Oregon gambling tax calculator
Oregon allows gambling losses only as an itemized deduction on the state return, whether or not you itemize federally. Take its standard deduction and it taxes your gross winnings. Whether only 90 percent of your losses count from 2026 is not settled.
Your estimate
Enter your state, winnings, and losses to see an estimate.
Checked against Oregon’s own sources on 2026-09-25.
How Oregon treats gambling losses
Oregon does not tie the deduction to your federal itemizing choice. You can itemize on the Oregon return even if you take the federal standard deduction, but the losses count only if you do, in place of Oregon's standard deduction.
The two examples below are the same numbers the calculator uses, worked at Oregon rates.
Two examples, worked at 2026 Oregon 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
- Oregon
- $479
- Total
- $4,075
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. Oregon lets you deduct gambling losses as an itemized deduction on the state return, whether or not you itemize federally. Your Oregon income, after the larger of the standard deduction and your itemized deductions, and after the federal income tax it lets you deduct, up to a limit that falls as income rises, goes from $52,080 without the win to $54,584 with it. The extra $2,504 is taxed at 8.75 percent, plus $260 because the win takes away your personal exemption credit, which comes to $479.
A winning year
You win $50,000 and lose $10,000, so you finish up $40,000.
- Federal
- $10,350
- Oregon
- $3,775
- Total
- $14,125
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. Oregon lets you deduct gambling losses as an itemized deduction on the state return, whether or not you itemize federally. Your Oregon income, after the larger of the standard deduction and your itemized deductions, and after the federal income tax it lets you deduct, up to a limit that falls as income rises, goes from $52,080 without the win to $92,250 with it. The extra $40,170 is taxed at 8.75 percent, plus $260 because the win takes away your personal exemption credit, which comes to $3,775.
The rules behind these numbers
- Sports betting taxes, start to finish
- The 90 percent loss deduction, and where it bites hardest
- What a W-2G tells you, and what it does not
- Where winnings and losses go on your return, and estimated tax
- Per wager or per session, and why it changes your bill
- Filing as a professional, and what it does not fix