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N.C. lawmakers push for quick vote on lotteryNews Story
Leaders in the N.C. House hope to hold an up-or-down vote on a state lottery within the next several weeks and not put the issue to a vote of the people, House Speaker Jim Black said yesterday. I'm serious about going on and voting it. I want to get it over with, up or down, and move on, Black said.Though lottery supporters have argued for years that voters should decide on a lottery, opponents say that a referendum itself would be unconstitutional because North Carolina's constitution doesn't
Mar 10, 2005, 9:00 am - 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

Third N.C. lottery bill proposedNews Story
Another state lottery bill is in the North Carolina General Assembly. The bill is the third lottery proposal made this year and would not require a vote of the people.The idea of a state lottery has already surfaced during this legislative session. One bill filed in the House would create a local-option lottery, where counties could vote individually to support or reject it.Another bill would set up a lottery referendum to allow voters across the state to share their views.The new bill calls on
Mar 7, 2005, 7:18 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

Oklahoma lottery board sworn inNews Story
Oklahoma Governor Brad Henry presided over the first meeting of the Oklahoma Education Lottery Commission on Wednesday, urging members to move quickly in hopes of getting the lottery up and running this fall. This will be the only time that I will preside over the Oklahoma Education Lottery Commission. I'm kind of excited about it, Henry said before the seven members of the panel were sworn in by Oklahoma Supreme Court Chief Justice Joe Watt.The governor, who led the fight for approval of the l
Feb 25, 2005, 12:57 pm - Lottery News

Oklahoma Lottery Commission Holds First Meeting TodayNews Story
Oklahoma's Education Lottery Commission holds its first meeting this afternoon at the state Capitol.The seven-member commission was appointed by Governor Henry on Monday. It will establish the framework for the statewide lottery approved by voters last November.Henry says he hopes to have scratch-off lottery games by October or November with electronic games beginning about six months after that and Powerball-type games by the fall of 2006. The lottery is expected to produce $150 million for edu
Feb 23, 2005, 1:49 pm - Lottery News

N.C. Gov. renews call for lotteryNews Story
North Carolina Governor Mike Easley renewed his commitment to establishing a state lottery in his State of the State Address last night.Although Easley said that his proposed budget will not include money from a lottery, budget analysts say that a state lottery could raise at least $300 million a year.Easley recounted during his speech a man at a church who was against the lottery. He was selling me a raffle ticket at the time. Well, I'm for the education raffle, Easley said.In 2002 Easley f
Feb 22, 2005, 11:37 am - Lottery News

Oklahoma lottery commission members selectedNews Story
Former Oklahoma City Mayor Ron Norick was among those appointed by Gov. Brad Henry on Monday to serve on the new Oklahoma Education Lottery Commission.Other members included a former teacher of the year and former president of the American Bar Association. I've assembled a great, bipartisan group of Oklahomans with impeccable credentials, unquestioned integrity and a strong commitment to building a better state, Henry said. I appreciate their willingness to serve Oklahoma in pursuit of better-f
Feb 22, 2005, 8:21 am - Lottery News

Group fearful of lottery in AlabamaNews Story
A Washington, D.C.-based public policy group called The Tax Foundation issued warnings about a new lottery campaign aimed at Alabamians.It's an advertising drive in east Alabama thanking residents for driving to Georgia to buy lottery tickets, said Bill Ahern, spokesman for the group, which recently studied state lotteries and their impact.The campaign will feature a clerk in a Georgia store who points out that Alabama money has helped fund his children's college education. It's all going to be
Feb 21, 2005, 9:13 am - Lottery News

N.C. lottery has a fighting chance this yearNews Story
If a lottery is going to be approved in North Carolina, this just might be the year.At least the 2005 session of the General Assembly appears to offer the best chance ever, for it to happen, said state Rep. Billy Owens, D-Pasquotank, a perennial lottery supporter.But Owens also said the window for winning a lottery for North Carolina is starting to shut. He characterizes 2005-06 as the last chance, mainly because the political makeup of the General Assembly could shift, making it even more diffi
Feb 10, 2005, 12:30 pm - Lottery News