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Texas lawmaker aims to bring video gaming to stateNews Story
Includes video report Texas state senator Juan Chuy Hinojosa has filed legislation that would legalize video lottery games, a form of slot machine, in Texas. Senator Hinojosa believes Texas is facing a large deficit, and video gaming slot machines would add an extra boost to economy. We know by allowing slot machine at race tracks it will raise close to two billion dollars biennium , said Hinojosa. Along with the extra revenue, the Senator says the proposed legislation will bring jo
Mar 8, 2011, 6:09 pm - Lottery News

N.J. Gov. may veto online gambling billNews Story
Internet gaming may not be coming to the Garden State after all. New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie next week is expected to veto a bill that would have allowed state residents to become the first in the country to place legal bets from their living rooms over the Internet, sources told the New York Post. Christie, who weeks ago was said to be leaning toward signing the bill in hopes of reversing Atlantic City's dwindling revenues, is now, after intense lobbying, likely not to approve the cont
Feb 23, 2011, 7:49 pm - Lottery News

Harry Reid pushing to legalize online poker for American casinos, horse tracksNews Story
Senator Harry Reid (D-Nev.) is reportedly taking a gamble that would change up the online poker industry. The popular game may soon be run on the web by casinos in Nevada and across the United States, thanks to legislation being floated by the Nevada senators' staffers, the Wall Street Journal reported. American financial institutions were banned from processing online gambling transactions in 2006, costing the industry billions in what has been a rapidly-growing American addiction worth $
Dec 8, 2010, 7:58 am - Lottery News

Businesses near Nevada border popular for lottery playersNews Story
For those heading toward Nevada on this lonely stretch of U.S. Highway 93, Rosie's at the Boulder Inn Cafe is the last chance to gamble in Arizona. For those in Las Vegas, meanwhile, this 77-year-old former truck stop is the closest place to play the Arizona Lottery. When the Powerball jackpot spikes, people flood to Rosie's over Hoover Dam, 35 miles to the north, said general manager Brad Larsen, whose mother is the cafe's namesake. It doesn't even get busy until $100 million, he said
May 25, 2010, 9:09 am - Lottery News

Appeals court blocks Delaware's sports betting planNews Story
A federal appeals court today blocked Delaware's bid to open sports betting Sept 1. A three-judge panel of the Third Circuit Court of Appeals decided that Delaware's plans violate a 1992 federal ban on sports gambling. The professional leagues and the NCAA sued Delaware in June, but the case is not scheduled to be heard until December. The leagues asked the court for an emergency injunction to halt the betting. Delaware is one of four states that had sports gambling prior to a federal b
Aug 25, 2009, 1:24 pm - Lottery News

Delaware legalizes sports bettingNews Story
Table games are next; Maryland lawmakers worried Standing in front a screen displaying lines for the NFL, NBA and MLB, Gov. Jack Markell Thursday signed a sports betting bill into law at a ceremony inside the VIP room at Delaware Park racetrack and casino. After signing the legislation Markell said his administration looks forward to working with the state's three racinos to make the Delaware sports lottery as successful as possible. There is tremendous interest in the sports lottery t
May 15, 2009, 8:45 am - Lottery News

Nevada Gov. flip-flops on lotteryNews Story
True or not, it doesn't really matter Nevada Gov. Jim Gibbons might not remember it, but the record shows he has flip-flopped on the issue of a state lottery. Gibbons told a town hall audience in Minden last week, I have no problem with a lottery. As they have for decades, lawmakers are again considering creating a state lottery in Nevada. Asked about his stance in an interview, Gibbons said, I never have opposed a lottery. When did you hear that? Gibbons' previous opposition is in
May 11, 2009, 6:40 am - Lottery News

A Nevada Lottery? The Line Forms in CaliforniaNews Story
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
Apr 26, 2009, 12:36 pm - Lottery News

Nevada Assembly passes lottery billNews Story
Senate vote is next step The Nevada Assembly voted Wednesday for a lottery in the nation's No. 1 gambling state, despite arguments that it would compete with slot machines and other games of chance. AJR7 is the latest version of a plan that since the 1970s has failed about two dozen times to win legislative approval. The measure advanced on a 31-11 vote and now moves to the Senate. The plan would have to be approved by lawmakers this year and again in 2011 and then go to a public vote.
Apr 17, 2009, 3:06 am - Lottery News

Nevada woman hits $33 million jackpot at casinoNews Story
A woman who had planned to spend a quiet Easter at home is $33 million richer after hitting the second largest Megabucks jackpot in history at a Nevada casino. Slot machine maker International Game Technology says 38-year-old Rachael Renee Romanick hit the jackpot Sunday night at Terrible's Rail City in Sparks. Romanick says a friend persuaded her to join him at the casino that night. She says she had been playing the machine for about 10 minutes when she landed the big prize. The large
Apr 15, 2009, 9:50 am - Lottery News