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    <title>N.C. Lottery funding controversy widens</title>
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      <title>Comment #6</title>
      <link>http://www.lotterypost.com/news/128654/544476</link>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 20 Feb 2006 19:39:20 GMT</pubDate>
      <dc:creator>cps10</dc:creator>
      <description><![CDATA[CASH<br /><br />You are right about that...now you know where I stand much like you do with the NY Lottery.]]></description>
      <category>cps10</category>
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      <title>Comment #5</title>
      <link>http://www.lotterypost.com/news/128654/544379</link>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 20 Feb 2006 17:50:53 GMT</pubDate>
      <dc:creator>CASH Only</dc:creator>
      <description><![CDATA[I don't think any lottery-in-the-making has faced the problems that NC's has had. It would be a shame if it's halted.]]></description>
      <category>CASH Only</category>
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      <title>Comment #4</title>
      <link>http://www.lotterypost.com/news/128654/542286</link>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 17 Feb 2006 19:24:18 GMT</pubDate>
      <dc:creator>Drivedabizness</dc:creator>
      <description><![CDATA[If you look at a lottery like Georgia, or even New Mexico, where (at least a nice chunk in GA and now all of the $$$ in NM) lottery proceeds go for college scholarships the case is clear - people know that even though they lose most of the time, their kids, family and neighbors can attend a good school without taking out huge loans or needing big chunks of cash.  Its a pretty easy sell - people can rationalize long-term play.<br /><br />Unfortunately the people that run colleges always figure out t... [&nbsp;<a href="http://www.lotterypost.com/news/128654/542286">More</a>&nbsp;]]]></description>
      <category>Drivedabizness</category>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 17 Feb 2006 02:08:41 GMT</pubDate>
      <dc:creator>Tenaj</dc:creator>
      <description><![CDATA[Yet we still vote for them.  It's like choosing between two evils.  You'll be damned if you do and damned if you don't.]]></description>
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      <title>Comment #2</title>
      <link>http://www.lotterypost.com/news/128654/541510</link>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 16 Feb 2006 15:53:38 GMT</pubDate>
      <dc:creator>cps10</dc:creator>
      <description><![CDATA[NINE times out of ten??! You are being FAR too generous there Mike]]></description>
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      <title>Comment #1</title>
      <link>http://www.lotterypost.com/news/128654/541398</link>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 16 Feb 2006 13:42:41 GMT</pubDate>
      <dc:creator>LOTTOMIKE</dc:creator>
      <description><![CDATA[you can't believe a politician nine times out of ten.....they'll smile and promise you the moon and you'll get dirt.]]></description>
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      <title>N.C. Lottery funding controversy widens</title>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 16 Feb 2006 13:33:50 GMT</pubDate>
      <dc:creator>Todd</dc:creator>
      <description><![CDATA[The North Carolina Lottery has not yet started, and already Gov. Mike Easley may be doing what lottery watchdogs feared would happen:  Easley is looking to replace funding on existing state programs with lottery revenues, rather than putting the new-found revenue toward new projects.<br /><br />Easley's staff on Wednesday defended his plans for spending money from the new state lottery, saying the governor would not use lottery funds to replace tax money that's already going to education.<br /><br />Some critics,... [&nbsp;<a href="http://www.lotterypost.com/news/128654">More</a>&nbsp;]]]></description>
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