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22LSO-0066
2022
STATE OF WYOMING
22LSO-0066
Numbered
2.0
SENATE FILE NO. SF0056
Lottery amendments.
Sponsored by: Select Committee on Blockchain, Financial Technology and Digital Innovation Technology
A BILL
for
AN ACT relating to the Wyoming lottery; allowing for the purchase of lottery tickets with virtual currency as specified; and providing for an effective date.
Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Wyoming:
Section 1
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W.S. 9
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17
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108(a)(ii) and (vi) and 9
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17
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119(b)(iv) are amended to read:
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17
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108.
Adoption by board of procedures regulating conduct of lottery games.
(a)
The board may adopt regulations, policies and procedures regulating the conduct of lottery games in general, including, but not limited to, regulations, policies and procedures specifying:
(ii)
The sale price of tickets or shares and the manner of sale, provided, however, that all sales shall be for cash
only and payment
or any virtual currency as defined in W.S. 34
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29
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101(a)(iv) approved by the board. Payment
by checks, debit cards, credit cards, charge cards or any other form of payment
is
shall be
prohibited;
(vi)
The manner of payment of prizes to the holders of winning tickets or shares, including without limitation, provision for payment of
cash
prizes not exceeding six hundred dollars ($600.00) after deducting the price of the ticket or share and after performing validation procedures appropriate to the game and as specified by the board.
The board may provide for a limited number of retailers who can pay
cash
prizes of up to five thousand dollars ($5,000.00) after performing validation procedures appropriate to the game and as
specified by the board without regard to where the ticket or share was purchased;
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17
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119.
Prize proceeds subject to attachments, garnishments or executions; validation of winning tickets; prohibited purchases; money dispensing machines; unclaimed prize money.
(b)
The corporation shall adopt regulations, policies and procedures to establish a system of verifying the validity of tickets or shares claimed to win prizes and to effect payment of the prizes, except that:
(iv)
A holder of a winning
cash
ticket or share from a lottery game shall claim a
cash
prize within one hundred eighty (180) days, or for a multi
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state or multi
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sovereign lottery game within one hundred eighty (180) days, after the drawing in which the
cash
prize was won.
If a valid claim is not made for a
cash
prize within the applicable period, the
cash
prize shall constitute an unclaimed prize for purposes of this section.
Section 2
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This act is
effective July 1, 2022
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