Nevadans Queue in Droves on California Border for $1.7bn Powerball Tickets

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Despite earning its position as the gambling mecca of the US, Las Vegas is still without a lottery. It’s a city in which the casino operators hold the power, and they believe that a lottery would compete with their roulette tables and slot machines.

The lack of an in-state lottery has not stopped Vegas residents getting in on the billion-dollar Powerball though. As reported by KTNV, a queue wrapped around The Lotto Store in Primm on Wednesday as Nevadans purchased tickets in the border town:

The estimated jackpot for the Powerball has now soared to $1.7bn for Saturday’s draw after no one won the $1.4bn prize on Wednesday. The totals are before taxes.

Grown adults should be able to spend their disposable income on anything they want”

Las Vegas news source and commentator Vital Vegas (VV) certainly didn’t hold its tongue when it came to the lottery situation. Posting to X, VV said: “Grown adults should be able to spend their disposable income on anything they want. Protectionist bullsh*t is so 1975.”

The main opposition to lottery legalization in Nevada comes from Boyd Gaming Corporation and Station Casinos. Both casino operators have been known to lobby against lotteries so that they don’t face extra competition for gambling customers. In another post, VV suggested “a class action lawsuit against Boyd and Station Casinos.”

The $1.7bn jackpot would be the third-biggest in US history, trailing only the $1.76bn of 2023 and the world-record $2bn secured in 2022. Both of these totals were won in Nevada-neighboring California.

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