Lottery Post reveals N.C. Lottery logo misfire

Comment #32

cps10 — Wed, 22 Feb 2006 03:04:06 GMT

NCPicks

Absolutely not...I am very PRO-lottery...I just hope that the early mistakes aren't a sign of things to come! :)

I haven't seen the new logo, but there are some stories coming up on the 11:00 news about the lottery, so I look forward to seeing the new one.

Comment #31

NCPicks — Wed, 22 Feb 2006 01:50:55 GMT

cps 10

Are you anti-lottery?I didn't think you were.If you aren't then my comments don't apply to you.

Whatever the case,they have selected a new logo today as described in the other news story.

Comment #30

cps10 — Tue, 21 Feb 2006 17:27:45 GMT

NCPicks

That isn't necessarily the case, on my end anyway. I hope they come up with something a little more professional. They could spend very little money to get a good graphic artist to come up with a good idea, and it would make things look a lot better.

Comment #29

NCPicks — Tue, 21 Feb 2006 15:37:12 GMT

No matter what they come up with,there will be a long list of critics who will come out to say how much they hate the logo and how bad it looks,etc,etc.It will just be another excuse for the anti-lottery people to bash the lottery for their own selfish reasons.They don't want the lottery,but they sure care a lot about how it operates.Maybe these critics should back off and stop trying to micromanage every aspect of how it's organized.

Comment #28

LOTTOMIKE — Tue, 21 Feb 2006 13:13:36 GMT

lets hope they come up with something more presentable.sometimes you can tell a lot about a lottery by its logo.....something haphazardly put together is not going to work.

Comment #27

cps10 — Tue, 21 Feb 2006 13:07:58 GMT

Or maybe a bag o' 'shrooms....LOL

Comment #26

Chewie — Tue, 21 Feb 2006 13:04:47 GMT

Sure makes me want to go out and plunk down a dollar - maybe two, after a couple of drinks.

Comment #25

psykomo — Mon, 20 Feb 2006 20:11:21 GMT

Hypersoniq..............that logo is a HOOT with a HOOK

and NC could use....

HELP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! .......LOL$$$$$

PSYKOMO

Comment #24

CASH Only — Sat, 18 Feb 2006 19:25:12 GMT

The font of the letters looks very similar to the font in the Tennessee Lottery (Lottery Tennessee) logo.

Comment #23

LckyLary — Sat, 18 Feb 2006 01:07:49 GMT

That's what happens when people rush.

Anyway.. I tried hitting the link to see what their new logo looks like on their site but it gave me an error of timeout .

Comment #22

hypersoniq — Sat, 18 Feb 2006 00:03:29 GMT

If they are going with computer draws, they should have just used a fractal...

(image courtesy of wikipedia.org...

Comment #21

psykomo — Fri, 17 Feb 2006 21:53:38 GMT

"I really can't believe they were serious about using that thing"???????? (quote by Todd).............Psykomo can't believe they are so disappointed

and ashamed about the thing.............that they don't want to be honest

with the public...........before the GAMES BEGAIN? Do they have anything

else to hide is my real concern about this LOTTERY!!!!!!!!!!!!!

It L@@Ks like the Rorschach Inkblot test..............to Psykomo, just stare

at it long enough and watch the NUMBERS jump out of t... [ More ]

Comment #20

DoubleDown — Fri, 17 Feb 2006 21:17:59 GMT

I think that the education portion of the name comes from the fact that in South Carolina someone copyrighted the SClottery.com website before the lottery commission got the chance to.

So, they chose to go that route. Guess NC had to do the same.

It also helps them in their quest to make people think that the proceeds go to education, so they can live with it.

Comment #19

Todd — Fri, 17 Feb 2006 20:21:08 GMT

Quote: Originally posted by KY Floyd on February 17, 2006 << It looks like I have unearthed a hard-left radical here >> Yup, you got me. My comments were clearly based on my radical political beliefs. If you had justified publishing the logo by saying it's not too bad because the swift boat vets slandered Kerry or because innocent Iraqi civilians have been killed or because Georgia Pacific is cutting down the homes of the spotted owl I would surely see the obvious relationship topublishing the l... [ More ]

Comment #18

KY Floyd — Fri, 17 Feb 2006 19:25:03 GMT

I'm wondering if the small purple things might be more recognizable as something in a better reproduction. I guess that if you decide you want something that looks like fireworks you can pick almost anything and when you look at it you'll see your fireworks. If they had used something that looked like fireworks to people who didn't already know if was supposed to be fireworks they'd have had a perfectly good, if not great, logo. I'll at least give them credit for trying to design it in-house ins... [ More ]

Comment #17

KY Floyd — Fri, 17 Feb 2006 19:18:27 GMT

Todd wrote:

<<Excuse me, but I'm not profitting from displaying the logo. Maybe you would like to contibute the same amount out of your pocket that I do every month, just to make this site run? If you saw how much money I LOSE on a monthly basis, you would eat your little words. >>

As I said, there may or may not be much profit. What's that flashing thing at the top of the page (or the link to the offer for premium memberships on this reply page) about, though? Those links down the... [ More ]

Comment #16

tg636 — Fri, 17 Feb 2006 19:00:50 GMT

>Lottery Post feels that if CBS News can knowingly display forged documents to hurt President Bush in the weeks before a presidential election, then showing a small logo graphic is not too bad.

