Law creating N.C. Lottery to be reviewed by state's Supreme Court

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JordanT1021 — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 11:35:22 GMT

In my opinion the law makers did not act properly... It has raised great money for schools... I do enjoy the lottery in nc... it sure does beat having to drive 1.5 hours to play powerball in south carolina... driving to virgina is easy for me... i live about 45 minutes to state line

my guess is that nc lottery will be shut down when the hearing happens... i will miss it from the time it takes to reopen

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Tenaj — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 22:26:11 GMT

I wish I can say yay or nay. I used to know what was going on with the CMS system from working directly with them everyday but it's one thing I know is that new schools are being built each year but that was happening anyway. It would be interesting to know. I doubt it.

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JAP69 — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 21:59:47 GMT

Since the lottery was launched in March 2006, it has raised more than $725 million to pay for pre-school, class size-reduction, school construction and college scholarships, the lottery said in a news release in June.

Do any of you living in N.C. see any of the above happening in your school systems

Law creating N.C. Lottery to be reviewed by state's Supreme Court

Lottery Post — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 18:59:16 GMT

North Carolina's highest court will decide whether the Legislature approved properly a bill that created the state's education lottery.

State Supreme Court justices scheduled oral arguments Monday in a lawsuit originally filed by taxpayers who sued state and elected officials.

At issue is whether 35 percent of the price of each lottery ticket constitutes a tax. If so, the state legislature violated the North Carolina Constitution when it approved the lottery in 2005 because it did not foll... [ More ]