Wyoming Online Sports Betting

Wyoming has several types of gaming on offer that include a state lottery, DFS, horse racing betting (trackside, OTB and online), tribal casinos, and charitable gambling options.

Wyoming maintains an easy to manage 18-years-of-age age limit on all its legal forms of gambling across the board

Wyoming State Statutes’ definition of gambling unambiguously covers sports betting and the gaming laws make-it-clear that participating in sports betting, or offering sports betting is frowned upon.

Unlike Federal U.S. sports betting laws, lawmakers in Wyoming have been slow to move on the issue of sports betting in the state, however, movement has been made of late.

Efforts to legalize sports betting in Wyoming were attempted early 2020. House Bill 225 would have potentially permitted online-only sports betting in Wyoming, however, it was voted down by the state’s legislature. The defeated bill would have featured provisos prohibiting prop bets on college sports and on any sports event involving a Wyoming college team.

In the meantime, however, Wyoming’s sports bettors have some excellent legal sports betting options in the form of horse racing and DFS that can be enjoyed to play legally by those over the age of 18.

Meantime, placing a wager on Wyoming’s favorite team, the Dallas Cowboys, or the Denver Nuggets or Colorado Rockies is still seen to be illegal until Wyoming’s State Representatives deliver their state’s residents fully legalized sports betting.

Under no circumstance is Wyoming one of the American States with Legal Online Gambling. Online sports betting is not a legal option for the state’s residents and visitors until the State Legislature of Wyoming passes new legislation that could potentially over-ride the State Statutes.

Wyoming State Statutes, Article 1, Chapter 7, Title 6 supplies a relatively unclear definition of gambling and as it does not specifically refer to online gambling, the understanding is considered that it is a broad enough definition to include wagering online;

“Gambling” means risking any property for gain contingent in whole or in part upon lot, chance, the operation of a gambling device or the happening or outcome of an event, including a sporting event, over which the person taking a risk has no control, but does not include any of the following:

(A) Bona fide contests of skill, speed, strength or endurance in which awards are made only to entrants or the owners of entries;

(B) Bona fide business transactions which are valid under the law of contracts;

(C) Other acts or transactions now or hereafter expressly authorized by law.

For the time being, until the state’s lawmakers come around in Wyoming, online players can participate in legal betting action in online games of skill, horse racing, and play real money DFS competitions on their phones, tablets or PCs.

DFS operators offer their competitions legally in 41 states, despite only 19 states having statutes that formally legalize it. All of this takes places in an environment whereby Federal lawmakers have determined that DFS competitions are contests of skill and not gambling at all.

DFS sites operate freely in Wyoming despite the state’s lawmakers never getting around to ruling on the activity through the State Legislature.

DFS operators have been actively accepting players from Wyoming for many years now without inference from state authorities, and that freedom has continued to this day.

Potential sports betting legalization in Wyoming should facilitate eSports betting in the State. Players will be able to win wagers in exciting new ways through never before seen betting markets that will create a brand-new revenue stream for the Wyoming State Government.

eSports – What is it?

eSports are tournaments where the pro ‘e-athletes’ as they’re known – play competitive multiplayer video games. Emerging from the underground LAN parties of the early 21stcentury, eSports have gone global with improvements in online streaming services and the role of international sportsbooks for betting purposes.

Popular games are Call of Duty, Rocket League and CS;GO among others. Tournaments draw huge crowds and the prizes continue to get richer.

With big prize money-on-offer, sports-bettors are close-at-hand. International bookmakers now set betting markets on most of the competitive eSports events.
Watch for eSports – available soon at a long-awaited legal Wyoming sportsbook.

Horse Racing wagering was made legal throughout the state in 2011, and its operation is overseen by the Wyoming Pari-Mutuel Commission. One major racetrack sits on the border with Utah, and a large percentage of customers come from this Mormon state with no form of legal gambling. A few off-track betting facilities are also available, allowing customers to wager on both horse and dog racing.

In addition to live racing, off-track betting and online horse racing betting, Wyoming added another option for horse racing enthusiasts in 2013 with the passing of HB 25 through the State Legislature and into law. Known as “historic horse racing,” the machines call for the player to predict the winner from a previously run horse race, however, only a few scant details are provided prior to the start of the race. The historic racing machines (resembling slots machines) are located at bars and other locations throughout Wyoming.

Trackside Betting

Wyoming operates a sole permanent racetrack, and two semi-permanent racetracks that all operate with full live and simulcast betting options available.

Off Track Betting (OTB) in Wyoming

OTB Betting is permitted in Wyoming at a network of several OTB locations, and taverns, bars and other licensed premises may also apply to accept bets from their clientele on live simulcast races.

Online Horse Racing in Wyoming

Horse Racing Betting websites are legal in Wyoming. The sites are all 100% legal, licensed and authorized under the State’s Statutes to take bets online for horse racing without any fear of breaking the Cowboy State’s interpretation of the State Law that online gambling is illegal.

Online wagering is fully available on thoroughbred racing in the U.S. and all major horse racing venues worldwide directly on Wyomingite’s tablets, phones, other mobile devices or home computers. Top-notch horse racing websites are easy to use, simple to navigate, and use little data.

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