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In historic vote, N.C. House passes lottery billNews Story
The North Carolina House approved a lottery Wednesday in a vote that could bring a state-operated numbers game to the only state on the East Coast without one.The House voted 62-58 in favor of a measure bill that would dedicate profits from the games to school construction, scholarships and other education initiatives.The bill would also ban lottery advertising anywhere except the sites where the tickets are sold.Democratic Gov. Mike Easley has been pushing a lottery for education needs since ta
Apr 6, 2005, 5:12 pm - Lottery News

N.C. lottery vote may happen todayNews Story
The North Carolina House could vote on whether to start a North Carolina lottery as early as today, House Speaker Jim Black said Tuesday, but there could be plenty of reasons for a delay.Lottery supporters and opponents say there still doesn t appear to be enough votes to pass a bill, the details of which were still being worked out by leaders of a committee picked by Black. I m still thinking about (Wednesday), Black said of a floor vote. But he d be willing to wait, especially if he doesn t h
Apr 6, 2005, 10:21 am - Lottery News

N.C. Lottery committe selected and moving quicklyNews Story
House Speaker Jim Black chose his top lieutenant Monday to lead a special committee whose mission is to fashion an education lottery bill on which the full chamber can vote.Rep. Bill Culpepper, chairman of the House Rules Committee, will also chair the 14-member House Select Committee on the Lottery, which will meet for the first time this afternoon.Black won't serve on the committee but hand-picked its members. They will examine three lottery bills introduced this year in the House before gener
Mar 30, 2005, 8:38 am - Lottery News

N.C. lawmaker predicts lottery will failNews Story
North Carolina lawmakers are scheduled to vote next week on whether or not North Carolina will have a lottery, and Rep. Mitch Gillespie, R-McDowell, said he expects the lottery will fail. In my opinion, it will be defeated by 16 to 20 votes, Gillespie said.He is opposed to a state lottery.One of several lottery proposals in the General Assembly would create a local-option lottery. Under the bill, county commissioners could call for a vote on a lottery. If voters in at least 25 counties voted
Mar 25, 2005, 12:36 pm - Lottery News

Nevada Lottery Proposal KilledNews Story
Nevada may be a gambling state but a Senate panel decided on a 5-2 vote Thursday that a lottery is one game of chance the state can do without.Sens. Steven Horsford, D-North Las Vegas, and Valerie Wiener, D-Las Vegas, cast the only yes votes as the proposed constitutional amendment for a lottery to fund education was rejected by the Senate Judiciary Committee.AJR2 would have had to pass this session and again in 2007 before going to a vote of the public in 2008. I've only been here seven weeks
Mar 25, 2005, 11:06 am - Lottery News

N.C. Speaker pushing for lottery vote within 2 weeksNews Story
House Speaker Jim Black said he wants lawmakers to vote on a state lottery in the next two weeks, and he virtually guaranteed Wednesday that the proposal would reach his chamber's floor.A state numbers game, a regular winner in the Senate that typically dies in the House, could fail in a House committee -- in theory. But Black, D-Mecklenburg, said the education lottery plan he and Gov. Mike Easley are pushing would be heard by a special committee.Black, a lottery supporter, will appoint the comm
Mar 24, 2005, 8:49 am - Lottery News

Illinois lawmakers debate Internet lottery salesNews Story
If store lines have kept you from the big bucks possible in playing the state lottery, a Chicago senator has the solution - just buy the tickets online.Democrat State Sen. John Cullerton has proposed a bill to make lottery tickets available for sale on the Internet, something he says will attract more customers with bigger pocketbooks and possibly collect more money for schools. Senate Bill 198 is currently on the floor, but some Southern Illinois legislators say they're not ready to expand gami
Mar 8, 2005, 12:33 pm - Lottery News

Nevada Assembly passes lottery measureNews Story
Passage of Nevada lottery bill is only the first step in a four-year processA resolution to legalize a Nevada state lottery was approved 33-9 Monday in the Assembly after supporters emphasized profits would buy textbooks for schoolchildren. Nevadans already buy lottery tickets, said Assembly Speaker Richard Perkins, D-Henderson. They buy them in California. California kids have schoolbooks. Nevada kids don't. In an earlier hearing, Perkins cited a poll showing that 73 percent of Nevadans suppo
Mar 8, 2005, 10:39 am - Lottery News

Lottery proposal faces long odds in NevadaNews Story
Motivated by a struggling education system, Nevada lawmakers are trying for the 23rd time since 1975 to establish a statewide lottery by amending the Nevada Constitution. They say a history of failures and past opposition by the states dominant casino industry wont keep them from trying again.Advocates say a lotterys potential profits, after prizes and operating expenses are deducted, could generate from $30 million to $70 million each year for education money they say is sorely needed.Nevada ra
Feb 28, 2005, 1:02 pm - Lottery News

Support eroding for Maine Gov.'s lottery planNews Story
A Democratic state senator from Portland is breaking ranks with Gov. John Baldacci on the governor's plan to help balance the state budget by selling future lottery revenue. But it remains to be seen if that defection is isolated or the first sign that support is crumbling within the governor's party.Sen. Ethan Strimling, one of 19 Democrats in the 35-member Senate, said Wednesday he cannot support borrowing $250 million from an investor and repaying it by selling lottery revenue. Strimling said
Feb 10, 2005, 1:27 pm - Lottery News