N.C. Lottery to launch Christmas-themed games

Comment #10

cps10 — Mon, 06 Nov 2006 19:13:41 GMT

LOL...I was thinking the same thing, Tenaj. And I am a Republican of all...lol. I am disgusted with the NC state government right now, so in my last official election for now as a NC resident, I am going to throw some wrenches in there. I won't vote in this state again for another 10 years or so (whenever the last kid leaves the nest), since I am in Ft. Mill now. Hopefully by the time I move back to the QC, things will be better in NC...lottery and otherwise.

Comment #9

weshar75 — Mon, 06 Nov 2006 18:45:37 GMT

I just saw Oregon's Lottery Scratch-it Holiday tickets. The $10 is called The 12 dogs of Christmas Tripler . It has 10-$10,000 top prizes and the odds of winning a single prize is 1-2.12. I would have though that the ticket would have been at least $100,000.-weshar75

Comment #8

Tenaj — Mon, 06 Nov 2006 17:36:18 GMT

It'll probably have a low payout as well but just cost more.

Comment #7

DoubleDown — Mon, 06 Nov 2006 17:27:38 GMT

Tenaj,

Wonder what the jackpot will be for the NC $20 scratcher ?

The $10 Jingle Jumbo Bucks here in Ga has a top prize of $ 750K and we even have a $5 holiday game that pays $225K.

I travel thru NC from time to time, but I buy my tickets( including Powerball ) in SC....

..DD

Comment #6

Tenaj — Mon, 06 Nov 2006 17:20:29 GMT

DoubleDown, the first fews day NC launched their scratch offs I stopped buying them. You can actually buy 5 of those $10 Christmas tickets and come away with zero.

I mean zero. I can't believe they think that it will bring the upper middle class to play the lottery enticing with $10 scratch offs. Where did they get that idea. They really do hate the people who play pick 3. They thought the same for the Powerball but it let them down.

They should appeal to the people who like to play t... [ More ]

Comment #5

cps10 — Mon, 06 Nov 2006 17:03:12 GMT

Yeah, I don't play scratchers anyway, but the amounts here are ridiculous.

Comment #4

rdc137 — Mon, 06 Nov 2006 17:02:55 GMT

Christmas tickets always sell fast because people will buy them because of being the holiday spirit and to give as gifts. I have noticed that the Christmas tickets seem to have the worst prizes of all. However, last year, PA sold one for $20 with several $1M prizes and other high dollar prizes, so that was the exception. DE sold $1 tickets with something like 50 top prizes of $250. That's laughable.

Comment #3

DoubleDown — Mon, 06 Nov 2006 16:35:42 GMT

I don't know, but I will tell you this:

I will not play a $10 scratch ticket with such a low number and amount of of grand prizes. I do my homework...

Ga has several $10 tickets with prizes ranging from $ 250,000 ( 60 of these jackpots are available) to others offering $500,000, $750,000, One Million and even 2.5 Million as incentive.

SC has decent ones as well. Some are One Million Dollar JP's and they are lump sum...

Are you listening, NC

Comment #2

cps10 — Mon, 06 Nov 2006 16:22:10 GMT

I don't know if anyone has courier services for these....

Comment #1

LckyLary — Sat, 04 Nov 2006 03:45:33 GMT

I am in nj. How can I get some of these new scratch-offs? Does nj have any Christmas themed games coming out

N.C. Lottery to launch Christmas-themed games

Lottery Post — Fri, 03 Nov 2006 12:27:00 GMT

The North Carolina Lottery is putting another game into play Tuesday.

The first $10 instant ticket game in North Carolina is reaching stores. The new game is part of a trend in the lottery industry in that it's a holiday-themed scratch-off game that officials hope will boost sales.

Lottery director Tom Shaheen says more games at $10 or above are expected, including the possibility of a $20 instant ticket game, which Shaheen says may be attractive to people who don't always play the lottery... [ More ]