Wyo. Stat. § 6-7-101 (2026)

(a)   As used in this article:

          (i) "Calcutta wagering" means wagering on the outcome
of amateur contests, cutter horse racing, dog sled racing,
professional rodeo events or professional golf tournament in
which those who wager bid at auction for the exclusive right to
"purchase" or wager upon a particular contestant or entrant in
the event and when the outcome of the event has been decided the
total wagers comprising the pool, less a percentage "take-out"
by the event's sponsor, is distributed to those who "purchased"
or wagered upon the winning contestants or entrants;

           (ii)    "Gain" means the direct realization of winnings;

          (iii) "Gambling" means risking any property for gain
contingent in whole or in part upon lot or chance in any game
played with cards, dice, balls or on any gambling device or
contingent on the happening or outcome of an event, including a
sporting event, over which the person taking a risk has no
control, but does not include any of the following:

               (A) Bona fide contests of skill, speed, strength
or endurance in which awards are made only to entrants or the
owners of entries. This exception shall not include skill based
amusement games;

               (B) Bona fide business transactions which are
valid under the law of contracts;
               (C) Other acts or transactions now or hereafter
expressly authorized by law;

               (D) Bingo games conducted, or pull tabs sold, by
charitable or nonprofit organizations where the tickets for the
bingo are sold only in this state and the pull tabs are sold
only on the premises owned or occupied by the charitable or
nonprofit organization provided that:

                    (I) Bingo games and pull tab games shall
only be conducted by charitable or nonprofit organizations,
which have been in existence in this state for at least three
(3) years and, commencing July 1, 2020, are licensed by the
Wyoming gaming commission under W.S. 11-25-104(n) to conduct
bingo or pull tab games;

                    (II) In conducting bingo games and pull tab
games the organization shall use only volunteers who are bona
fide members of the charitable or nonprofit organization or
employees or contractors who are paid by the organization to
assist in the operation of the game;

                    (III) Players of bingo games or pull tab
games shall be eighteen (18) years or older;

                    (IV) At least sixty-five percent (65%) of
all gross sales shall be redeemed as winnings each month. The
net proceeds after payment of winnings shall be restricted as
follows:

                         (1) No more than forty percent (40%)
of net proceeds shall be paid to distributors or manufacturers
of supplies or equipment necessary to conduct the game; and

                         (2) Seventy-five percent (75%) of the
net proceeds remaining after payment for all costs and supplies
shall be donated within one (1) year by the organization to a
bona fide charitable or benevolent purpose.

                    (V) The charitable or nonprofit
organization conducting the bingo game or pull tab game may
purchase supplies or equipment necessary to conduct the game
from a distributor or manufacturer at a price based on a per
card or pull tab basis subject to the limitations provided in
subdivision (D)(IV)(1) of this paragraph.

               (E)   Any game, wager or transaction:
                    (I)    Incidental to a bona fide social
relationship;

                    (II)    Participated in by natural persons
only;

                    (III) Conducted in a private manner, at a
private place or at a business or fraternal organization for
which the primary source of revenue of the business or fraternal
organization is not derived from any activity involving risking
property for gain;

                    (IV) Not advertised or otherwise open to
public participation; and

                    (V) In which no person receives any
remuneration from facilitating, participating in, hosting or
organizing the game, wager or transaction other than the direct
realization of winnings.

               (F) Calcutta wagering on contests or events
conducted by a bona fide nationally chartered veterans',
religious, charitable, educational or fraternal organization or
nonprofit local civic or service club organized or incorporated
under the laws of this state and, commencing July 1, 2020,
licensed by the Wyoming gaming commission under W.S. 11-25-
104(n) to conduct calcutta wagering on contests or events,
provided that:

                    (I)    The contest or event is conducted
solely in this state;

                    (II) Any rules affecting the contest or
requirements for participants are clearly posted;

                    (III) The total prizes or prize money paid
out in any one (1) contest or event does not exceed ninety
percent (90%) of the total wagers;

                    (IV) A minimum of ten percent (10%) of the
total wagers on each contest or event is donated within one (1)
year by the sponsoring organization to a bona fide charitable or
benevolent purpose;
                    (V) No separate organization or
professional person is employed to conduct the contest or event
or assist therein;

                    (VI) The sponsoring organization before
conducting the contest or event gives thirty (30) days written
notice of the time and place thereof to the governing body of
the county or municipality in which it intends to conduct the
contest or event and the governing body does not pass a
resolution objecting thereto;

                    (VII) The sponsoring organization has
complied with the relevant sections of the internal revenue code
of 1954, as amended, relating to taxes on wagering.

               (G) Display or private use of antique gambling
devices in the owner's residence;

               (H) Raffles or drawings conducted for charitable
purposes in which one hundred percent (100%) of the net proceeds
remaining after payment of all costs, supplies and winnings are
used for charitable purposes;

               (J) Any lottery game authorized and run by the
Wyoming lottery corporation pursuant to W.S. 9-17-101 through
9-17-128.

               (K)   The hunting license raffle provided by W.S.
23-1-302(p);

               (M) Activities authorized by the Wyoming gaming
commission under title 11, chapter 25 of the Wyoming statutes;

               (N) Online sports wagering regulated under W.S.
9-24-101 through 9-24-106;

               (O)   Fantasy sports contests as defined in W.S.
9-24-101(a)(iv).

           (iv) "Gambling device" means any device, machine,
paraphernalia or equipment except an antique gambling device
that is used or usable in the playing phases of any professional
gambling activity, whether that activity consists of gambling
between persons or gambling by a person involving the playing of
a machine;
          (v) "Gambling premise" means any building, room,
enclosure, vehicle, vessel or other place, whether open or
enclosed, used or intended to be used for professional gambling.
Any place where a gambling device is found is presumed to be
intended to be used for professional gambling;

          (vi) "Gambling proceed" means all money or property
at stake or displayed in or in connection with professional
gambling;

          (vii) "Gambling record" means any record, receipt,
ticket, certificate, token, slip or notation given, made, used
or intended to be used in connection with professional gambling;

          (viii)    "Professional gambling" means:

               (A) Aiding or inducing another to engage in
gambling, with the intent to derive a profit therefrom; or

               (B) Participating in gambling and having, other
than by virtue of skill or luck, a lesser chance of losing or a
greater chance of winning than one (1) or more of the other
participants.

          (ix)    "Profit" means any financial gain;

          (x) "Antique gambling device" means a mechanically or
electronically operated slot machine that is at least twenty-
five (25) years old and used only for display or personal
amusement in the owner's residence, in public and private
museums, in possession of a dealer or distributor of lawful
gaming equipment or displayed at state or local historic sites;

          (xi) "Charitable or nonprofit organization" means an
organization recognized as a charitable or nonprofit
organization under Wyoming statutes and which possesses a valid
exemption from federal income tax issued by the Internal Revenue
Service under the provisions of 26 U.S.C. § 501(c) and political
parties organized under the law of Wyoming and exempt from
federal income tax issued by the Internal Revenue Service under
the provisions of 26 U.S.C. § 527;

          (xii)    Repealed By Laws 2007, Ch. 52, § 1.

          (xiii) "Skill based amusement game" means as defined
by W.S. 11-25-102(a)(xix);
          (xiv) "Bona fide social relationship" means a genuine
social relationship between two (2) or more persons wherein each
person has an established knowledge of the other. "Bona fide
social relationship" shall not include a social relationship
which has arisen for the purpose of gambling.