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Read. Follow. Verify.Wyoming Legislature restricts lawful gambling exceptions and requires charitable raffles to dedicate all net proceeds to charity
Last action · March 6, 2026: Assigned Chapter Number 51Sponsor: Mgt Council
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What This Bill Does
Private social games and charitable raffles are now subject to stricter legal boundaries, requiring participants to share pre-existing social ties not formed for gambling and mandating that charitable raffles dedicate one hundred percent of remaining net proceeds to charitable purposes.
Organizers of charitable raffles and participants in private social games face new statutory restrictions and profit definitions beginning July 1, 2026.
- The Wyoming Legislature's Management Council sponsored Senate File 44 during the 2026 legislative session. context
Who It Affects
Groups the bill's text affects, as described in the record. Being affected is not a position for or against it.
Charitable organizations
Charitable organizations conducting raffles must ensure that one hundred percent of net proceeds remaining after costs and winnings are used for charitable purposes.
Participants in private social games
Participants must engage in games within a genuine social relationship where individuals have established prior knowledge of one another.
Key Facts
- Revises the definition of gambling to exclude specific transactions incidental to a bona fide social relationship conducted privately without professional gambling facilitation or remuneration beyond winnings.
- Defines 'profit' in the context of gambling offenses to exclude financial gain derived from proprietorship or management of a business where qualifying social transactions occur.
- Creates a statutory definition for 'bona fide social relationship' requiring a genuine connection with established mutual knowledge and expressly excluding relationships formed for gambling.
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Current status: Signed into law.
Procedural history
20 actions- Mar 6, 2026Governor Signed SEA No. 0038
- Mar 6, 2026Assigned Chapter Number 51
- Mar 3, 2026HouseH 3rd Reading:Passed 58-0-4-0-0
- Mar 3, 2026Assigned Number SEA No. 0038
- Mar 3, 2026SenateS President Signed SEA No. 0038
- Mar 3, 2026HouseH Speaker Signed SEA No. 0038
Show 14 earlier actions
- Mar 2, 2026HouseH 2nd Reading:Passed
- Feb 27, 2026HouseH COW:Passed
- Feb 26, 2026HouseH03 - Revenue:Recommend Do Pass 8-1-0-0-0
- Feb 26, 2026HouseH Placed on General File
- Feb 23, 2026HouseH Introduced and Referred to H03 - Revenue
- Feb 20, 2026SenateS 3rd Reading:Passed 31-0-0-0-0
- Feb 20, 2026HouseH Received for Introduction
- Feb 19, 2026SenateS 2nd Reading:Passed
- Feb 18, 2026SenateS COW:Passed
- Feb 16, 2026SenateS03 - Revenue:Recommend Do Pass 5-0-0-0-0
- Feb 16, 2026SenateS Placed on General File
- Feb 9, 2026SenateS Introduced and Referred to S03 - Revenue 30-1-0-0-0
- Jan 14, 2026SenateS Received for Introduction
- Jan 13, 2026Bill Number Assigned
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- Controversy20Intensity of disagreement among stakeholders
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- Buzz15Current news / social attention level
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