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Will gamble on lottery revenue pay off for N.C.?News Story
Research shows more money goes to schools, but ad blitz may have unintended costs The states now offering lotteries do not simply make a product available in order to accommodate the widespread taste for buying a low-priced chance at a big prize. They seek to foster that taste. ...The state lottery agencies have in fact evolved into a new breed of government agency created in the mold of the modern corporation with its eyes firmly fixed on the bottom line. So wrote Charles Clotfelter and Philip
Sep 19, 2005, 12:27 pm - Lottery News

Lottery vendors will fight for N.C. lottery businessNews Story
Before North Carolina's lottery starts early next year, a handful of companies will jockey to win one of the state's biggest payouts: a lucrative contract to run the games.The organization of the state's lottery is still in its early stages, following the General Assembly's approval late last month. But the six major companies that operate lotteries around the globe are already salivating at the prospect of supplying North Carolina with gaming equipment, software and expertise.North Carolina rep
Sep 12, 2005, 7:30 am - Lottery News

Will N.C. create a lottery-video poker partnership?News Story
North Carolina House Speaker Jim Black, D-Mecklenburg, argues that North Carolina's new education lottery will remove the allure of another hotly debated form of gambling -- video poker. People tell me the lottery will probably pretty much do away with video poker, said Black, who backs the video poker industry. Those people who want to do some recreational gambling can certainly get their kicks with the lottery. Other video poker supporters hope the opposite will happen.A few states have made
Sep 12, 2005, 6:51 am - Lottery News

Play The N.C. Lottery Over The Internet? It Could HappenNews Story
Log on... Win millions. That could be a slogan one day for the North Carolina lottery.The lottery bill that Governor Mike Easley signed into law last week allows something no other state does: online gaming. Our law includes specific reference to online games, said Bill Brooks, who works with the North Carolina Family Policy Council.Experts said that phrase could be interpreted in different ways. But, they said, the phrase leaves the door open for North Carolina to become the first state to of
Sep 8, 2005, 2:34 pm - Lottery News

N.C. Lottery likely to stir store rivalryNews Story
For some North Carolina gas station and convenience store owners, the chance to sell lottery tickets is something they have sought for decades.Now that it's here, even those as leery of the lottery as the lawmakers who fought for years against its creation are likely to get into the game. We have not polled our people, but it seems like there's always been a big split, said Doug Howey, governmental-affairs director for the N.C. Petroleum Marketers Association, whose members include hundreds of
Sep 7, 2005, 7:53 am - Lottery News

N.C. Lottery will be Easley's legacyNews Story
Gov. Mike Easley was just leaving the old House chamber in the state Capitol after signing the state lottery into law.Will the game be his legacy? I'm not much into legacies, Easley, a Democrat, replied. I don't want to be the 'lottery governor.' It might be a bit late for that.More than any other of the dozens of politicians who crammed into the House chamber, Easley has beat the drum for a state lottery.Easley campaigned on the issue during both of his successful runs for governor, the late
Sep 1, 2005, 5:18 pm - Lottery News

N.C. lottery's benefits uncertain to localitiesNews Story
In interviews Wednesday, officials in Martin and Beaufort counties revealed they were unsure how much revenue the numbers game could bank for their local governments.Also uncertain was exactly what the lottery money could be used for and whether lawmakers would change proceeds-distribution methods and cut funding in other areas. I, personally, still have a lot that I need to understand about the rules on how you can spend the new revenues, said Beaufort County Manager Paul Spruill. I think I ca
Sep 1, 2005, 4:36 pm - Lottery News

N.C. Lottery passes: 'What a battle'News Story
This was one milestone event everybody could end up buying a ticket for, even the no crowd.Legislation creating a North Carolina lottery passed the state Senate Tuesday, prompting mixed reactions from some locals.The bill was ready for Gov. Mike Easley's signature. What a battle, state Rep. Arthur Williams, D-Beaufort, said from his Raleigh office. I'm kind of excited about it, Williams added. It's been a lot of hard work for me, a lot of us up here. Williams served on a 15-member committee
Sep 1, 2005, 3:45 pm - Lottery News

N.C. Senators Blast Lottery's PassageNews Story
As Gov. Mike Easley signed the bill that will bring a state lottery to North Carolina yesterday, some senators weren't impressed.Sen. Charlie Albertson, who represents Sampson County and was one of only five Democratic senators opposed to the lottery, said he was disappointed in the vote. Harnett County's Sen. Harris Blake blasted the backroom machinations that saw the bill pass the Senate with two of its Republican opponents absent. All the things that went on in order to get that vote I though
Sep 1, 2005, 2:51 pm - Lottery News

Lottery law sets rivalry in motionNews Story
Get ready for the lottery border wars.With the North Carolina lottery bill signed into law by Gov. Mike Easley on Wednesday, lottery operators in surrounding states said they will fight to keep their share of a couple of hundred million dollars now being spent by Tar Heels in their states.Operators in South Carolina and Virginia say they plan to aggressively market their lotteries and to offer prizes that will make their lotteries more attractive than what will be offered by North Carolina.They
Sep 1, 2005, 2:17 pm - Lottery News