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Wyoming gaming panel backs felony penalties for sweepstakes casino operators
The draft would treat payment and platform support for sweepstakes products as professional gambling.
On 5–6 October 2026, Wyoming’s Select Committee on Gaming voted unanimously to sponsor draft 27LSO-0098 for the 2027 general session.
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The bill text would add operating an online casino or sweepstakes game, or knowingly providing geolocation, payment processing, server hosting, platform services, gaming content, data services, promotion or advertising for those products, to the state’s definition of professional gambling. Participation solely as a player would not count as professional gambling.
Blask data shows Wyoming ranked 38th among the 50 US states for sweepstakes search in September 2026. Demand moved in a narrow band through the year and finished September up 3.8% YoY.
Crown Coins led the September board in Wyoming. Chumba Casino and Zula Casino followed.
The September pull lists 155 sweepstakes brands close to the national field, on one of the smallest state search totals in the segment.