Skill based amusement games-licensed liquor establishments, the official text

ORIGINAL Senate
File No. SF0046

ENROLLED ACT NO. 39, SENATE

SIXTY-EIGHTH LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WYOMING
2026 Budget Session

AN ACT relating to gaming; limiting the licensed liquor establishments where skill based amusement games may be located; specifying applicability; and providing for an effective date.

Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Wyoming:

Section 1. W.S. 11‑25‑102(a)(xvi) and 11‑25‑303(d) and (e) are amended to read:

11‑25‑102. Definitions.

(a) As used in this act:

(xvi) "Establishment" means a single physical place of business that operates as a truck stop, smoke shop or that is licensed or permitted to sell alcoholic liquor or malt beverages for consumption on the licensed or permitted premises under W.S. 12‑2‑203(g), 12‑4‑201, 12‑4‑301, 12‑4‑401, 12‑4‑407, 12‑4‑413, 12‑4‑414 or 12‑4‑415;

11‑25‑303. Restrictions on operation of skill based amusement games.

(d) Skill based amusement games shall only be located for play at an establishment, except as provided in this subsection and subsection (e) of this section. For establishments that are licensed or permitted to sell alcoholic liquor or malt beverages, skill based amusement games shall only be located in the physical area in which alcoholic liquor or malt beverages are offered for sale. An operator shall not locate a skill based amusement game in an area of the establishment into which a person under the age of twenty‑one (21) years may enter. An operator shall conspicuously mark each area of the establishment containing a skill based amusement game as an age restricted area. The operator shall not allow a person under the age of twenty‑one (21) years to play a skill based amusement game.

(e) The following shall apply to establishments lawfully operating under prior law:

(i) Any operator who, before September 14, 2022 had a skill based amusement game located at a place of business that does not meet the definition of "establishment" in W.S. 11‑25‑102(a)(xvi) on April 1, 2023 shall be authorized to continue operating skill based amusement games if the operator otherwise meets the requirements to operate a skill based amusement game;.

(ii) Any operator who, before April 1, 2026, had a skill based amusement game located at a place of business that does not meet the definition of "establishment" in W.S. 11‑25‑102(a)(xvi) on April 1, 2026 shall be authorized to continue operating the skill based amusement game subject to the conditions of the existing permit until the term of the permit expires. Except as provided in paragraph (i) of this subsection, on and after April 1, 2026, a place of business that does not meet the definition of "establishment" under W.S. 11‑25‑102(a)(xvi) shall not be eligible for permit renewal.

Section 2. This act is effective immediately upon completion of all acts necessary for a bill to become law as provided by Article 4, Section 8 of the Wyoming Constitution.

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Speaker of the House

President of the Senate

Governor

TIME APPROVED: _________

DATE APPROVED: _________

I hereby certify that this act originated in the Senate.

Chief Clerk

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