Live In Wyoming And Play The Lottery? You Probably Have A Middle-Class Income

Dallas Johnson (L) and Dawn Steier show off the new WyoLotto equipment at the Fresh Start convenience store in Sundance. PHOTO: Sundance Times

If you earn at least a middle-class income of between $20,000 and $49,999 a year and live in Wyoming, you're in the 29% bracket likely to have played one of their lotteries.

This was according to an online survey commissioned by the Wyoming Lottery Corp in December.

Lottery CEO Jon Clontz came to Wyoming after serving as deputy director of the Oregon Lottery. PHOTO: Star Tribune

Lottery CEO Jon Clontz said the study was performed by Mosak Advertising and Insights, of Austin, Texas. The Wyoming Lottery opened its doors last August, 2014,

But income has not been a big factor in the success of WyoLotto.

Clonz said "Our player base is spread throughout the spectrum in terms of incomes. There’s no one income group or class or whatever you want to call it that’s playing more than another.”

Eli Durbin (L) and De Richardson of Wheeler's who purchased the first WyoLotto tickets at its opening. PHOTO: Basin Republic Rustler

Six percent of people who responded to the survey said they earned less than $20,000 annually, according to the survey. Nine percent didn’t disclose incomes.

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ABOUT: The Wyoming Lottery is run by the Wyoming Lottery Corporation, which was established by the Wyoming Legislature in 2013. Net revenues from the lottery are distributed by the state to Wyoming’s cities, towns and counties and deposited into the state’s Permanent Land Fund’s Common School Account.

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