NC lottery addiction hotline gets different callers than planned

Comment #13

NCPicks — Fri, 07 Apr 2006 15:16:52 GMT

You are correct Uff Da.The state has 24 million more in sales at this point in time than it would have had.

Of course,who knows how much they would have it they didn't have to wait 20 years to get the lottery in the first place.

Comment #12

Uff Da! — Fri, 07 Apr 2006 01:54:42 GMT

My understanding is that by getting started six days early, they had $24 million more in sales than they would have had if they'd just met the deadline. Thus, the bonus. The state is millions ahead.

Comment #11

Uncle Jim — Thu, 06 Apr 2006 23:56:23 GMT

OK...I did misunderstand. But the bottom line remains they missed their target by a million dollars and still got paid hefty bonuses. Maybe I'm making too much out of a little thing. But I don't like to see the lottery execs winning more money than the players.

Jim

Comment #10

libra926 — Thu, 06 Apr 2006 23:07:45 GMT

4/6/2006

THIS IS SOOOOO ......LOLOLOLOLOLOL.....I can just imagine what the calls on the gambling help hotline sound like.......all those people....

I need your help to win

Gimme the winning numbers ....

lolololoololololol.......I 've got a list, but there isn't enough room to put them all down...lolololol

Comment #9

libra926 — Thu, 06 Apr 2006 23:04:43 GMT

4/6/2006

LOLOLOLOLOOL........PLEEEEZZZZZ....LOLOLOLOL.....LOVIN IT....

Comment #8

NCPicks — Thu, 06 Apr 2006 16:50:00 GMT

Sure,40 people won the Powerball jackpot last night,duh

Comment #7

dvdiva — Thu, 06 Apr 2006 13:38:45 GMT

So have any of the numbers the addiction line given out actually win

Comment #6

NCPicks — Thu, 06 Apr 2006 01:52:01 GMT

You misunderstand UJ.The lottery set a goal of 25 million in sales in five days.It doesn't matter when they started.They only counted the first five days.The lottery was supposed to start on April 6.The NCEL got the games going a week early,that's the only difference.Not bad for a new start-up.Like a lot of people,I'm waiting for the Powerball to start.The lottery commission announced that due to the successful start they would add more scratch offs around the middle of April.

Comment #5

Uncle Jim — Thu, 06 Apr 2006 00:40:50 GMT

They started 6 days early and still missed their projected sales target? In any other business if you missed your projected target by $1 million in sales you'd have to answer for it. But the staff of the N.C. lottery all got big bonuses!

Apparently it's better to work for the lottery than to play it.

Jim

Comment #4

LOTTOMIKE — Wed, 05 Apr 2006 18:38:10 GMT

i'll be glad when they add some numbers games........

Comment #3

LOTTOMIKE — Wed, 05 Apr 2006 18:37:42 GMT

good luck NCPicks.....

Comment #2

NCPicks — Wed, 05 Apr 2006 15:33:49 GMT

My kinda problem,I won so much that I need to know where to collect all my cash.I hope it happens soon.

Comment #1

BevsPicks — Wed, 05 Apr 2006 14:18:00 GMT

! Enough said

NC lottery addiction hotline gets different callers than planned

Lottery Post — Wed, 05 Apr 2006 11:22:45 GMT

Many callers to the toll-free problem gambling hot line set up for North Carolina's new lottery have sought help of another kind.

We've gotten a lot of calls from people who either don't understand how to play the game or why they didn't win, said Smith Worth, who oversees the help line for the state Department of Health and Human Services.

Only about 15 percent to 20 percent of the 600 to 700 callers to the help line since the North Carolina Education Lottery began last Thursday sought... [ More ]