Nevada Feeling Lucky: State Might Actually Get A Lottery
If you live in Nevada, more specifically within the Las Vegas area, you know you’re tired of having to travel out-of-state to buy your lottery tickets. When jackpots rise, trips to California and Arizona state lines are inevitable. Fortunately, for those of us who live in the wonderful ‘Silver State‘, our trips to neighboring states for lottery tickets might be coming to a close… Nevada might actually be getting a lottery!
The state currently has a bill (click here for more information) that is working on getting its proper approvals and signatures to ultimately make a Nevada state lottery happen. According to Fox 5, the bill “was passed by the Nevada Assembly on Monday and is the first of its kind to even make it out of committee, getting 26 of 42 votes.”
With a bill having never made it this far in the process, this is a great sign that the state has finally hit the point that it is ready for a lottery. But let’s face it… Residents within the state have been ready to avoid the drives to Primm and contribute the valuable funding from a lottery into their own state for years.
While there are still many steps that need to be taken in the process before the reality of a Nevada state lottery can be achieved, many are hopeful that the mission will be achieved. However, it will certainly not be a quick process. It will ultimately take at least a few years for proper approvals and signatures to be obtained, but we remain hopeful nonetheless.
Stay lucky, Nevada! And hopefully our luck will be returned to us with the initiation of a Nevada state lottery.
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