N.C. lottery bill limits commercials

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wizeguy — Tue, 09 Aug 2005 19:26:47 GMT

<The General Assembly is scheduled to vote this week on a state budget that includes a lottery. The lottery would be limited to spending 1 percent of its revenue on advertising. That figure, while in line with many lotteries, may not be enough for a lottery's first year.>I fail to see where heavier advertising would be needed the first year. Sure not all folks keep up with the news but who in a lottery state would not shop at least one store that sells tickets and see the lottery station or the... [ More ]

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Tenaj — Tue, 09 Aug 2005 16:57:50 GMT

No wonder North Carolina was nicknamed the Rip Van Winkle State. The house and the senate makes me tired. Tenaj

N.C. lottery bill limits commercials

Lottery Post — Tue, 09 Aug 2005 16:35:15 GMT

North Carolina lawmakers are slapping limits on how much a proposed lottery can spend on advertising and what the commercials can say, but they may have underestimated both.The General Assembly is scheduled to vote this week on a state budget that includes a lottery. The lottery would be limited to spending 1 percent of its revenue on advertising. That figure, while in line with many lotteries, may not be enough for a lottery's first year. When we started out, we spent 3.1 percent, said Virgini... [ More ]