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No lottery for WyomingNews Story
A proposal that would allow Wyoming residents to play Powerball without going out of state officially died Monday, but its sponsor is not giving up. The bill will be back next year if I am elected, Rep. Dave Edwards, R-Douglas, said.House Bill 20, which had seven Republican and four Democratic co-sponsors, was killed by Sen. Delaine Roberts, R-Etna, chairman of the Senate Travel, Recreation, Wildlife and Cultural Resources Committee. Roberts did not schedule HB20 for debate before Monday's noon
Mar 2, 2004, 6:00 am - Lottery News

Wyoming Takes Step Towards Instituting LotteryNews Story
In a narrow vote, Wyoming lawmakers chose to support a bill that would allow the state to get into the lottery game.The House Revenue Committee voted 5-4 to pass House Bill 20 to the full House for debate. This is not about gambling in the state of Wyoming, said Rep. Dave Edwards, R-Douglas. We already have gambling. It's here, it's on the Internet. Edwards passed out a piece of paper containing six different ads promoting raffles from just one weekend edition of a Wyoming newspaper. Taking pa
Feb 19, 2004, 7:35 am - Lottery News