Section 9-17-102 - Legislative Findings and Declarations

9-17-102. Legislative findings and declarations. (a) It is found and declared by the legislature: (i) That lottery games are an entrepreneurial enterprise and that the state shall create a public body, corporate and politic, known as the Wyoming lottery corporation, with comprehensive and extensive powers as generally exercised by corporations engaged in entrepreneurial pursuits; (ii) That lottery games shall be operated and managed in a manner which provides continuing entertainment to the public, maximizes revenues, including revenues to the state and its counties, cities and towns, and ensures that the lottery is operated with integrity and dignity and free of political influence; and (iii) That the Wyoming lottery corporation shall be accountable to the legislature and to the public through a system of audits and reports.