Youth Legislature Adopts Lottery Plan
LAS VEGAS, Nevada (November 20, 2009) -- The Nevada Youth Legislature voted 13-3 for a proposal by Daniel Waqar, 15, a sophomore at the Advanced Technologies Academy in Las Vegas, to start a state lottery. The proceeds would go toward education......................Subscribers

State Lottery Bill Appears to be Dead
CARSON CITY, Nevada (May 11, 2009) – Local news reports a bill to let voters decide whether to legalize a state lottery appears dead after the chairman of the Senate committee in control of the bill said members do not want to conduct a hearing on it.....................Subscribers

A Nevada Lottery? -- The Line Forms in California
Chances of a Nevada Lottery Looking Better, But What Impact Would it Have on the California Lottery?
CARSON CITY, Nevada (April 25, 2009) -- Nevada is one of just seven US state that still prohibit lotteries. But, now faced with a budget deficit of about $3 billion and armed with opinion polls showing that more than 70 percent of residents support a lottery, state lawmakers in Carson City are considering a measure that would begin the lengthy process of legalization......................Subscribers

Nevada Advances State Lottery Plan
CARSON CITY, Nevada (April 15, 2009) -- The Nevada Assembly has voted to pass a plan 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.......................Subscribers

Nevada Lottery Bill Passes Crucial Test - Assembly Panel Endorses State Lottery Plan
CARSON CITY, Nevada (March 27, 2009) -- A Nevada Assembly panel voted to back a plan 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..................Subscribers

If At First You Don’t Succeed Try and Try Again – Lottery Plan Emerges Again
CARSON CITY, Nevada (March 17, 2009) -- Advocates of a lottery in the nation's No. 1 gambling state have faced a long run of bad luck in getting Nevada legislators to back the idea -- but they're betting the time is right for one more attempt, the Associated Press reported today....................Subscribers

If at First You Don’t Succeed, Try and Try Again; Lawmakers Take Another Look At Creating a Nevada State Lottery
CARSON CITY, Nevada, USA (February 8, 2009) -- In the next few weeks a resolution to amend the state constitution to allow a Nevada Lottery will be introduced in the Assembly, according to Assembly Speaker Barbara Buckley. It will be the 27th proposal introduced in the Legislature since 1975 to legalize lotteries.....................Subscribers

Its Time Nevada Had a State Lottery
NEVADA, USA (December 17, 2008) – Las Vegas Assemblywoman Ellen Koivisto has reportedly written a letter to Chancellor Jim Rogers suggesting Nevada establish a lottery that could raise up to $100 million a year for the state general fund.................Subscribers

Brisk Border Ticket Sales Renews State Interest in Lottery Legalization
NEVADA, USA (February 23, 2008) -- Some Nevada lawmakers were surprised to hear that a convenience store operated by Las Vegas-based Herbst Gaming, located just across the California side of the Nevada border at Primm, averages $214,000 a week in lottery ticket sales...........Subscribers

Lottery Opponents Trot-Out the Same Old Chestnut
CARSON CITY, Nevada, USA (April 17, 2007) – On Tuesday Assemblyman Ruben Kihuen asked the Senate Judiciary Committee to support a lottery proposal (AJR5) that had won approval in the Assembly, citing a 1999 Gallup poll that found more than 70 percent of Nevadans surveyed want a state lottery..............................Subscribers

Lawmakers Endorse Lottery Proposal
CARSON CITY, Nevada, USA (March 16, 2007) -- An Assembly committee reportedly voted 8-5 for a proposed constitutional amendment that would allow a state lottery to generate money for educational materials for schools............................Subscribers

Proposal Calling For Creation of a State Lottery Introduced in State Legislature
CARSON CITY Mar. 08, 2007 -- For the 25th time since 1975, legislation to allow creation of a Nevada State Lottery was introduced in the state Legislature............................Subscribers