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Nevada Democrats try to revive lottery planNews Story
Nevada Democrats are trying to breathe life into their state lottery proposal, an idea Senate Republicans say is dead for the 2005 session.Although the resolution was voted down by the Senate Judiciary Committee, Assembly Speaker Richard Perkins, says he's negotiating with Senate Republicans leaders with the hopes of reviving it.The resolution would let the state create a lottery to pay for school supplies and class-size reduction. Democrats say it could bring in as much as 50 million dollars an
May 17, 2005, 12:48 pm - Lottery News

N.C. Senate considers social, legal expenses of starting lotteryNews Story
If North Carolina joins every other state on the East Coast and creates a lottery, the cost of policing it and offering help to problem gamblers could cost several million dollars a year, witnesses told a Senate committee on Wednesday.The state would likely use the lottery's own proceeds to pay for such programs, although that's not addressed in either the House-passed bill to create a lottery or the Senate's budget proposal, which included lottery provisions, approved last week.And Sen. Tony Ra
May 12, 2005, 11:54 am - Lottery News

Texas legislature defeats Internet lottery billNews Story
An Internet search for online gambling netted 9 million hits Wednesday, but Texas House members nixed hopes that one of those might lead to the Texas Lottery.Lawmakers, seeking ways to help fund the state budget, rejected a measure, 89-52, that would have raised as much as $275 million more a year by allowing the lottery to debut on the Internet.Passions rose in an unpredictably bipartisan fashion as lawmakers debated the virtues and vices of expanding gambling to pay for better education, hea
May 6, 2005, 10:24 am - Lottery News

Texas lottery legislation seeks to ensure state's share of revenueNews Story
Texas State Sen. Jane Nelson, one of the Legislature's most vocal gambling opponents, has sidetracked a measure to extend the life of the Texas Lottery Commission by tucking in a provision saying that the state must receive at least a 25-cent cut of every dollar wagered in every game.Nelson's amendment to Senate Bill 405, if it survives the legislative gristmill, could doom the already-struggling effort to legalize video slot machines under the lottery's auspices. Critics warned that it could cr
Apr 27, 2005, 11:38 am - Lottery News

N.C. lottery bill may be changed in the SenateNews Story
A special North Carolina Senate committee will meet today to hash out the details of the lottery bill sent to them from the House.Most lawmakers say they want to see a number of changes before they make a decision, which could mean a vote is still weeks away.The committee will take up the House version of the lottery bill that barely passed earlier this month. That bill calls for a lottery run by a state commission with no advertising allowed.During the Senate committee's first meeting last wee
Apr 27, 2005, 10:29 am - Lottery News

Texas closer to selling lottery tickets onlineNews Story
Texas would become the first state to sell lottery tickets online under legislation has received approval by a state legislative panel.Under the bill approved by the state House Appropriations Committee on Monday, players also would be able to pay for lottery tickets with a debit card and establish a Texas Lottery Commission account that would draw down as they bought tickets.Players also could also establish a Texas Lottery Commission account that would draw down as they purchase tickets.House
Apr 26, 2005, 12:11 pm - Lottery News

Educators Closely Watching N.C. Lottery BillNews Story
The North Carolina lottery issue is of more than passing interest to the Moore County school system as it gears up for another study on its capital needs.School system officials across the state are keeping a watchful eye on Raleigh as the state Senate takes up a lottery bill.The House narrowly approved the bill by a 61-59 vote April 6. The bill is expected to be signed into law by Gov. Mike Easley if it makes it through the Senate. That means a N.C. state lottery could be in place by the end of
Apr 22, 2005, 11:54 am - Lottery News

Oklahoma Senate Committee Approves Remaining Lottery CommissionersNews Story
An Oklahoma Senate committee recommended approval Wednesday of the final two lottery commissioners nominated by Gov. Brad Henry.The Senate Finance Committee is sending the nominations of former Oklahoma City Mayor Ron Norick and Oklahoma City attorney William Paul to the full Senate for confirmation.The committee recommended confirmation of the other five nominees last week. They include James Orbison and George Charlton Jr., both of Tulsa; Tom Riley, of Stillwater; Cindy Ball, of Muskogee; and
Apr 21, 2005, 2:18 pm - Lottery News

Wisconsin lawmakers vote down plan to privatize state LotteryNews Story
Wisconsin lawmakers on Wednesday voted down a proposal in Gov. Jim Doyle's budget bill to privatize half of the work at the Wisconsin lottery.The Legislature's Joint Finance Committee voted 10-6 to delete a provision that would have eliminated 55 of 109 positions at the lottery.Doyle's plan called for the private sector to take over the lottery's sales and marketing, ticket warehousing and distribution, product development, special events, and Web site operations, while state employees would sti
Apr 21, 2005, 1:18 pm - Lottery News

Senators question components of N.C. lottery billNews Story
Senate committee members unmoved by House thread to kill lottery billMembers of an N.C. Senate committee raised questions yesterday about a bill passed by the House that would create a state lottery including whether it would allow video poker, slot machines and online gaming. It's not likely that it will be approved in the form it's in now, said Sen. Tony Rand, D-Cumberland, the chairman of the Senate committee set up to review the House lottery bill.The bill that the House passed 61-59 two
Apr 21, 2005, 12:42 pm - Lottery News