Video Lottery Placed On South Dakota BallotNews Story
Video lottery is once again on the chopping block in South Dakota. The state Supreme Court says voters can decide the fate of the controversial gambling devices in November. A unanimous ruling from the high court today also adds a measure to the statewide ballot that seeks to repeal a state tax on cell phones. State officials had refused to put those issues on the ballot even though the people pushing them gathered enough signatures to qualify for slots on the ballot. In a nutshell, ...
Aug 11, 2006, 4:06 pm - Todd - Lottery News forum

N.J. Gov. wants video lotteryNews Story
Is Corzine trying to make up for his throwing away millions during lottery/casino shutdown? New Jersey Governor Jon S. Corzine, who cost the state millions of dollars in tax revenue by shutting down the state's lottery and casino games in a move to force legislators to accept massive tax increases, proposed Tuesday that New Jersey should add video lottery terminals. (See Budget Process Questioned After Shutdown, below.) The terminals have long been proposed for the Meadowlands and ot ...
Jul 26, 2006, 7:03 pm - Todd - Lottery News forum

N.C. Lottery may end video pokerNews Story
The establishment of a state lottery in North Carolina will have no legal effect on video poker games in North Carolina, at least not immediately. However, some who would like to see video poker banned altogether won't rule out using the lottery as one means of curtailing the use of the video games. Gov. Mike Easley even mentioned last fall at a press conference called to discuss the startup of the lottery that the state-sponsored gambling games could lead to an end of video poker. ...
Feb 24, 2006, 8:12 am - Todd - Lottery News forum