Opinion: Time has come for a lottery in North Carolina

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LOTTOMIKE — Sat, 02 Apr 2005 21:15:12 GMT

hopefully NC will get a lottery.......

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CARBOB — Tue, 29 Mar 2005 15:33:46 GMT

I have a brother who lives right across the state line in S.C. He tells me , you can tell when Powerball starts rolling over by the traffic from Charlotte to S.C. N.C needs the lottery not just for education, but with the price of gas, to save these people some money. LOL Carbob

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PrisonerSix — Tue, 29 Mar 2005 15:18:01 GMT

Quote: Originally posted by MADDOG10 on March 28, 2005 to the honorable jim black of matthews n.c.: Agreed. Considering all of the winning Powerball tickets sold in South Carolina were sold to North Carolina residents, that shows the interest and the demand is there.It took a long time for a lottery amendment to the state constitution to get on the ballot in Louisiana. There were many legislators who were opposed to it and voted it down every time. T... [ More ]

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MADDOG10 — Tue, 29 Mar 2005 00:11:32 GMT

to the honorable jim black of matthews n.c.

Opinion: Time has come for a lottery in North Carolina

Lottery Post — Mon, 28 Mar 2005 16:30:00 GMT

Charlotte Observer EditorialBy Jim Black, N.C. House SpeakerNorth Carolina must make the education of our children our number one priority and find the needed revenue to fund it. The future of our state and its people depend upon it.Unfortunately, the North Carolina legislature is facing a budget shortfall of more than $1.2 billion in the upcoming year. In order to continue improving education, legislators will either have to increase taxes or find new revenue sources to help fund education.Rais... [ More ]