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Committee advances bill to allow debit-card purchases of Wyoming Lottery tickets after debate on fees and courier apps
Summary
The Travel, Recreation, Wildlife & Cultural Resources Committee voted to recommend introduction of bill draft 26LO01122, a proposal to allow debit-card purchases of Wyoming Lottery tickets; lottery officials said the corporation will pay transaction fees and retailers may opt out.
The Travel, Recreation, Wildlife & Cultural Resources Committee voted to advance bill draft 26LO01122, which would permit debit-card purchases of Wyoming Lottery tickets and require the lottery corporation to adopt implementing rules. Lottery leadership told the committee the corporation would assume the card transaction fees and that retailers could opt out of accepting card payments.
John Klontz, CEO of the Wyoming Lottery, summarized the corporation's recent performance and the rationale for the change: "To date, so far, just a few numbers, we've returned $44,000,000 back to cities, towns, and counties. We paid out over $152,000,000 in prizes and just over $22,000,000 in commissions to retailers," he said,…
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