A Nevada Lottery? The Line Forms in California

Comment #5

myturn — Fri, 08 May 2009 11:45:31 GMT

Nevada residence can play the Massachusetts lottery without leaving their living room!

Save on gas and purchase a subscription on a toll free number

Comment #4

dpoly1 — Mon, 27 Apr 2009 17:18:35 GMT

Government - for the Government, by the Government and of the Government !

Not for people

Comment #3

Coin Toss — Mon, 27 Apr 2009 03:35:04 GMT

From the OP:

State Senator John J. Lee, Democrat of Las Vegas, who has long arguedagainst a lottery, cited his pervasive fear that a mother would gointo the store to buy two gallons of milk and a loaf of bread but playthe lottery instead and leave with one gallon of milk.

Hello, State Senator, they've been doing that with the slots and video poker machines in the stores for years. Duh.

Comment #2

maringoman — Mon, 27 Apr 2009 00:22:57 GMT

Instead, Ms. Sargenti drives here from Henderson, a Las Vegas suburb, every Tuesday to buy $200 worth of tickets......

$200?? whoa! I wish I had that kind of change to spend on the lottery. Why $200 is half my paycheck for a week. I'm curious the biggest she's ever won.

Comment #1

ronki — Sun, 26 Apr 2009 16:53:40 GMT

Why not let them play, it's the peoples right to do what they want to do with there money

A Nevada Lottery? The Line Forms in California

Lottery Post — Sun, 26 Apr 2009 16:36:45 GMT

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... [ More ]