N.C. Lottery will not generate expected revenue

Comment #5

LOTTOMIKE — Wed, 14 Jun 2006 23:48:15 GMT

don't cheat the people either with lousy payouts.....

Comment #4

CASH Only — Wed, 14 Jun 2006 16:28:21 GMT

North Carolina scratches have a lower prize return than South Carolina's and the other bordering states. NC needs to increase the payout % on its scratch games, and not rely heavily on PB for revenue.

Comment #3

NCPicks — Wed, 14 Jun 2006 15:28:47 GMT

Anyone can see that higher gas prices are cutting into the disposeable income of families.There are only so many dollars to go around.People have to cut back and items like lottery tickets are one of the first to go.

Comment #2

nc6string — Wed, 14 Jun 2006 12:14:37 GMT

Gee, that's shocking, there's not as many suckers in the state as the governor had envisioned, even with one being born every minute. Amazing what even a public school education will do for your common sense.

Comment #1

DoubleDown — Wed, 14 Jun 2006 11:46:37 GMT

North Carolina Lottery officials don't believe the payoff from the state lottery will be as big as lawmakers and Gov. Mike Easley think it will be.

Guess what ? We have something in common:

I don't believe the payoff from the lottery will be as big as I expect it to be either.

DD

N.C. Lottery will not generate expected revenue

Lottery Post — Wed, 14 Jun 2006 11:30:03 GMT

North Carolina Lottery officials don't believe the payoff from the state lottery will be as big as lawmakers and Gov. Mike Easley think it will be.

N.C. Education Lottery commissioners guessed Powerball and other games will bring in $402 million in the lottery's first full year in a budget approved Tuesday.

That's $23 million less than the amount Easley touted in pitching the game to lawmakers.

Lottery spokeswoman Pam Walker said commission members wanted to pick a target they're sure t... [ More ]