaws

Hillary was an expert on cow futures.

One look at her and you can tell...

Lol.


19 posted on 10/16/2025 7:29:21 AM PDT by cgbg ("The truth is not for all men, but only for those who seek it.")
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That explains why he made a $1.4 million cash deposit to his checking account.
20 posted on 10/16/2025 8:41:29 AM PDT by zeestephen (Trump Landslide? Kamala lost the election by 230,000 votes, in WI, MI, and PA.)
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