 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
Nevada Lottery Proposal Could Resurface During the 2007
Session
NEVADA, USA (September 5, 2006) - A proposal for a
statewide Nevada lottery, discussed on and off by lawmakers for years, will
reportedly resurface during the 2007 session...........Subscribers
Democrats Try to Revive
Lottery Plan
NEVADA (May 17, 2005) -- Assembly Speaker
Richard Perkins is reportedly negotiating with leaders in the GOP-controlled
Senate in an effort to get a lottery bill back on
track.......................Subscribers
Lottery Proposal
Defeated in Senate Committee
CARSON CITY, Nevada (March 25,
2005) -- Plans for a lottery in Nevada failed at the State Legislature. In a
vote of 5 to 2, the Senate Taxation Committee decided not to pass the
proposal...............................Subscribers
Nevada Lottery Bill
Passes First Hurdle
NEVADA (March 4, 2005) -- A bill that
would allow for a state lottery passed its first big test at the Nevada
Legislature........................Subscribers
Legislative Committee
Passes Lottery Proposal
CARSON CITY, Nevada, USA (March 3,
2005) - A proposal by Nevada lawmakers to create a statewide lottery to benefit
education reportedly cleared its first hurdle on
Wednesday........................Subscribers
Gaming Control Board
Agrees to Review Lottery Issue
NEVADA (February 14, 2005)
-- According to local media reports Senate Minority Leader Dina Titus has asked
the State's Gaming Control board Chairman Dennis Neilander to look into the
possibility of Nevada joining with other states in a multi-state lottery
without having to amend the Constitution............................Subscribers
Nevada Democratic
Lawmakers Propose State Lottery to Fund Education
LAS VEGAS
(January 21, 2005) -- Nevada lawmakers have unsuccessfully tried to introduce a
lottery in Nevada since the 1970's............................Subscribers
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