Taxes for poker winnings

[PShabi]

I receive my cashouts via check, so there is definitely a paper trail. I'm not trying to find a way to weasel here, I just don't know what the law is and I don't want to get bit in the ass later.

I read someone on another forum that said you could go to a race track and pick up some used tickets. You know how they're always laying around the place, right. He claimed that this could be used as proof of losing and therefore could "balance" your winnings, so to speak. Would this be feasible.

Also, Talking Poker, where in Florida. I'm in Palm Beach County.