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Wyoming lottery bill clears first hurdleNews Story
The bill will go to the House floor for debate A Wyoming House panel recommended Friday that the state House pass a bill creating a lottery. The Transportation, Highways and Military Affairs Committee voted 7-2 that House Bill 170 pass. The lottery should generate $11 million a year for the Hathaway Scholarships, according to bill sponsor Rep. Sue Wallis, R-Recluse. As the money builds up, Wallis hopes some of it could be used for early childhood and preschool programs. The lotter
Feb 7, 2009, 10:01 am - Lottery News

Wyoming lawmakers again debate state lotteryNews Story
A Wyoming state House of Representatives committee will decide Friday whether a bill to create a state lottery to benefit education and the horse industry will survive. Kids and horses epitomize the spirit of Wyoming, bill sponsor Rep. Sue Wallis, R-Recluse, told the House Transportation, Highways and Military Affairs Committee on Monday. Wagering also is an old tradition in ranch country, she added. A conservative estimate shows a lottery with entry tickets sold at retail stores would
Feb 3, 2009, 3:00 pm - Lottery News

Arkansas lottery bill nearly ready for reviewNews Story
When lawmakers finally get their hands on the bill to create the Arkansas lottery, they may want to find a comfortable chair they'll be reading for a while. When it's filed, you will understand why it's taken so long, House Speaker Robbie Wills said in an interview in his office. It's going to be over 100 pages. Wills filed a shell lottery bill in the House before the session started, after voters overwhelmingly approved a constitutional amendment to create a state lottery to fund colleg
Feb 2, 2009, 3:24 pm - Lottery News

Wyoming lottery backers try againNews Story
Legislators will have another chance to pass a state lottery bill in the weeks ahead. The new proposal is modeled after the 15-year-old Georgia lottery. The 2009 version is different in many respects from previous bills that failed to get through the Wyoming Legislature. For one thing, the proposal would direct $11 million or $12 million to the Hathaway Scholarship Permanent Trust. It also would set up a separate entity, a business corporation, to run the lottery and would not require any
Jan 16, 2009, 9:09 am - Lottery News

Arkansas lottery bill is first legislation filed for 2009News Story
The first bill filed in the 2009 legislative session Monday carried symbolic weight and political heft but was scanty on substance. Incoming House Speaker Robbie Wills' one-page bill is a shell for what will become a bill to create and regulate state lotteries. It noted that voters approved the constitutional amendment this month and the revenue would be dedicated for college scholarships. This is appropriate that this be the first bill filed, said Wills, a Conway Democrat. It's an histor
Nov 18, 2008, 4:35 pm - Lottery News

Voters overwhelmingly approve Arkansas state lotteryNews Story
Voters have approved a measure creating a statewide lottery for Arkansas, overturning a ban set in the state's constitution since 1874. About two-thirds of voters supported the lottery measure championed by Lt. Gov. Bill Halter, which will fund college scholarships through ticket sales. About 36 percent cast votes against the measure. Halter has said a lottery would raise $100 million annually and likely would have scratch-off games and lottery drawings like other states. The Legislature w
Nov 5, 2008, 8:29 am - Lottery News

Arkansas Attorney General supports lottery, but cites cost concernsNews Story
Arkansas Attorney General Dustin McDaniel on Friday said he voted for creating a state-run lottery to fund college scholarships, despite concerns about how much it will cost the state to start up the games. McDaniel said he wants lottery revenues to pay for any additional lawyers his office may need to hire to address legal issues related to the games. McDaniel said he cast his ballot last week as an early voter. The lottery amendment appears on the ballot for Tuesday's general election.
Nov 3, 2008, 5:11 pm - Lottery News

Arkansas voters get first lottery-only proposalNews Story
Arkansas banned lotteries even before state lawmakers determined how to properly pronounce the state's name. The 1874 ban held through the era of Hot Springs' illegal casinos and their destruction at the hands of sledgehammer-wielding state troopers nearly a century later. In the time since, attempts to legalize a government-run lottery always included bringing back casino games or something else just as unpalatable for a state squarely in the nation's Bible Belt. Now, though, a proposal b
Oct 31, 2008, 7:24 pm - Lottery News

State lottery friends, foes prepare for voteNews Story
A proposal to fund scholarships through an Arkansas state lottery is keeping supporters and opponents busy as Election Day nears. Now that the state Supreme Court ruled the proposal can remain on the statewide ballot, Arkansas voters will get a chance to vote on a state lottery proposal supported by Bill Halter, Arkansas' lieutenant governor. Halter proposed a state constitutional amendment to create a state lottery to pay for college scholarships and teacher bonuses. Under the proposal
Oct 21, 2008, 10:30 am - Lottery News

Lawsuit filed to pull lottery off Arkansas ballotNews Story
A group opposing a state-run lottery asked the Arkansas Supreme Court on Friday to throw the proposal off this fall's ballot. The Arkansas Family Council argued in a petition filed with the state's highest court that the proposed constitutional amendment's title and name should be found inaccurate, incomplete and misleading because they don't define lotteries and doesn't warn voters of potential consequences of authorizing a state-run lottery. The proposal leaves it up to the Legislature to w
Sep 20, 2008, 2:42 pm - Lottery News