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N.C. Ministers resigned to lottery, but waryNews Story
Forget righteous indignation. With the fight against a lottery in North Carolina a lost cause, the mood for many in the faith community is best expressed by one of the lottery's leading opponents. A sense of resignation, the Rev. George Reed of the N.C. Council of Churches in Raleigh said. Lottery tickets go on sale Thursday, but the sermons and prayers in some N.C. sanctuaries on Sunday generally focused more on Lent than on the advent of state-backed gambling. The Rev. Dan Burrel
Mar 27, 2006, 11:15 am - Lottery News

N.C. Lottery will have some unique vendorsNews Story
Thousands of retailers are getting ready to sell North Carolina lottery tickets. But it won't just be convenience stores and supermarkets. The Paper Doll Lounge, a Charlotte strip club, will be offering the lottery along with its lap dances. We're the only (strip) club that has it, said Chris Falls, owner of the Paper Doll Lounge. And I also have something the convenience stores don't. Any business in the state can apply to sell tickets for the game that begins March 30, with the o
Mar 23, 2006, 6:46 am - Lottery News

N.C. Lottery moves ahead after favorable court rulingNews Story
State judge says games came about legally; opponents may appeal North Carolina's new lottery is on schedule to begin selling tickets March 30, after a state judge declined yesterday to stop it and after the top attorney for lottery opponents said he probably won't ask for an immediate stop to the games. The long-term status of the lottery is less clear, though, as lottery opponents consider appeals to higher courts. Among the opponents are several research groups from Raleigh, including
Mar 22, 2006, 7:30 am - Lottery News

N.C. Lottery lawsuit dismissedNews Story
North Carolina lottery will not be blocked A Superior Court judge ruled today that the lottery legislation is not a tax, and threw out a lawsuit challenging how lawmakers created the state lottery. Superior Court Judge Henry Chip Hight of Franklin County dismissed the lawsuit filed by the N.C. Institute for Constitutional Law representing several taxpayers and interest groups. No person is forced to purchase a lottery ticket, Hight wrote in an 11-page ruling. The lottery act does n
Mar 21, 2006, 2:17 pm - Lottery News

N.C. Lottery in courtNews Story
According to N.C. constitution, games are a tax, former justice says Just 10 days before the first scratch-off tickets go on sale in North Carolina, lawyers argued yesterday about whether legislators followed proper procedure when they adopted a state lottery last year, and they asked a judge to block the lottery's start March 30. Ultimately, the decision could come down to whether the lottery is considered a tax. Lottery opponents from both the left and the right filed suit last year a
Mar 21, 2006, 6:48 am - Lottery News

Fight over lottery's legality returns to N.C. courtNews Story
The first scratch-off games have been unveiled, computer terminals installed at thousands of convenience stores, and prelaunch television ads edited. But the North Carolina Education Lottery will have to get past one more challenge before the first tickets are sold March 30. Attorneys were ready to appear in a Wake County court Monday over a lawsuit filed by taxpayers, lawmakers and advocacy groups questioning whether the General Assembly followed the constitution when it approved the lott
Mar 20, 2006, 6:47 am - Lottery News

N.C. lottery scratch tickets on sale in 15 daysNews Story
Scratch-off tickets in the North Carolina Education Lottery (NCEL) will go on sale in 15 days, and retailers around the state are getting ready for the games to begin. Chip King of Neb King Inc. in Person County plans to sell lottery tickets at his convenience stores. But King said he was about a week behind other stores as far as getting geared up to offer lottery tickets to customers however, since there was a small glitch in the massive application process, for his five stores. Kassie
Mar 16, 2006, 7:06 am - Lottery News

First proposed N.C. lottery ad beats to different drummerNews Story
The first television commercial for the North Carolina Education Lottery apparently will be looking literally to drum up support. In a concept draft of the ad released by the lottery commission late Tuesday, a man sits in a chair in his home, starting to scratch off a lottery ticket with a coin. Then a drum roll is heard, and the man gives an excited look to his wife before a marching band walks through their living room and plays a fight song. A narrator then talks about the new lottery,
Mar 15, 2006, 6:44 am - Lottery News

N.C. lottery director says lower payouts could hurt salesNews Story
The law requiring the North Carolina lottery to return at least 35 percent of all ticket sales to state education programs could inhibit sales and ultimately cost the state money, according to the lottery's executive director and other experts. To meet the requirement, North Carolina will pay out less to winners than neighboring states offer. Tom Shaheen, director of the state lottery and a past president of the North American lottery trade association, said that could mean fewer tickets ar
Mar 9, 2006, 7:18 am - Lottery News

N.C. Lottery officials mum on payout of first ticketsNews Story
$1, $2 and $5 scratch-off games now printing for March 30 debut Scratch-off tickets for North Carolina's first lottery games will range in cost from $1 to $5, lottery officials said Tuesday. Lottery director Tom Shaheen shared this and a few other details about the games after a lottery commissioners meeting Tuesday. But Shaheen balked when reporters asked him details about the games, such as what the biggest payout would be for a scratch-off ticket. If I tell you what it's about, i
Mar 8, 2006, 6:46 am - Lottery News