N.C. Lottery notches record $1.42 billion in sales

Comment #5

lotterybraker — Sun, 15 Aug 2010 16:25:31 GMT

the economy is bad..I am willing to bet that ALL LOTTERY STATES will have record sales or close to it..people will spend their extra income at a chance to get ahead..I dont think this is all bad..it will certainly help those states who have budget shortfalls

Comment #4

ressuccess — Sun, 15 Aug 2010 04:05:31 GMT

I didn't know that North Carolina had record lottery sales.

Comment #3

dpoly1 — Tue, 10 Aug 2010 23:11:21 GMT

I am hoping that Pennsylvania gets some headlines after tonites Mega Millions drawing. This would involve my name and town, plus the headlines that Pennsylvania gets its first Mega Millions Jackpot Winner.

Just thinking ..................

I will be OK if I win, I promise not to spend like the government

Comment #2

diamondpalace — Mon, 09 Aug 2010 21:26:46 GMT

It's no surprise.

Comment #1

kaizon7 — Mon, 09 Aug 2010 20:50:59 GMT

I've won alot of money since North Carolina started the lottery. I traveled to Virginia many times to play in the MegaMillions Lottery before North Carolina joined the party. Never won any money off the MegaMillions when I traveled to Virginia, but I won a great deal of money with the scratch offs there.

In addition, before NC joined Powerball, I traveled to South Carolina one time, to play in the big drawing there, that was going to have a payout of over $100 million.

N.C. Lottery notches record $1.42 billion in sales

Lottery Post — Mon, 09 Aug 2010 13:48:35 GMT

Hopeful gamblers in New Hanover County spent more than $31.3 million on N.C. lottery games in the past year, about $161 per county resident or $361 per household, according to a StarNews analysis of lottery data.

Residents and visitors to New Hanover County spent slightly more cash on the lottery than they did on liquor at county ABC stores between July 1, 2009, and June 30. Liquor sales in the county totaled roughly $30.5 million during that time.

And New Hanover County consumers spent mo... [ More ]