Wyoming Panel Backs Felony Penalty for Online Sweepstakes

Wyoming’s Select Committee on Gaming unanimously sponsored draft legislation to ban online sweepstakes games, a proposal that would make operating them a felony but does not yet change the law. The measure would clarify a disputed area for state regulators and put operators on notice that the state may treat these games as illegal gambling. Draft targets operators, not a settled legal category The committee’s proposal concerns online sweepstakes games in which prizes are awarded by chance.