Nevada Assembly passes lottery bill

Comment #4

Stack47 — Sat, 25 Apr 2009 02:29:16 GMT

The new Nevada Lottery will probably join either Powerball or Mega Millions and many of the residents will play. Most of us forget Nevada isn't the only state with casino gambling; just the only one of them without a lottery.

The lottery might affect the casino revenues in smaller cities because more of the players are locals but in cities like Vegas and Reno that depend on out of state gamblers, the lottery should have little or no affect on their revenues.

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Think — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 01:45:26 GMT

Maybe if they do have one they will be really creative with their games to attract sales.

They could lead the country in great games.

Comment #2

ambelamba — Sat, 18 Apr 2009 04:25:19 GMT

This is interesting. A big percentage of casino patrons in LV are the residents. I wonder how the NV lotteries will work out. If the tourists are to buy the tickets, will tourists stay for a few days to wait for the lottery result

Comment #1

Drivedabizness — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 16:28:07 GMT

I wish they would quit using the no more than 2 percent of any of the ticket sales going into any states coffers line. That line is at best, a very poorly structured attempt to quote statistics the original author did not understand - EVERY state lottery, including the payout leader, MA, turns over way more than 2% of sales as net profits. deep breath

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Nevada Assembly passes lottery bill

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