The attached files are examples of the 2009 E-File Magic Version of the W2G form. Both the corporate efile service E-File Magic 2.2 software and our processing bureau use these forms when preparing your data for mailing.

Excerpt:

Instructions to Winner Box 1. The payer must furnish a Form W-2G to you if you receive: 1. $1,200 or more in gambling winnings from bingo or slot machines; 2. $1,500 or more in proceeds (the amount of winnings minus the amount of the wager) from keno; 3. More than $5,000 in winnings (reduced by the wager or buy-in) from a poker tournament; 4. $600 or more in gambling winnings (except winnings from bingo, keno, slot machines, and poker tournaments) and the payout is at least 300 times the amount of the wager; or 5. Any other gambling winnings subject to federal income tax withholding. Generally, report all gambling winnings on the “Other...

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