N.C. lottery bill may be changed in the Senate

Comment #8

CASH Only — Mon, 02 May 2005 20:15:58 GMT

I see-the butt would be the Outer Banks.

Comment #7

othertrucker — Sun, 01 May 2005 23:29:23 GMT

Quote: Originally posted by speedracer on April 28, 2005Did SC have to go through all this? If not, why does NC have to be diffterent? Why can't we just let the public vote on it? I don't get it!!!!!!!!!!'cause if the USA was a horse, North Carolina would be the butt end.

Comment #6

LOTTOMIKE — Fri, 29 Apr 2005 08:53:04 GMT

i agree speedracer

Comment #5

speedracer — Thu, 28 Apr 2005 22:03:23 GMT

Did SC have to go through all this? If not, why does NC have to be diffterent? Why can't we just let the public vote on it? I don't get it

Comment #4

LOTTOMIKE — Thu, 28 Apr 2005 11:26:06 GMT

once again politicians messing up a good thing......

Comment #3

Ineed2win — Wed, 27 Apr 2005 20:32:35 GMT

I say just go ahead and do it !!! Tired of waitin.North Carolina needs a lottery but if we don't hook up with Powerball and MegaMillion I'll still go to SC and VA to play.I vote to cut our politicians' salaries in half and use the money for educational purposes.

Comment #2

golotto — Wed, 27 Apr 2005 18:13:59 GMT

I agree that politicians shouldn't write legislation to rule out advertising.

Comment #1

Litebets27 — Wed, 27 Apr 2005 16:55:49 GMT

This one kind of puzzles me. And I maybe wrong, but how much money do they expect to generate and how long do they think they will be in operation without advertising? As I said, I maybe wrong. Are there any other states out there that have state run lotteries that do not advertise and are operating in the black.litebets

N.C. lottery bill may be changed in the Senate

Lottery Post — Wed, 27 Apr 2005 14:29:34 GMT

A special North Carolina Senate committee will meet today to hash out the details of the lottery bill sent to them from the House.Most lawmakers say they want to see a number of changes before they make a decision, which could mean a vote is still weeks away.The committee will take up the House version of the lottery bill that barely passed earlier this month. That bill calls for a lottery run by a state commission with no advertising allowed.During the Senate committee's first meeting last wee... [ More ]