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Virginia Border Stores Take Hit From N.C. LotteryNews Story
Now that North Carolina has a lottery, residents with hopes of striking it rich don't have to head north to Virginia to buy tickets, and retail stores just across the line are feeling the effects. Virginia lottery director Sheila Hill-Christian said the overall decline of 8 to 10 percent was expected. But she said her state's lottery will make changes in games and install state-of-the-art technology that should enable it to make up the loss within two years. We'll overcome this, she said
Aug 11, 2006, 1:39 pm - Lottery News

N.C. store clerk accused of stealing woman's winning lottery ticketNews Story
Tammy Church thought her first-ever scratch-off ticket was a winner. The store clerk told her otherwise. Now, he's charged with a felony for stealing Church's winning lottery ticket. Josh Wesley Price, 32, of Lenoir, is charged with felony obtaining property by false pretense. Police are looking into other possible scams involving Price and other winning tickets. Church bought the scratch-off ticket at Wilco Hess on Wilkesboro Boulevard in Lenoir on Aug. 1, said Lenoir Police Lt. Brent Phe
Aug 11, 2006, 12:48 pm - Lottery News

N.C. Lottery lagging behind revenue estimatesNews Story
Even with the big Powerball game, North Carolina lottery sales are still lagging behind state estimates. Willie Scott is the state lottery's latest success story. I was praying for a financial blessing, and it came, he said. Scott, a Roxboro father of six who just took a job as a prison guard, won an $800,000 jackpot Wednesday night. He says he does not throw much money in the lottery. In fact, Scott rarely plays. I've played the Powerball three times before that, he said.
Aug 7, 2006, 12:11 pm - Lottery News

N.C. legislature approves lottery oversight committeeNews Story
Lawmakers will be able to keep a close watch on North Carolina's newly adopted lottery under a bill passed Thursday night. Both chambers gave the measure final approval in an effort to ensure that the lottery money goes directly to education programs. The nine-member panel will review the lottery's annual revenue and make sure that the division's proceeds are not supplanting existing education funds. Oversight is needed to keep the General Assembly in touch with something as big as the lo
Jul 28, 2006, 8:21 am - Lottery News

Five N.C. stores stop selling lottery ticketsNews Story
Across North Carolina, a total of 132 stores have discontinued lottery ticket sales because they say it's just not worth the effort. In Johnston County, five businesses two Smithfield stores, as well as stores in Selma, Clayton, and Benson have stopped selling the tickets. The owners say it is simply a matter of customer service and not enough profit for retailers. Unlike some other states, North Carolina's lottery does not pay a bonus to stores that sell winning tickets. Even wit
Jul 28, 2006, 7:33 am - Lottery News

Bill would allow state leaders to remove N.C. lottery commissionersNews Story
North Carolina lottery commissioners could be stripped of their appointments for just cause under a bill recommended Tuesday by a House committee. The change comes after Kevin Geddings resigned from the commission last November as it was revealed he had worked for Scientific Games Corp., a company that tried unsuccessfully to win North Carolina's lottery business. House Speaker Jim Black appointed Geddings, but said later he wouldn't have had he known about Geddings' work with Scientific G
Jul 26, 2006, 4:35 pm - Lottery News

N.C. man wins $100,000 lottery scratch gameNews Story
Dennis Mebane won $100,000 in the N.C. Lottery, but chances are you're not going to find him if you want to look up your long-lost and now deep-pocketed buddy. Mebane, who lives south of Reidsville, told lottery officials not to release the photo of him receiving the ceremonial check after turning in his winning scratch-off ticket Tuesday morning. A visit to his house during the afternoon resulted in nobody opening the door. On Tuesday the nearby gas station on U.S. 29 Business where Me
Jul 19, 2006, 1:00 pm - Lottery News

N.C. Lottery to introduce $10 scratch gameNews Story
Officials hope bigger prize will rub off on more people North Carolina will soon join the majority of state lotteries with the kind of pricey scratch-off game that has helped boost game revenue nationwide. The $10 game will begin in November, N.C. Lottery Executive Director Tom Shaheen said. North Carolina is surrounded by states selling $10 tickets. In South Carolina, $10 games have been the state's top sellers since debuting in 2004. Top prizes reach $1 million a more lucrative purs
Jul 10, 2006, 8:39 am - Lottery News

N.C. House backs permanent lottery oversight panelNews Story
The North Carolina House agreed Thursday to create a 16-member oversight committee that would examine whether lottery profits are being used for education and if they are supplanting existing education funds. The measure, approved by a vote of 102-1 and sent to the Senate for consideration, would create a permanent panel chosen by the House speaker and Senate president pro tempore comprised of legislators, educators and a county commissioner. The Joint Legislative Lottery Oversight Committ
Jul 7, 2006, 7:15 am - Lottery News

N.C. Lottery to transfer $50 million to educationNews Story
North Carolina's newly adopted lottery will make a $50 million contribution to the state's Education Lottery Fund on Wednesday the first transfer since the inception of scratch-off games three months ago. This is a historical event for education in North Carolina, said Tom Shaheen, the state's lottery chief. The lottery will make its next transfer in October, after the first quarter of the next fiscal year. As of Monday, the education lottery had sold more than $216 million instant-w
Jun 29, 2006, 12:45 pm - Lottery News