Lottery, online gaming shunned in Nevada

Tuesday, December 27, 2022 6:30 PM
  • Richard N. Velotta, Las Vegas Review-Journal

Nevada prides itself in having the most experienced gaming operators and regulators in the world.

But there are at least two categories the state not only doesn’t lead, but doesn’t participate in.

Internet gambling, or iGaming, is barely on Nevada’s radar, even though six states already have legalized and launched it while a handful of others are contemplating legislation that would allow it. Nevada offers only online poker — and it hasn’t been that impactful.

Nevada also is one of five states that doesn’t have a state lottery, or access to the big-ticket multistate lotteries that routinely grab headlines with jackpots in the hundreds of millions of dollars.