Assemblywoman: Put lottery draw back on TV

A New Jersey assemblywoman wants live state lottery drawings back on television. The drawings used to be on New Jersey Network; that stopped when the largely New York-based NJTV replaced the state-owned station this month.

Assemblywoman Bonnie Watson Coleman (D., Mercer) said she planned to sponsor a bill to require NJTV to televise lottery drawings free. Lottery spokeswoman Jacquie Fiorito said that there were no plans to televise the drawings, but that lottery officials were talking to several media outlets about the possibility. - AP