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State regulator, tribal liaisons and committee discuss problem gambling, self-exclusion and cross-jurisdiction coordination
Summary
Wyoming Gaming Commission told the Select Committee that it does not regulate tribal gaming but offers problem-gambling resources for state-regulated facilities and participates in a national self-exclusion program; tribal leaders and committee members discussed local self-exclusion lists, confidentiality, and possible voluntary data-sharing with tribal gaming commissions to better protect problem gamblers.
The Wyoming Gaming Commission and tribal liaisons briefed the Select Committee on Tribal Relations on Feb. 2 about problem-gambling prevention, voluntary self-exclusion programs and limits to state jurisdiction over tribal gaming.
"The Wyoming Gaming Commission... we don't regulate or oversee any gaming that takes place on tribal on the tribal lands," Nick Laramendi, executive director of the Wyoming Gaming Commission, told the committee, underlining the jurisdictional boundary between state oversight and tribal-regulated gaming.
Laramendi said the commission regulates off-reservation gaming (historic-horse-racing terminals, skill-based amusement games, online sports…
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