Committee advances draft to centralize problem‑gaming funding; members split on who should administer it
LSO presented a draft creating a dedicated responsible‑gaming account funded by existing gaming distributions; committee debated whether the Wyoming Gaming Commission or the Department of Health should administer the funds, considered making expenditures subject to legislative appropriation and discussed sweeping lottery unclaimed prizes and a sample 15% carve‑out.
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Lawmakers reviewed a working draft (27 LSO 00096, working draft v0.4) to create a dedicated ‘responsible gaming and problem gambling’ account funded from existing gaming revenue distributions. Tamara Reveille of the Legislative Service Office explained the bill does not create a new tax but redirects portions of currently distributed state gaming receipts and creates a continuously appropriated account administered by the Wyoming Gaming Commission, with reporting to the Joint Appropriations Committee.
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