Editorial: The state lottery, starring...

Comment #5

Chewie — Fri, 11 Nov 2005 22:59:08 GMT

Don't worry about. After the macho man contest is over, the lotto will be there. Every one has to mark their territory so they can get the donations. If a politician ever spoke the truth, their nose would grow.

Comment #4

bellyache — Fri, 11 Nov 2005 18:48:37 GMT

I like Soap Operas. But not All My Children. =)It's strange that something that was suppose to make so many people happy and something that was suppose to help the state, is causing so much drama.

Comment #3

Tenaj — Fri, 11 Nov 2005 16:24:01 GMT

When I think about all the drama associated with the NC lottery, I quickly remember the day the announcement came that the Lottery had passed. How elated I was. Pass out!Pick me up off the floor. What a fight! And a dirty one too. LOL We've been brow beaten so much in NC about a state lottery game, gratefulness is on the tongues of the die hard players.I will trade the present drama with the drama of not having a lottery. I know that's pathetic. It's OK, bring on the drama. Bring on the scrat... [ More ]

Comment #2

Chewie — Fri, 11 Nov 2005 15:47:30 GMT

Special Interest is obviously a foriegn concept to the writer. Maybe the person is a trial lawyer or union representative and doesn't believe in advocating an agenda.

Comment #1

JimmySand9 — Fri, 11 Nov 2005 15:47:04 GMT

I can be Cliff. It's a little known fact that Lotto America began with a 7 out of 40 matrix .

Editorial: The state lottery, starring...

Lottery Post — Fri, 11 Nov 2005 14:21:00 GMT

By Jim Jenkins, News ObserverThe startup of the new North Carolina state lottery has of late turned into a soap opera with more twists than All My Children. But it's more akin to one of those situation comedies than to depressing drama. Sure, it is depressing drama, but the way things have been going, you gotta admit it's been more, well, slapstick lately.Consider all the hoo-rah around passage in the General Assembly, which most years is itself an ongoing comedy, which is the way you have t... [ More ]