Wyoming Lottery

[1][2] The lottery law authorizes distribution of the first $6 million in annual revenue to cities and counties, and the remaining amount goes to schools.

However, Matt Mead justified the law by claiming that this would reduce the amount of out-of-state spending by Wyoming residents.

[3] Conversely, the Wyoming Lottery is expected to attract revenue from Utah, specifically the Salt Lake City metropolitan area, as much of Utah population centers are closer to Wyoming than either Colorado or Idaho.

[4] Wyoming's first two lottery games were Mega Millions and Powerball, both available on the first day of sales.

Wyoming became the 44th state (plus the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands) to create a lottery.