Wyoming lawmakers moving to start lottery

Comment #11

butterflykt — Tue, 08 Feb 2011 14:48:25 GMT

I wonder how long this is gonna take

Comment #10

jjery — Mon, 31 Jan 2011 16:21:20 GMT

now

Comment #9

jjery — Mon, 31 Jan 2011 16:20:05 GMT

get money

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dallascowboyfan — Sun, 30 Jan 2011 19:11:40 GMT

I hope Wyoming get's it......Just don't make the same mistake thae Oklahoma made with it's Lottery.....

Comment #7

ca-dreamin* — Sun, 30 Jan 2011 03:41:09 GMT

I hope Wyoming gets it. I'm sure people there would like their own lottery.

Comment #6

DoctorEw220 — Sat, 29 Jan 2011 21:21:44 GMT

As long as they don't do what North Dakota did, and just mooch off of the bigger states' sales for a big jackpot to generate sales, I'm all for it.

Comment #5

chops — Sat, 29 Jan 2011 18:44:33 GMT

Being from Vermont (currently the least populous US state territories aside with a lottery) I'm all for it.

Comment #4

Coin Toss — Sat, 29 Jan 2011 07:31:00 GMT

The lesser populated western states should go together in a Rocky Mountiain Lotto or something to create some decent jackpots.

I think ameiken posted that the Colorado Pick 5 is a $20,000 jackpot. That's a little weak.

Comment #3

Grovel — Sat, 29 Jan 2011 05:36:34 GMT

Hope you guys get it.

Comment #2

sully16 — Sat, 29 Jan 2011 03:47:17 GMT

Congrats to everyone in Wyoming.

Comment #1

ameriken — Sat, 29 Jan 2011 03:01:44 GMT

That's great, I hope they do it and I hope they come up with a few of their own local games.

I wouldn't mind driving 90 minutes north every once in a while to buy a few tickets.

Wyoming lawmakers moving to start lottery

Lottery Post — Sat, 29 Jan 2011 02:54:39 GMT

Wyomingites are one step closer to buying lottery tickets within state lines.

A bill that would allow the Cowboy State to start a state lottery or join a multi-state lottery game like Powerball cleared its first step in the House on Thursday. Similar lottery proposals failed to move much farther two and four years ago.

But House Bill 186 doesn't expand state government and doesn't require a $1 million investment to get started. Instead, the bill would set up a corporation to oversee the bu... [ More ]