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Powerball not hurting N.C. lottery salesNews Story
People have been playing North Carolina's lottery for a few months now, and even though Powerball is less than a month old, the game has paid out more than $2 million to residents so far. Retailers saw a jump in sales last Saturday when the jackpot was worth more than $100 million. Emma, 4, won $1 for her dad on Father's Day, that's why she's his good luck charm. My daughter, she wins almost every time she plays, said her dad, Michael Zylka. She plays the Tic-Tac-Toes, and she loves
Jun 26, 2006, 12:31 pm - Lottery News

N.C. Lottery will not generate expected revenueNews Story
North Carolina Lottery officials don't believe the payoff from the state lottery will be as big as lawmakers and Gov. Mike Easley think it will be. N.C. Education Lottery commissioners guessed Powerball and other games will bring in $402 million in the lottery's first full year in a budget approved Tuesday. That's $23 million less than the amount Easley touted in pitching the game to lawmakers. Lottery spokeswoman Pam Walker said commission members wanted to pick a target they're sure t
Jun 14, 2006, 7:30 am - Lottery News

Player confusion leads to early end for N.C. lottery gameNews Story
North Carolina Lottery officials are stopping one of the state's scratch-off games, saying it is confusing to some players. Orders for the 2X the Money game have stopped and lottery staffers will pick up tickets from retailers. The game allows players to double winnings of up to $100 if the card displays a bold 2X symbol. But the card also contains a security feature designed as a thin x, which led to the confusion. There has been some confusion by players regarding the game, sa
Jun 9, 2006, 10:06 am - Lottery News

No broadcast yet for Powerball lottery in western N.C.News Story
Western North Carolina lottery players may have to turn to a South Carolina television station to watch Powerball drawings. State lottery administrators said this week they're having difficulty finding a television station in the western region to broadcast the drawings. Drawings are at 10:59 p.m. Wednesday and Saturday. Advertisement Stations in Charlotte, Greenville and Raleigh are airing the drawings. The lottery doesn't pay for the airtime, but instead offers to advertise the station
Jun 9, 2006, 8:27 am - Lottery News

N.C. lottery winner claims big prizeNews Story
Rowan County man collects N.C.'s first million-dollar jackpot The winning numbers on the Powerball sign looked familiar to Victor Buddy Poplin on Thursday morning. He was making his usual visit to the East Side Kwik Stop convenience store, a couple blocks from home in Granite Quarry, in Rowan County. He got out his ticket and quickly learned he was North Carolina's first winner of $1 million, the biggest prize yet in the state's two-month-old lottery and one of three million-dollar lotte
Jun 9, 2006, 6:57 am - Lottery News

Employee charged with stealing lottery ticketsNews Story
An employee of a Bath convenience store allegedly made off with 59 North Carolina Lottery tickets Saturday and cashed in the winnings a day later. Several of the winning stolen tickets were converted to cash and a money order at a convenience store in Washington Sunday. The winnings from the stolen tickets totaled $102. Jamie DeJong Carpenter, 24, of 23 Deerfield Lane, Chocowinity, was charged with one count of larceny by employee and two counts of obtaining property by false pretenses Wed
Jun 2, 2006, 10:21 am - Lottery News

N.C. Lottery wins 1st Powerball border battleNews Story
Tar Heel state outsells S.C.; an N.C. ticket holder wins $200,000 North Carolina's lottery won its first head-to-head showdown with South Carolina's game this week. The Tar Heel state collected more than three times the cash in ticket sales than its southern neighbor during the run up to the first Powerball drawing involving both states. An N.C. lottery ticket holder also won big. Someone who bought a Powerball ticket in North Carolina won $200,000 in Wednesday's Powerball drawing, N.C. Ed
Jun 2, 2006, 7:51 am - Lottery News

N.C. Powerball lottery sales begin, with difficultyNews Story
Computer glitches and printer problems hit 20% of vendors North Carolinians played Powerball to the tune of more than $1 million during the first day of sales Tuesday, despite computer glitches and printer problems that plagued nearly 20 percent of the state's lottery retailers. Many ticket buyers and sellers in the Charlotte area were upbeat, even though some stores could not sell tickets for the multi-state lottery game for several hours. The new game paid off in sales for Victor Madh
May 31, 2006, 9:51 am - Lottery News

TV network chosen to air N.C. Lottery drawingsNews Story
The Triangle's CBS affiliate has been chosen to produce and air the nightly number drawings for the North Carolina Education Lottery, with the first lottery broadcast coming later this month with a drawing for the multi-state Powerball game. WRAL-TV in Raleigh won out over WTVD-TV in Durham for the right to show the drawings on its station and provide it to other television outlets statewide. WRAL was the choice of an evaluation committee and executive director Tom Shaheen. The N.C. Educat
May 18, 2006, 9:39 am - Lottery News

N.C. lottery expenses may top $96 millionNews Story
In its first few months of operation, the N.C. Education Lottery is spending most of its money on staff salaries, contracted services and new vehicles. The lottery could spend as much as $96 million on operations over the course of a year, assuming it meets its projected $1.2 billion annually in ticket sales. Under state law, the lottery can spend up to 8 percent of its sales on operations, which includes advertising, staff salaries, equipment and other costs. Tom Shaheen, the lottery's e
May 15, 2006, 8:39 am - Lottery News