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 Dont 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 Dont 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

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