Gaming

Lawmakers asked for more information relating to long-standing issues, like the explosion of off-track betting locations and which section books are placed in the state library.

Some lawmakers voiced concerns about gaming expansion in the state.

Wyoming lawmakers are spending their final interim meetings reviewing potential new laws for the state’s exploding gaming industry. However, some bills have faced opposition or complex debates around taxes, zoning and business rights.

Jordan Uplinger takes listeners around the race track as he talks with Kamila Kudelska about Wyoming’s booming gaming and horse racing industry – and how lawmakers might regulate the boom for towns and cities.

Five years ago, sports betting was limited mainly to Nevada. Now, you can bet in more than half of the country, including several other states in the Mountain West. And business is booming.

Commercial gaming revenue in the U.S. broke records in 2021 at almost $53 billion. That’s 21% higher than the last record in 2019 and much of it was driven by legalized sports betting.

The Northern Arapaho Tribe has plans to launch a sports betting operation on the Wind River Reservation in the coming months. Tribal leaders hope the…

The Eastern Shoshone and Northern Arapaho Tribes' casinos have been shut down for weeks due to the COVID-19 pandemic. And they're not alone. Across the…

The Wyoming Senate is scheduled to debate a bill today to set up a gaming commission who will determine how to regulate the growth in video gambling in…

Gillette could be the first city in the state to create a permitting process for unregulated games of skill.The city is targeting electronic wagering…