[Lokibob]

You should keep your old, dead tickets for a year for irs use. If you get a win that is reportable income, you get to deduct all your losses that year against the win. Just a hint.

[Gay State Conservative]

You should keep your old, dead tickets for a year for irs use. If you get a win that is reportable income, you get to deduct all your losses that year against the win.

Anyone who spends enough on lottery tickets to make such a plan worthwhile is spending *far* too much on the tickets.