N.C. Supreme Court keeps lottery law in place

Lottery Post — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 18:21:10 GMT

Lottery barely avoids being deemed illegal

The North Carolina Education Lottery can still operate after the state Supreme Court deadlocked Friday over whether the votes creating the games were lawful.

Three of the seven justices agreed Friday the lottery law was unconstitutional and three others upheld the law. A seventh justice, Mark Martin, had recused himself from oral arguments in the case in September and did not vote.

The 3-3 decision means a March 2008 state Court of Appeals ruli... [ More ]