N.C. Lottery director retiring

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Raven62 — Thu, 12 Oct 2017 17:58:13 GMT

People spent more money playing the lottery in 2014 ($70 Billion) than on books, video games, and tickets for movies and sporting events combined.

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music* — Thu, 12 Oct 2017 17:48:34 GMT

Hearty Congratulations to Alice Garland!! You will be missed. You set the bar high for others to follow. March 31, 2018, will be here before you know it.

N.C. Lottery director retiring

Lottery Post — Thu, 12 Oct 2017 14:45:46 GMT

The North Carolina Education Lottery's top leader is retiring next spring, ending a stint with the agency that began before it started selling tickets more than a decade ago.

The lottery announced Wednesday that Alice Garland will step down as executive director at the end of March. She became the lottery's second executive director in late 2010, succeeding Tom Shaheen. During her tenure, annual ticket sales increased by $1 billion to $2.4 billion in the past fiscal year, while the share earm... [ More ]