Gaming proceeds-outdoor recreation.

Plain English Breakdown

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Gaming Revenues for Outdoor Recreation

The bill proposes that a portion of gaming revenues be used to fund outdoor recreation and tourism in Wyoming.

What This Bill Does

• Requires sports wagering operators to give ten percent (10%) of their monthly revenue to the state commission.
• Specifies that the first $300,000 from this revenue goes to county health programs for gambling issues.
• Directs half of the remaining money to a special fund for outdoor recreation and tourism in Wyoming.
• Sends the other half of the leftover money to the general state fund.

Who It Names or Affects

• Sports wagering operators who must give part of their revenue to the state.
• Counties that receive funding for health programs related to gambling issues.
• The Wyoming outdoor recreation and tourism trust fund which receives half of the remaining money from gaming revenues.

Terms To Know

Sports wagering operator

A company or organization that allows people to place bets on sports events online.

Commission

The group in charge of overseeing and regulating the sports betting industry in Wyoming.

Limits and Unknowns

• The bill did not pass, so it has no effect.
• It is unclear how much money will be available for outdoor recreation after accounting for health programs and other expenses.

Current Bill Text

26LSO-0114
2026
STATE OF WYOMING
26LSO-0114
Numbered
2.0

HOUSE BILL NO. HB0021

Gaming proceeds-outdoor recreation.

Sponsored by: Joint Travel, Recreation, Wildlife & Cultural Resources Interim Committee

A BILL

for

AN ACT relating to gaming; specifying the disposition of gaming revenues for outdoor recreation purposes; and providing for an effective date.

Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Wyoming:

Section 1
.

W.S. 9
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24
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104(a) is amended to read:

9
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24
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104.

Distribution of revenue.

(a)

Not later than the fifteenth day of each month, in accordance with commission rules, a sports wagering operator shall remit ten percent (10%) of online sports wagering revenue from the prior month to the commission, except as provided in subsection (b) of this section. Each fiscal year
:
,

(i)

T
he first three hundred thousand dollars ($300,000.00) of revenue generated under this section is continuously appropriated to the department of health to be distributed to the counties for the purpose of funding county health programs to prevent and treat problematic gambling behavior
;
and

(ii)

One
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half (1/2) of
the remainder of monies remitted to the commission shall be deposited by the state treasurer
into the Wyoming outdoor recreation and tourism trust fund income account created by W.S. 36
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4
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203(b);

(iii)

One
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half (1/2) of the remainder of monies remitted to the commission under this subsection shall be deposited
into the general fund.

Section 2
.

This act is effective July 1, 2026.

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