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  Well I’m sure the thinking is, they’ll get it back in taxes eventually anyway, and this way more money is in the economy, it’s smart really
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  that only applies to some countries... germany, australia, canada and others do not tax price money >
  
  They do in Germany. A host of a German internetshow won 64 thousand € and had to pay taxes on them.
  The law says, that because he had to do something for the money (answering questions) he has to pay taxes on it. 
  At least thats how i recall it. >
  
  It's not that simple. If your win depends on luck it's tax free in Germany. If you have to work for it (like being in Big Brother or DSDS), it's not. For WWM it's not that clear because you have a certain influence on the outcome, but so far no one of the winners had to pay taxes on their prize money. >
  
  And the UK, never taxed on anything considered winnings >
  
  Not even casinos and such? >
  
  Nope, any winnings are yours to keep >
  
  Nice, an actual non-greedy country for once