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Read. Follow. Verify.Wyoming Bill Raises Skill-Based Gaming Tax Rate to 25 Percent and Allocates Funds to State Highway Fund
Last action · February 11, 2026: H Withdrawn by SponsorSponsor: Bob Nicholas
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What This Bill Proposed
Wyoming House Bill 137 increases the tax rate on from skill-based amusement games from 20 percent to 25 percent, effective July 1, 2026. The legislation reallocates the resulting tax distribution to decrease shares for local governments, public schools, and the commission gaming account while introducing a new 20 percent allocation to the state highway fund.
Local governments and the receive a reduced percentage of gaming tax revenues, while the state highway fund gains a new dedicated revenue stream.
Who It Would Have Affected
Groups the bill's text would have affected, as described in the record. Being affected is not a position for or against it.
vendors of skill based amusement games
Vendors must remit a higher tax percentage (25% instead of 20%) on weekly net proceeds earned from skill based amusement games.
counties, cities, and towns
The percentage of gaming tax revenue distributed to local jurisdictions is reduced from 45% to 36%.
public school foundation program account
The percentage of gaming tax revenue allocated to the public school foundation program account is reduced from 45% to 36%.
state highway fund
The fund receives a new 20% allocation from the tax revenue generated by skill based amusement games.
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This bill did not become law - Withdrawn.
Procedural history
3 actions- Feb 11, 2026HouseH Withdrawn by Sponsor
- Feb 10, 2026HouseH Received for Introduction
- Feb 9, 2026Bill Number Assigned
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Shift in Gaming Revenue Priority
The bill proposes shifting tax revenues away from local governments and public schools toward state highway infrastructure.
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Sources
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Analysis Score
0–100- Significance20Lowered because this bill did not pass (its text scored 45)
- Controversy30Intensity of disagreement among stakeholders
- Entertainment10Compellingness for a non-policy-wonk reader
- Buzz15Current news / social attention level
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