That author got one detail wrong but it’s minor. There are 9 states with no state income tax.
Alaska, Nevada, Florida, Texas, South Dakota, Wyoming, and Washington. Two, Tennessee and New Hampshire, only tax interest earned over a certain sum (large) and some investments but not on wages.
There are also many more with none on lottery winnings like CA.
Interesting. I’m surprised so many blue states would exempt lottery winnings. You’d think they would tier if to make the “rich” winners pay their fair share! lol
If the state is fronting the winnings I guess they don’t need to collect taxes. They can work that out in the basic winnings formula to the winners. No use giving money and then taking it back. Maybe they got that one right.