Gambling in the USA

Wyoming Lawmakers Resurrect the Plan to Establish a State Gambling Commission

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6 years ago

July 26, 2019

Niji Narayan

Wyoming Lawmakers Resurrect the Plan to Establish a State Gambling Commission

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Wyoming lawmakers have resurrected the plan for establishing a state gambling commission.

The Legislature’s Joint Travel, Recreation and Cultural Resources Committee had nixed the idea of a regulatory body to oversee everything from poker games to sports betting.

The state Pari-Mutuel Commission is currently overseeing gambling in Wyoming and regulates only horse racing. Horse racing accounts for roughly $12 million in state and local taxes annually.

Republican Sen. Ogden Driskill made a Management Council motion to form a task force to examine expanding the commission’s oversight.

A similar proposal failed in the Legislature this year. Driskill says Wyoming is not currently regulating gambling “and doing nothing is going to lead to bad results.”

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Niji Narayan

Niji Narayan has been in the writing industry for well over a decade or so. He prides himself as one of the few survivors left in the world who have actually mastered the impossible art of copy editing. Niji graduated in Physics and obtained his Master’s degree in Communication and Journalism. He has always interested in sports writing and travel writing. He has written for numerous websites and his in-depth analytical articles top sports magazines like Cricket Today and Sports Today. He reports gaming industry headlines from all around the globe.