Lottery tickets-acceptance of debit card payments.

Plain English Breakdown

The official bill text does not specify that debit card payments were previously prohibited; it only changes the existing rule to include debit cards alongside cash.

Lottery Tickets Can Be Bought with Debit Cards

This law allows people to buy lottery tickets using debit cards instead of just cash.

What This Bill Does

• Changes the rules for buying lottery tickets in Wyoming.
• Allows lottery ticket purchases using debit cards.
• Sets a start date when this new rule will begin.

Who It Names or Affects

• People who buy lottery tickets in Wyoming.
• Lottery sellers and operators in Wyoming.

Terms To Know

Debit card

A plastic card that lets you pay for things using money from your bank account.

Limits and Unknowns

• The law only allows debit cards and cash to buy lottery tickets.
• Other forms of payment like checks or credit cards are still not allowed.

Official Summary Text

Bill Summary - 26LSO-0122

Bill No.:

SF0024

Effective:

7/1/2026

LSO No.:

26LSO-0122

Enrolled Act No.:

SEA No. 0006

Chapter No.:

8

Prime Sponsor:

Joint Travel, Recreation, Wildlife & Cultural Resources Interim Committee

Catch Title:

Lottery tickets-acceptance of debit card payments.

Has Report:

No

Subject:

Authorizing the use of debit cards to purchase lottery tickets.

Summary/Major Elements:

Under current law, only cash may be used to purchase lottery tickets.

This act provides that debit cards may be used to purchase lottery tickets in Wyoming. Any other form of payment besides cash and debit cards is still prohibited.

The above summary is not an official publication of the Wyoming Legislature and is not an official statement of legislative intent.

While the Legislative Service Office endeavored to provide accurate information in this summary, it should not be relied upon as a comprehensive abstract of the bill.

Current Bill Text

26LSO-0122

ORIGINAL Senate

File No
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SF0024

ENROLLED ACT NO. 6,

SENATE

SIXTY-EIGHTH LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WYOMING
2026 Budget Session

AN ACT relating to the Wyoming lottery; authorizing debit card payments for lottery ticket purchases; 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) is amended to read:

9
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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
or debit cards
only and payment by checks,

debit cards,
credit cards, charge cards or any other form of payment is prohibited;

Section 2
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This act is effective July 1, 2026
.

(END)

Speaker of the House

President of the Senate

Governor

TIME APPROVED: _________

DATE APPROVED: _________

I hereby certify that this act originated in the Senate.

Chief Clerk

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