Nevada Assembly pushing for state lottery

Comment #9

NBey6 — Fri, 23 Mar 2007 15:19:34 GMT

Come on Nevada, join the Land of the Living

Comment #8

justxploring — Fri, 23 Mar 2007 04:47:22 GMT

I was driving to work and I heard about that pizza on the radio, Pumpi. I was watching a program on tv (like one of those E or Entertainment News bits) and people are paying celebrities large sums of money to appear at their parties. One example was that Paris Hilton gets $50,000 for sitting at your bar. She was advertising herself for $100,000 on New Year's Eve. Taylor Hicks (American Idol winner) gets $150,000 for a 2 hour attendance at your party. I assume he performs.

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Comment #7

pumpi76 — Fri, 23 Mar 2007 04:38:25 GMT

There are things that exist that I say to myself why do these things exist; they just another way to take money from people...A good example of this is the 1,000 dollar pizza, sold here in the States....What a rip-off...

And if a 1,000 dollar pizza can exist why can the lottery in las Vegas exist....I am sure there are lots of good pizzas that cost less than 30 Bucks....At least the lottery there are millionaires out of it and the money goes to education...

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Comment #6

Coin Toss — Fri, 23 Mar 2007 03:45:06 GMT

Let's see....vido poker machines in grocery stores, pizzerias, etc...

So much so that Clark County had to pass a law that a business that was not a casino could only have so many machines so they would not in fact be a front for a slot business. The Las Vegas Reivew Journal used to have business opportunity ads that read:

For sale: Pizzeria, good location. Vido poker machines pay overhead.

And a lottery would make gambling easier and more accesible? Hardly.

Comment #5

justxploring — Fri, 23 Mar 2007 02:10:22 GMT

John, you make complete sense. I've often joked that I should take the money I spend on the lottery every year and instead take a trip to Las Vegas. It would be cheaper!

However, there's one thing I just thought about. When you wrote The only thing a Nevada lottery would do is to make gambling easier for, and more accessible to, those residing in the state. Were you referring to the fact that most people spend way more than $1 or $10 in a casino? We have casinos in Florida and also... [ More ]

Comment #4

johnph77 — Thu, 22 Mar 2007 20:49:44 GMT

No state lottery has a payout percentage equal to that of almost any game in a casino. The only thing a Nevada lottery would do is to make gambling easier for, and more accessible to, those residing in the state.

Comment #3

justxploring — Thu, 22 Mar 2007 18:31:04 GMT

At least if they have a Lottery in Vegas it would be a Family game.

Comment #2

Todd — Thu, 22 Mar 2007 18:13:24 GMT

It's because the casinos have so much power and influence in Nevada. They stand to lose a lot in gambling revenue if a lottery passes.

Comment #1

MissNYC — Thu, 22 Mar 2007 17:50:41 GMT

I never understood why Nevada of all places had no lottery. Casinos, sure, prostitution, no problem, lotto....no way

Nevada Assembly pushing for state lottery

Lottery Post — Thu, 22 Mar 2007 17:12:00 GMT

The Nevada State Assembly voted 29-13 Tuesday to take another shot at a constitutional amendment to allow a state lottery.

The proposed amendment has made it through the Assembly more than once in the past, only to die in the Senate. A lottery is about the only form of gambling prohibited by Nevada's Constitution.

AJR5, sponsored by Harry Mortenson, D-Las Vegas, would dedicate any revenue generated from the lottery to public schools. His dedicates the money to purchases of educational equi... [ More ]