{"id":6563,"date":"2013-11-21T16:59:08","date_gmt":"2013-11-21T16:59:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forumarchives.tmsites.net\/index.php\/2013\/11\/21\/nev-regulators-looking-at-multi-state-slot-prizes\/"},"modified":"2013-11-21T16:59:08","modified_gmt":"2013-11-21T16:59:08","slug":"nev-regulators-looking-at-multi-state-slot-prizes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumarchives.tmsites.net\/index.php\/2013\/11\/21\/nev-regulators-looking-at-multi-state-slot-prizes\/","title":{"rendered":"Nev. regulators looking at multi-state slot prizes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!-- Original Post Content --><br \/>\nFrom AP and Las Vegas Sun <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lasvegassun.com\/news\/2013\/nov\/21\/nv-interstate-slot-jackpots\/\">http:\/\/www.lasvegassun.com\/news\/2013\/nov\/21\/nv-interstate-slot-jackpots\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\tThe Associated Press<br \/>\n\tThursday, Nov. 21, 2013 | 3:45 a.m.<\/p>\n<p>\tNevada gambling regulators are being asked to let slot makers for the first time widen their prize pools by offering mega-lottery sized jackpots across state lines.<\/p>\n<p>\n\tThe proposal up for approval Thursday by the Nevada Gaming Commission could propel games offered by slot giants like Bally Technologies and IGT into what one analyst called &quot;life-changing jackpot range.&quot;<\/p>\n<p>\tUNLV Center for Gaming Research chief David Schwartz says the companies are approaching the idea as a way to compete with interstate lotteries like the multi-million dollar Powerball.<\/p>\n<p>\tA lawyer representing the companies says Nevada casinos already have Megabucks jackpots, and tribal casinos in California and some states already offer so-called wide area progressive slots.<\/p>\n<p>\tSome states like New Jersey are awaiting the chance to link slot machine jackpots across state lines.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<h3>Replies:<\/h3>\n<p>No replies were posted for this topic.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From AP and Las Vegas Sun http:\/\/www.lasvegassun.com\/news\/2013\/nov\/21\/nv-interstate-slot-jackpots\/ The Associated Press Thursday, Nov. 21, 2013 | 3:45 a.m. Nevada gambling regulators are being asked to let slot makers for the first time widen their prize pools by offering mega-lottery sized jackpots&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":36,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6563","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-latest-casino-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumarchives.tmsites.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6563","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumarchives.tmsites.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumarchives.tmsites.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumarchives.tmsites.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/36"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumarchives.tmsites.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6563"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumarchives.tmsites.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6563\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumarchives.tmsites.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6563"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumarchives.tmsites.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6563"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumarchives.tmsites.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6563"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}