Gambling winnings tax in Alaska

Alaska has no state income tax, so it does not tax your gambling winnings as income.

Checked against Alaska’s own sources on 2026-10-05.

How Alaska treats gambling losses

Alaska has no income tax, so there is no Alaska return for your losses to change. They still matter on your federal return, and can matter on another state’s return if you won there.

The two examples below are the same numbers the calculator uses. With no Alaska income tax, only the federal figure changes.

Two examples, worked at 2026 federal rates

A single filer with $60,000 of other income who takes the standard deduction on everything except gambling losses.

A losing year

You win $50,000 and lose $52,000, so you finish down $2,000.

Federal: $3,596
Alaska: $0
Total: $3,596

You finished the year down and still owe tax.

Federally you itemize, so your losses offset your winnings, but the 2026 rule caps that deduction at 90 percent and leaves $3,200 taxable. Alaska has no income tax, so none of this is taxed at the state level.

A winning year

You win $50,000 and lose $10,000, so you finish up $40,000.

Federal: $10,350
Alaska: $0
Total: $10,350

Federally you take the $16,100 standard deduction, which is worth more than itemizing, so your gambling losses do not reduce your federal tax at all. Alaska has no income tax, so none of this is taxed at the state level.

Withholding on winnings

Alaska has no income tax, so no state income tax is withheld from your winnings. Any income tax withheld on a win here is federal.

If you do not live in Alaska

Alaska has no income tax, so it does not tax a visitor’s winnings as income either. If your home state taxes income, its own rules decide how it taxes the win, and there is no Alaska income tax for it to credit.

More about Alaska

Charitable gaming

A 2021 Department of Revenue overview says that most gambling is illegal in Alaska (AS 11.66). The Charitable Gaming Act (AS 05.15) lets permitted organizations run pull-tabs, bingo, raffles, classics such as the ice classic, fish and moose derbies, and Calcutta pools.3

Gaming on large passenger vessels

Alaska taxes adjusted gross income from gaming aboard large passenger vessels at 33 percent. The operator pays that tax, not you.2

Sources

Every figure above traces to a primary source: a statute, an administrative code, a state agency page, or official form instructions.

1. Alaska Department of Revenue, tax programs (checked 2026-09-15)
2. AS 43.35.210, tax on gambling aboard large passenger vessels (checked 2026-10-05)
3. Alaska Department of Revenue, overview of charitable gaming (2021) (checked 2026-10-05)

We could not confirm these from an official source: whether any city or county tax applies.