Betting in Wyoming

Wyoming didn’t wait for casinos to drive policy. When lawmakers legalized online sports betting in 2021, they created a pure online market in a state with fewer than 600,000 people, letting approved operators go live statewide with no retail books and no in-person signup.

The bill also hardwired in two choices most states still haven’t made: it set the betting age at 18 instead of 21, and it explicitly carved fantasy contests out of the state’s gambling laws, putting DFS and online sports wagering under the same regulatory umbrella.

For bettors, that combination makes Wyoming one of the most accessible regulated markets in the country: fully remote, mobile-only, and open to younger adults who are locked out of traditional 21+ casino-driven states.

Wyoming taxes online sportsbook revenue at 10% of gross win - one of the lowest rates in the U.S.

In 2025, lawmakers floated a plan to double that to 20%, arguing the state was leaving money on the table. Multiple hearings were held, but the proposal stalled, and regulators have confirmed the 10% rate will remain in place at least through 2026.

While it might not seem like it, for bettors this was a big victory. A 10% tax gives books more breathing room on pricing and promos than they have in high-tax states. If the rate ever jumps to 20%, you can expect the usual response: tighter lines, leaner long-term promos, and less willingness to eat risk on boosted markets.

Wyoming allows wagering on in-state and out-of-state college teams, and after a 2024–2025 review, regulators chose not to ban college player props.

That puts Wyoming in a different lane than many other states that have carved up the college menu with in-state team bans or prop restrictions.

For bettors, it means you can still bet Wyoming and other college programs straight, in parlays, and through player-level markets - a full college slate instead of a watered-down version.

HB 0133, Wyoming's sports betting bill, did something most states skipped: it explicitly said fantasy sports contests are not gambling under Wyoming law.

Traditional DFS operators like DraftKings and FanDuel run on solid ground, with salary-cap and peer-to-peer formats treated as regulated games of skill. Where the state drew the line was “vs. the house” Pick ’Em. In 2023–2024, Wyoming regulators classified fixed-payout, prop-card Pick ’Em as sports wagering, then issued cease-and-desist notices to operators like PrizePicks and Underdog.

Those products exited the state or transformed their offering, leaving only DFS formats that fit the skill-based, peer-to-peer definition.

Real-money online casino gaming - slots, blackjack, roulette, poker, live dealer - remains illegal in Wyoming. Attempts to legalize iGaming stalled in early 2025, and the Gaming Commission has made it clear there are no licensed online casinos of any kind.

In May 2025, the Commission went further and issued a public warning: no online casino, iGaming, or sweepstakes/social casino site is licensed in the state, and players who use those sites do so entirely at their own risk - with no state oversight and no help from the Commission if winnings go unpaid or accounts are frozen.

Despite that stance, sweepstakes-style platforms continue to accept Wyoming players structured under federal and state sweepstakes law: dual-currency systems, no purchase necessary entry options, and prize redemptions that convert virtual winnings into cash.

Wyoming operators are limited to sports and a narrow set of approved events. No betting on elections, awards shows, macroeconomic releases, or cultural outcomes through the sportsbook apps.

Those markets are allowed on federally regulated prediction platforms, however, which operate under CFTC oversight rather than state gambling law.

For Wyoming bettors, that creates a separate lane where you can speculate on politics, economic data, and other real-world outcomes - a set of markets the local sportsbooks are never going to offer, regardless of how the state tweaks its rules.