State income tax on lottery winnings, state by state
Lottery winnings are taxed by the federal government in every state, and by most states on top of that. The rates below are the state rate stated on an official lottery or revenue page. A 0% entry means the state has no personal income tax on prizes according to its revenue department.
Quick answer: of 24 verified states, 3 have 0% (Florida, South Dakota, Washington).
By Daniel Whitfield, Editor · Data last verified November 3, 2026 · 24 of 48 lottery states verified (50%)
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Source: USA Lottery Reviews, CC BY 4.0Federal tax is not included. Local taxes (for example New York City) are not included. We list a state only after reading an official page that states the figure, so missing states are not yet verified. See corrections to report an error.
Frequently asked questions
- Which states have state tax rate of 0%?
- Of the 24 states we have verified, 3 have 0%: Florida, South Dakota, Washington. Each is linked to its official source in the table above.
- Which states have state tax rate of 4%?
- Of the 24 states we have verified, 2 have 4%: Colorado, Virginia. Each is linked to its official source in the table above.
- Which states have state tax rate of 2.5%?
- Of the 24 states we have verified, 1 has 2.5%: North Dakota. Each is linked to its official source in the table above.
- Which states have state tax rate of 2.95%?
- Of the 24 states we have verified, 1 has 2.95%: Indiana. Each is linked to its official source in the table above.
- How current is this data?
- It was last verified on November 3, 2026. 24 of 48 lottery states are verified so far, and a state is listed only after we read an official page stating the figure.
Method, licence and citation
- Method
- Each figure was read from an official page: the state lottery, its regulator, state statute, the state revenue department, or the IRS. We list a figure only if we read it on such a page. If we could not verify a state, it shows a dash instead of an estimate. Nothing comes from news articles, aggregators or memory. Data last verified November 3, 2026. How we score and source · Changelog.
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- USA Lottery Reviews, “State tax on lottery winnings by state”, https://usalotteryreviews.com/data/lottery-winnings-state-tax-by-state, data verified November 3, 2026. Download all state rules as CSV.
- Corrections
- If a figure is wrong or out of date, write to corrections@usalotteryreviews.com. We correct it and record it in the changelog.