Nevada Gov. flip-flops on lotteryNews Story
True or not, it doesn't really matter Nevada Gov. Jim Gibbons might not remember it, but the record shows he has flip-flopped on the issue of a state lottery. Gibbons told a town hall audience in Minden last week, I have no problem with a lottery. As they have for decades, lawmakers are again considering creating a state lottery in Nevada. Asked about his stance in an interview, Gibbons said, I never have opposed a lottery. When did you hear that? Gibbons' previous opposition is in ...
May 11, 2009, 6:40 am - Lottery News forum

A Nevada Lottery? The Line Forms in CaliforniaNews Story
On a recent afternoon, lines of customers snaked to the door of the Primm Valley Lotto Store, a bustling hut just over the border in California. The parking lot was packed with cars sporting Nevada license plates. The hut, on a dead-end street paved for the sole purpose of crossing that border, holds two important distinctions. It is the lottery ticket vendor closest to Las Vegas, 45 miles to the northeast. And it sells more lottery tickets than any other vendor in California, according to th ...
Apr 26, 2009, 12:36 pm - Lottery News forum

Nevada Assembly passes lottery billNews Story
Senate vote is next step The Nevada Assembly voted Wednesday for a lottery in the nation's No. 1 gambling state, despite arguments that it would compete with slot machines and other games of chance. AJR7 is the latest version of a plan that since the 1970s has failed about two dozen times to win legislative approval. The measure advanced on a 31-11 vote and now moves to the Senate. The plan would have to be approved by lawmakers this year and again in 2011 and then go to a public vote. ...
Apr 17, 2009, 3:06 am - Lottery News forum

Nevada woman hits $33 million jackpot at casinoNews Story
A woman who had planned to spend a quiet Easter at home is $33 million richer after hitting the second largest Megabucks jackpot in history at a Nevada casino. Slot machine maker International Game Technology says 38-year-old Rachael Renee Romanick hit the jackpot Sunday night at Terrible's Rail City in Sparks. Romanick says a friend persuaded her to join him at the casino that night. She says she had been playing the machine for about 10 minutes when she landed the big prize. The large ...
Apr 15, 2009, 9:50 am - Lottery News forum

Nevada lottery plan approved by committeeNews Story
A Nevada Assembly panel voted Thursday to back a plan for a lottery in the nation's No. 1 gambling state, despite arguments that it would compete with slot machines and other games of chance. The Elections, Procedures, Ethics and Constitutional Amendments Committee voted 7-3 to send AJR7, the latest version of a plan that has failed about two dozen times since the 1970s to win legislative approval, to the full Assembly. Let the voters decide, said freshman Assemblyman Paul Aizley, D-Las V ...
Mar 30, 2009, 9:39 am - Lottery News forum

Lottery supporters in Nevada try againNews Story
Advocates of a lottery in the nation's No. 1 gambling state have faced a long run of bad luck in getting Nevada legislators to back the idea but they're betting the time is right for one more attempt. Among the 200-odd bills and resolutions introduced by a Monday deadline was a measure to remove a prohibition against lotteries that's now part of the Nevada Constitution. Similar proposals have been rejected by the Legislature more than two dozen times since 1970, although in 1990 Nevadans d ...
Mar 18, 2009, 4:12 pm - Lottery News forum