Wyoming Gaming Review Leaves Sweepstakes Casino Path Unsettled

Wyoming’s Select Committee on Gaming reviewed competing proposals to ban sweepstakes casinos or authorize them under regulation during meetings in Rock Springs on October 5-6, leaving the state’s approach unresolved. The committee reported no vote, and its review did not immediately change the platforms’ legal status; the work could help shape gambling legislation for the 2027 session. The proposals set out sharply different approaches. One would expand Wyoming’s professional gambling laws to prohibit online casinos and sweepstakes gaming, bringing casino-style online activity within a ban. The competing draft would authorize sweepstakes gaming within a regulated legal framework.