Wyoming’s House Revenue Committee has advanced legislation that would let the state pursue a Class III gaming proposal from the Northern Arapaho Tribe to help fund K-12 education in the state.
House Bill 287 authorizes the State Board of Land Commissioners to establish up to two gaming districts in two separate counties in Wyoming.
Those counties must be located within 100 miles of a major metropolitan area – meaning, essentially, Laramie County and Uinta County, Wyoming Rep. Steve Harshman, R-Casper, told the House Revenue Committee…
Those population areas – Denver and Salt Lake City – are located outside of the state, he noted, anticipating that the gaming facilities HB 287 allows would mostly generate revenue from visitors, tourists, and people passing through Wyoming on Interstate 80.
