Wyoming Lawmakers Weigh Sweepstakes Ban or License
Published · Gamebridge News
Wyoming is still deciding what to do about online sweepstakes casinos. And for now, lawmakers are in no rush.
The state’s Select Committee on Gaming met on October 5 and 6, 2026, at Western Wyoming Community College in Rock Springs. The Legislature’s meeting notice says online casinos and sweepstakes were one of the topics on the agenda.
Two drafts were on the table, and they point in opposite directions. The first, 27LSO-0098, is titled “Online casinos and sweepstakes prohibited.” At the committee’s July meeting, staff explained that it would treat operating, servicing, offering or promoting those games as professional gambling. The minutes say it focuses on operators and service providers, not individual players.
The second draft, 27LSO-0200, is titled “Online sweepstakes authorized.” LegalBlackjack.com reports that it would let the sites operate with a license from the Wyoming Gaming Commission.
According to LegalBlackjack.com, Gaming Commission executive director Nick Larramendy told members that the sites do not verify age the way regulated Wyoming gaming does. He also said he has no budget to go after them.
Members were not sold on either path. The report says Sen. Joe Webb said he would vote no that day, and committee chairman John Kolb said good legislation “takes years.” A ban draft had also stalled in July.
Wyoming is not alone. The same report notes that Pennsylvania has a bill, HB 2801, that would ban online sweepstakes games, and that Florida’s attorney general has pressed big tech firms to stop running sweepstakes casino ads.
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