One is shaky ground when one tries to use an investigation into Bush's highly suspicious military service as an example. Unless one forgery disproves the entire case. I know readers will want to find out more about the fascinating case of the war president who avoided war. Follow this link for more i... [ More ]

Comment #15

cps10 — Fri, 17 Feb 2006 18:25:23 GMT

fja

One of the funnier comments I have seen in a while. I bet he heard a lot of 'em...he's a putz.

Comment #14

fja — Fri, 17 Feb 2006 15:18:23 GMT

^^^^^^- this could have been a logo of the NC lottery Commission!

How many cricket sounds do you think Sheehan heard when he took the cloth off and showed the logo

Comment #13

mylollipop — Fri, 17 Feb 2006 14:52:22 GMT

Education probably was part of the name to remind those opponents of the lottery what it is for; thus minimizing the sting of having a lottery in their state. Well, it is for education, naysayers might think...

Comment #12

Todd — Fri, 17 Feb 2006 14:10:32 GMT

I can see why the board members thought it looks like a plant.

I think it looks like a palm tree, and it reminded me of the S.C. Lottery logo:

I really can't believe they were serious about using that thing.

I also can't stand when they keep referring to these things as education lotteries. They got the lottery approved, they should just call it the N.C. Lottery, and stop with the education thing. They act like someone is going to say, Oh, OK, it's for education, put th... [ More ]

Comment #11

LOTTOMIKE — Fri, 17 Feb 2006 14:05:29 GMT

THE NORTH CAROLINA LOTTERY could've put a little more time and effort into the logo.after all this is a billion dollar enterprise.that logo looked like something a drunk would sketch......

Comment #10

LOTTOMIKE — Fri, 17 Feb 2006 02:09:32 GMT

thanks todd,i was curious as to what it looked like.i don't see any harm done because after all its not going to be used anyway....

Comment #9

Tenaj — Fri, 17 Feb 2006 00:14:30 GMT

Thanks Todd for posting the Logo.

Comment #8

konane — Thu, 16 Feb 2006 20:16:40 GMT

Quote: Originally posted by KY Floyd on February 16, 2006Quote: Originally posted by smd173 on February 16, 2006Quote: Originally posted by KY Floyd on February 16, 2006<< Lottery Post feels that if CBS News can knowingly display forged documents to hurt President Bush in the weeks before a presidential election, then showing a small logo graphic is not too bad. >>

Not that the logo they decided not to use isn't slightly newsworthy, but that's the lamest excuse to rationalize a decision that... [ More ]

Comment #7

Todd — Thu, 16 Feb 2006 20:11:43 GMT

Excuse me, but I'm not profitting from displaying the logo. Maybe you would like to contibute the same amount out of your pocket that I do every month, just to make this site run? If you saw how much money I LOSE on a monthly basis, you would eat your little words.

It looks like I have unearthed a hard-left radical here, something I enjoy doing.

You hard-lefties act far more like a cranky 10-year-old than I ever would.

Comment #6

KY Floyd — Thu, 16 Feb 2006 20:05:32 GMT

Excuse me, but Lottery Post is profiting from publishing the logo. There may or may not be much of a profit but this is clearly a commercial enterprise, and the purpose of everything that's published here is to attract customers and generate revenue. Is there a reason you think that's relevant, though?

People being curious is most of what makes the logo newsworthy. I didn't criticize the publishing of the logo, only the bizarre explanation.

Comment #5

smd173 — Thu, 16 Feb 2006 17:34:45 GMT

Excuse me, but Lottery Post is not profiting from displaying the failed NC Lottery logo. The NC Lottery WOULD have profitted over it's use.

Thanks for posting it Todd, I was actually curious to see what it looked like.

Comment #4

KY Floyd — Thu, 16 Feb 2006 17:25:34 GMT

<< Lottery Post feels that if CBS News can knowingly display forged documents to hurt President Bush in the weeks before a presidential election, then showing a small logo graphic is not too bad. >>

Not that the logo they decided not to use isn't slightly newsworthy, but that's the lamest excuse to rationalize a decision that I've seen in a long time. Did Lottery Post hire a cranky 10 year old to make their editorial decisions? Did they run it by their 12 year old lawyer to see if publishing... [ More ]

Comment #3

cps10 — Thu, 16 Feb 2006 16:17:58 GMT

My wife's best friend is a graphic artist. I am sure she could have done a terrific job on it for next to nothing. She designed the packaging in Libby Loo.

Comment #2

Tenaj — Thu, 16 Feb 2006 16:07:18 GMT

Where did they get these people? Even I know better than the break copyright laws. They have the NC Museum right there in Raleigh. There are wonderful graphic artists there and thoughout the whole state. Didn't they collaborate with anybody?

Come to think of it, a graphic artist would have known better. I bet you they didn't hire a graphic artist. I bet you those dummies don't have a graphic artist. What idiots.

Comment #1

cps10 — Thu, 16 Feb 2006 15:55:46 GMT

Outstanding...it looks like the logo that would come off one of those earth-friendly shopping bags that you see people toting around in grocery stores that don't want to use paper or plastic.

Lottery Post reveals N.C. Lottery logo misfire

Lottery Post — Thu, 16 Feb 2006 15:48:01 GMT

North Carolina Lottery officials had to pull the plug on their new logo after it was learned that copyrighted material was used to make it.

After pulling the logo, lottery officials made efforts to conceal the logo from public view by asking media outlets to not show it.

Lottery Post feels that if CBS News can knowingly display forged documents to hurt President Bush in the weeks before a presidential election, then showing a small logo graphic is not too bad.