N.C. lottery commission has full plate, rapid timeline ahead

Comment #6

CASH Only — Thu, 27 Oct 2005 20:31:09 GMT

They claim the NY Lottery funds education. Look what really happens to the money.

Comment #5

mikee — Thu, 27 Oct 2005 09:15:30 GMT

Do not beleive them when they say that a certain percent of lottery proceeds go to education. The school i went to during the late 80's and graduated from had grades 1 thru 12 in the same building with a few mobile units in the parking lot. Twenty four years later and a education lottery the school is still there. They just bus the high school students to another distric and took the elementary students from that distric and bus them to the old school i went to. Instead of building two new schoo... [ More ]

Comment #4

CASH Only — Thu, 29 Sep 2005 22:37:14 GMT

It's nice that 35% of ticket sales will go towards education. Of concern is the % that will be allocated to prizes.

Comment #3

Chewie — Tue, 27 Sep 2005 13:50:59 GMT

Nice salaries. Kinda makes gambling worthwhile - for the senior staff. Easy to understand why they scream when the bonus profits drop because of pesky winners.

Comment #2

Ladyluck2005 — Mon, 26 Sep 2005 23:05:34 GMT

Yes it will.

Comment #1

Just6ntlc — Mon, 26 Sep 2005 19:46:58 GMT

It was great for NC to join a lottery. With 35% of the lotto sales going to education, that will help.

N.C. lottery commission has full plate, rapid timeline ahead

Lottery Post — Mon, 26 Sep 2005 10:54:01 GMT

Denny Bottorff said he'll never forget Jan. 20, 2004 - the day the Tennessee Lottery sold its first scratch-off tickets. It was like when your first child was born, Bottorff said. You get the same elation and satisfaction. The first and only chairman of the quasi-governmental corporation that runs the Tennessee Lottery, said North Carolina's new lottery board also will feel the same labor pains his panel felt as new games are delivered to players in North Carolina as soon as possible.Gov. Mike... [ More ]