Lottery supporters in Nevada try again

Comment #9

Coin Toss — Sun, 22 Mar 2009 22:26:31 GMT

pumpi,

What justxploring pointed out above and a little more.

For one thing, most of the population of Nevada is in Las Vegas. The State of Nevada didn't reach 1,000,000 population until the late 1980s, then Las Vegas itself went over one million.

(Vegas itself is small, but made up of communities like Paradise and Winchester, all of which appear to be in town to tourists).

Nevada is among the top ten in size but somewhere around 46th in population.

Like most of the American West,... [ More ]

Comment #8

justxploring — Sat, 21 Mar 2009 08:11:36 GMT

Pumpi, you've said you live in Panama, so I'll just assume you've never traveled through Nevada. You keep writing that Las Vegas is the only place where people gamble. Since nobody else has responded to that comment, I will. Pumpi, that just is not true!

Gambling is legal in Nevada, not just Las Vegas. I won't list all the towns that have gambling, of course, since there are too many, but you can travel just about anywhere in Nevada to gamble. I mean, you don't have to go to a busy tourist pl... [ More ]

Comment #7

pumpi76 — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 19:01:48 GMT

The casino mentality has it that every dollar spent in a lottery is one less spent in their slots,

yeah but las vegas is small and the State of Nevada is bigger..What i mean by that, i mean that they say that every dollar spent in a lottery is one less spent in their slots that might be correct but that's only in the city of Las Vegas...What about the ENTIRE state of Nevada where people dont live close to las Vegas....

Johnyp, i was referring to 2% that the casinos make and then they give... [ More ]

Comment #6

johnph77 — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 10:11:14 GMT

Only two percent of sales going into the state coffers? I think not. The average return of investment from a player's standpoint for most state lotteries hovers around 50%. With an average of 15% going towards administrative expenses including salaries, advertising, the cost of printing scratchoffs, the purchase, maintenance and repair of lottery terminals etc., states are realizing a profit of an average of about 35% of sales. If it were only two percent I doubt if any state would consider a lo... [ More ]

Comment #5

pumpi76 — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 06:24:29 GMT

i don't understand, it seems like a bunch of casino owners are telling the state what to do when normally is the state who tells everyone what to do...

i don't understand because either way the state gets money and the question we should ask is: is the state going to make more money playing the lottery or with casino city provided that a percentage of the revenue of las vegas goes to the state [not all] and provided that casino i think not sure take 2% for themselves and the rest goes back to... [ More ]

Comment #4

ThatScaryChick — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 04:13:39 GMT

I think it would be nice for Nevada to have, but I don't see the casinos giving in without a fight. The economy is not very good at the moment and they are going to want as much money going to themselves as possible.

Comment #3

eddessaknight — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 01:13:56 GMT

Yes, we do hope the casinos will finally relent and let this finally pass.

The casino mentality has it that every dollar spent in a lottery is one less spent in their slots, meantime the state government considering raising room, tobacco and liquer taxes

Most Nevada ciizens want alottery and many drive to the State line to buy their tickets in CA.

Maybe we will get luxcky this time???

EddessaKnight

Comment #2

hearsetrax — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 00:03:19 GMT

I hope they get it .... I know a few good folks out that way who could put the money to good use @ thar church

Comment #1

pumpi76 — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 22:11:04 GMT

I hope they get it this time....I mean since they don't have a basketball team...

where will it go? education also

Lottery supporters in Nevada try again

Lottery Post — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 20:12:21 GMT

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... [ More ]