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N.C. Lottery's raffle makes 3 millionairesNews Story
Odds of winning even better due to slow sales By Todd Northrop The North Carolina Lottery's latest raffle-style game, Cash Splash Millionaire Raffle, was drawn Monday, and made three instant millionaires. The winning numbers can be found at Lottery Post's North Carolina Lottery Results page (www.lotterypost.com/results/nc). Cash Splash Millionaire Raffle is a raffle-style game offered by the North Carolina Lottery, with only 500,000 of the $20 tickets available for purchase. If th
Sep 20, 2010, 9:11 pm - Lottery News

Pick 3 'triple' pays out record $2.88M to N.C. Lottery playersNews Story
By Todd Northrop Triple digits paid off in a big way for North Carolina Pick 3 players in the Monday, Sept. 6 evening drawing. The 2-2-2 combination resulted in a record-setting prize payout of $2.88 million to more than 11,000 winning tickets. This record payout is the highest since the Dec. 25, 2009 drawing, which paid out more than $2.28 million to players who chose the 5-5-5 combination. Monday's drawing was the first time the 2-2-2 combination has been drawn since Pick 3 sales b
Sep 8, 2010, 3:50 pm - Lottery News

N.C. Lottery director quitsNews Story
Will take job with software company Tom Shaheen, who has headed the North Carolina Education Lottery since its inception four years ago, has resigned his post to take a job with a company involved in the sale of lottery tickets through ATMs. Shaheen said Monday that he will be vice president of business development for Linq3, a software company that has a program that allows lottery tickets to be sold through point-of-sale terminals like automated teller machines for distribution in the U.
Aug 16, 2010, 10:55 pm - Lottery News

N.C. collected record debt from lottery winnersNews Story
The North Carolina Lottery collected a record $1 million during the past year from prize winners who were also debtors. The lottery scans big winners against a list of people who owe child support, back taxes, hospital bills and student loans. So as you dream about spending the piles of money you plan to win in the lottery, don't forget those bills you never paid. The big collection comes in a record year for lottery sales, which topped $1.4 billion, a 10 percent increase from the previous
Aug 11, 2010, 10:21 am - Lottery News

N.C. Lottery notches record $1.42 billion in salesNews Story
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
Aug 9, 2010, 9:48 am - Lottery News

Thieves try to cash stolen S.C. lottery tickets in N.C.News Story
A Gastonia, N.C., woman accused of stealing scratch-off lottery tickets from a Clover Mini-Mart tried to retrieve prize money in North Carolina and successfully cashed 27 winners in South Carolina before being caught. Kristi Lynn Welch, 20, was booked in York County on Monday night in connection with a break-in at Borderline Mini-mart on U.S. 321 in Clover, authorities say. Welch is one of three people facing charges in the May burglary. They are accused of cashing tickets stolen from that
Jul 21, 2010, 11:24 pm - Lottery News

N.C. Lottery grows despite recessionNews Story
The North Carolina Education Lottery hit the jackpot with its budget this year, significantly increasing funding for salaries and benefits despite uncertain economic times that have stalled similar line items at many private-sector firms and government agencies. The lottery's new budget, which was approved by the Lottery Commission in mid-June, calls for $17.7 million in salaries, wages and benefits in the coming fiscal year, almost 14 percent higher than what lottery officials spent in the l
Jul 20, 2010, 9:10 am - Lottery News

First N.C. Mega Millions lottery winner claims jackpotNews Story
The sole winner of a May 28 Mega Millions drawing for $12 million has finally come forward. Lottery officials said a Greensboro man turned in the ticket on Wednesday. Mike Manheim, a retired businessman, and his wife, Faye, made the trip to Raleigh to claim their millions. The couple told lottery officials they have played the lottery since the North Carolina Education Lottery launched in 2006. The couple chose the lump sum option of $7.8 million. They plan to use their money to invest in
Jul 10, 2010, 4:06 pm - Lottery News

Judge orders release of ex-NC Lottery officialNews Story
A judge on Tuesday ordered a former North Carolina lottery commissioner convicted of five counts of the honest services law released from a Georgia prison. U.S. District Judge James Dever III said Kevin Geddings should be set free as he seeks to have his 2006 conviction vacated. The decision came just hours after prosecutors said Geddings should be released. Geddings was found guilty of honest services mail fraud for not disclosing his financial ties to a company that was expected to bid f
Jul 1, 2010, 8:52 am - Lottery News

N.C. Senate approves Internet sweepstakes banNews Story
The North Carolina Senate overwhelmingly approved legislation Monday to shutter hundreds of new businesses that bill supporters argue are offering just another form of illegal video poker where people buy phone or Internet time, then play games on computer screens to win cash and prizes. By a vote of 47-1, the chamber continued its long history of opposing video gambling, this time through electronic and computer-based devices springing up at new sweepstakes cafes or business centers. Nor
Jun 22, 2010, 9:40 am - Lottery News