bolstering gaming regulation<\/a> in the Cowboy State have been met with industry resistance and it looks like that will be the case again. Lobbyists for gaming businesses there are concerned that if the Pari-Mutuel Commission becomes the regulatory body to which all gambling enterprises must answer, that is akin to being overseen by a competitor, reports the Star-Tribune.<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\nAdditionally, the commission that tends to Wyoming’s horse racing activities only has six full-time workers and may not be equipped to handle additional oversight responsibilities.<\/p>\n
Big Government Concerns<\/b><\/h2>\n
Wyoming already has gaming laws in place, but many of those rules are seen as convoluted, leading to slack enforcement at the local level.<\/p>\n
Driskill told the Star-Tribune<\/i> the issue isn’t whether betting is allowed in Wyoming. Rather, his proposal is aimed at defining what the state does and does not permit when it comes to wagering.<\/p>\n
Some members of the Joint Committee on Travel, Recreation, and Cultural Resources, including other Republicans, are concerned that forming a gaming commission would amount to a legislative boondoggle that creates an ineffective, big government bureaucracy<\/strong>.<\/p>\nAny new gaming laws in Wyoming would not pertain to the state’s tribal casinos because those entities are regulated at the federal level.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Less than a month after it looked like it was heading to the legislative graveyard, a Wyoming lawmaker is refreshing a proposal to regulate the state’s betting activities and its burgeoning illegal gaming machine business. On Monday, state Sen. Ogden Driskill (R-Devil’s Tower) filed a motion that, if approved, would increase the purview of the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":46,"featured_media":109970,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[13,61],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
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