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Wyoming Lottery rolls out new Keno game
Lottery expands to social establishments By Kate Northrop Keno has made its way to Wyoming and officially launched on Sunday. Sunday, the Wyoming Lottery launched its newest draw game, Keno, which features 300 drawings a day with drawings every four minutes. Keno is available to play at all Wyoming Lottery locations across the state and is best played in social establishments like bars, restaurants and social clubs, the Lottery said. The game boasts a grand prize of $200,000
Sep 19, 2022, 6:37 am - Lottery News

Wyoming Lottery to launch 2by2 game Sunday
Wyoming the latest to add the multi-state game to its lineup By Kate Northrop The Wyoming Lottery held a virtual press event this week to celebrate the launch of its latest game, 2by2, with tickets available starting Sunday. Lottery CEO Jon Clontz shared information about the newest addition to the Lottery's lineup at the press event and revealed that this will be the first game in the Lottery's repertoire that offers a drawing every day. We wanted to add a draw game that brings som
Mar 13, 2021, 3:36 pm - Lottery News

Wyoming would tap lottery money under proposed bill
A legislative panel has endorsed a proposal that would allow the state of Wyoming to grab some of the statewide lottery earnings. The Legislature's Joint Appropriations Committee voted 9-3 Thursday in Cheyenne to sponsor a bill in the upcoming legislative session that would allow the state to take 5 percent of the gross proceeds earned by the Wyoming Lottery. State coffers would be enriched by about $1 million a year. WyoLotto started selling tickets in 2014 after the Legislature author
Jan 19, 2018, 3:01 pm - Lottery News

Wyoming Lottery adds multi-state Lucky for Life game
The Wyoming Lottery players now have a new game to test their luck. WyoLotto officials on Monday celebrated the launch of the Lucky for Life game. The lottery began selling tickets for the new game on Sunday. Lucky for Life is a national game, which costs $2 per ticket. The top prize is $1,000 a day for life. Lucky for Life also offers players the opportunity to win $25,000 a year for life and smaller prize options. The game is currently offered in 23 jurisdictions, including Arkansa
Dec 5, 2016, 6:12 pm - Lottery News

Wyoming Lottery expansion faces hurdles despite state money woes
As Wyoming loses millions of dollars in revenue from its declining minerals extraction industry, the state lottery has started paying off by distributing some of its profits to cash-strapped cities and towns. A member of the board that oversees the Wyoming Lottery says the state might want to look at an expansion to tap even more revenue. But that would require expanding the type of games allowed a prospect that faces long odds in a Legislature wary of encouraging compulsive gambling. WyoL
May 30, 2016, 2:07 pm - Lottery News

Multi-state lottery game coming to Wyoming
Colorado looking to join the same game this summer WyoLotto players could have a new draw game to play by this fall after the Wyoming Lottery Corp. board of directors on Thursday unanimously approved adding the Lucky for Life game to the three currently offered. Lottery CEO Jon Clontz said he hoped Lucky for Life tickets could be sold in the state by October or November. Lucky for Life is similar to Powerball in that players pick six numbers. Matching all six numbers wins the jackpot. T
Mar 18, 2016, 8:06 am - Lottery News

Wyoming Lottery updates lawsuit against anti-gambling proponent
The Wyoming Lottery Corporation has updated its lawsuit against a Cheyenne man the company accuses of disparaging its operations, but the man's lawyer said the suit it still improper and fails to give necessary specifics. The company this week filed a more detailed civil lawsuit in state court in Cheyenne against Edward Atchison, the executive director of a group called the Wyoming Council on Problem Gambling. The Wyoming Legislature created the company, which started selling lottery ticke
Dec 18, 2015, 7:25 am - Lottery News

Judge gives Wyoming Lottery 15 days to amend lawsuit
A state judge is giving the Wyoming Lottery Corporation 15 days to amend its lawsuit that seeks to block a local man from criticizing the corporation. The corporation filed a lawsuit this spring against Edward Atchison of Cheyenne. The suit alleges that Atchison told national lottery groups the corporation wasn't following its statutory mandates and needs to do more to address problem gambling. The Wyoming Legislature authorized the corporation in 2013. Tickets went on sale last year. C
Dec 1, 2015, 10:15 am - Lottery News

Wyoming Lottery earns high marks in audit of first year
Independent auditors found no major financial issues with how the Wyoming Lottery operated during its first year of ticket sales. The board of directors of the Wyoming Lottery Corp. received results of the audit by Cheyenne-based McGee, Hearne Paiz during a meeting Monday. Board chairman Mark Macy said the lottery seemed to be right on track or at least not significantly off on how our operations were conducted. The audit noted a couple of minor accounting issues that lottery CEO Jon C
Nov 4, 2015, 9:05 am - Lottery News

Judge: Wyoming Lottery lawsuit against man can continue
A judge has denied a Cheyenne man's request to dismiss a lawsuit the Wyoming Lottery Corporation is pressing against him that seeks to force him to stop criticizing it to national lottery groups and others. The corporation filed a lawsuit this spring protesting that Edward Atchison had written to national groups and Wyoming newspapers saying the lottery needs to do more to address problem gambling. The corporation seeks a court order directing him not to interfere with its business relationsh
Oct 23, 2015, 12:44 pm - Lottery News

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