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N.C. lottery introduces 2 new scratch gamesNews Story
Two new scratch-off games will be available April 18, the North Carolina Education Lottery announced today. The games are $25,000 Pay and Fast 5's. Four scratch-off games are currently available from the state lottery, which began March 30. As of Monday lottery ticket sales have reached over $51 million, according to the state lottery. Approximately $25 million has been paid out in prizes. The lottery is scheduled to make its first deposit to the state's Education Lottery Fund
Apr 11, 2006, 11:36 am - Lottery News

A look at hot spots for sales of N.C. lottery ticketsNews Story
A busy road helps; so do fishing worms North Carolina's leading sellers of lottery tickets sit along busy interstates, or on major thoroughfares, or they have extra ways of drawing their players in. The very top stores have all three. Dunn's Gas and Grocery in Four Oaks in Johnston County, the top seller in the Triangle so far, is along U.S. 301, about a mile from Interstate 95. And it gets plenty of locals by offering more than gas and candy bars. We have fishing worms and ice crea
Apr 11, 2006, 9:24 am - Lottery News

Thief grabs N.C. lottery tickets from store displayNews Story
A thief stole a display cabinet full of North Carolina lottery tickets this weekend, but his ill-gotten booty turned worthless almost immediately. As soon as we are notified (of a theft), we deactivate those numbers, and the tickets cannot be redeemed, said Pam Walker, communications director for the N.C. Education Lottery. Each ticket has an identification number, and lottery officials keep computerized records of which tickets are allotted for each vendor in the state, Walker said.
Apr 11, 2006, 9:14 am - Lottery News

Despite rain, N.C. lottery has a sunny startNews Story
Receipts for 1st 5 days barely miss director's goal of $25 million A thunderstorm Monday might have stymied the N.C. Education Lottery leader's personal goal of selling $25 million worth of tickets in the games' first five days. I'm looking for any excuse, joked lottery director Tom Shaheen on Tuesday. The only one I can come up with is all that rain we got. Despite the raindrops, the state's new lottery had $24.03 million in sales through Monday, making it one of the more successfu
Apr 5, 2006, 7:36 am - Lottery News

NC lottery addiction hotline gets different callers than plannedNews Story
Many callers to the toll-free problem gambling hot line set up for North Carolina's new lottery have sought help of another kind. We've gotten a lot of calls from people who either don't understand how to play the game or why they didn't win, said Smith Worth, who oversees the help line for the state Department of Health and Human Services. Only about 15 percent to 20 percent of the 600 to 700 callers to the help line since the North Carolina Education Lottery began last Thursday sought
Apr 5, 2006, 7:22 am - Lottery News

N.C. lottery staff win hefty bonusesNews Story
The new lottery produced dozens of big-money winners Thursday, none of whom played the games. With the first ticket sold at 6 a.m., lottery employees qualified for special bonuses. The rewards are for starting the games before April 5, beating a deadline set last year by the state lottery commission. In all, 162 employees, from the director to office assistants, will be paid $624,100 in bonuses. The money comes from ticket sales, pegged at $2 million. Lottery director Tom Shaheen
Apr 3, 2006, 10:36 am - Lottery News

N.C.'s first $100K lottery winner plays it coolNews Story
When Richard Garland scratched off his $5 N.C. lottery ticket Thursday in a Conover store, he wasn't quite sure how the game worked. The Newton man initially thought he had gotten lucky and won $10,000. He was both lucky and wrong. Garland had won $100,000 and became a part of state history as the lottery's first big winner after the games debuted Thursday. He spoke Sunday, although the 54-year-old still seemed a bit dazed from all of the attention. Garland had bought a $1 and a $5 s
Apr 3, 2006, 8:42 am - Lottery News

N.C. Lottery pays first big prizesNews Story
North Carolinians spend the equivalent of $1.50 per resident on first day and a half Lottery players maintained a brisk, and somewhat unexpected, spending pace Friday as the games' first big winners came forward to collect jackpot prizes. Officials were predicting a drop-off Friday from Thursday's steady sales as North Carolina joined 41 other states in sponsoring a lottery. But at 5:30 p.m. Friday a payday for some officials said players were spending at a clip close to the first day'
Apr 3, 2006, 7:33 am - Lottery News

N.C. lottery begins with winners, losers -- and some glitchesNews Story
North Carolina woke up scratching this morning as the state lottery began. The first tickets in the N.C. Education Lottery, the country's newest government-backed game, began selling at 6 a.m. today. There were winners, losers and a few technical glitches. As lottery buyers mixed with regular early morning patrons, ticket sales appeared brisk at gas stations, groceries and tackle shops across Wilmington. Charles Brinkley, of Wilmington, was ready with $52 at 5:30 a.m. at a Scotchman
Mar 30, 2006, 1:56 pm - Lottery News

N.C. Lottery begins todayNews Story
The signs say it all: Play Here. After years of watching players take their millionaire dreams and spending money across state borders, North Carolinians will start playing their own lottery today. At 6 a.m. in Raleigh, State Board of Education Chairman Howard Lee will buy the ceremonial first ticket of the N.C. Education Lottery. Lottery retailers throughout the state will start selling tickets to four scratch-off games at that time. The state has sent more than 50 million tickets
Mar 30, 2006, 6:28 am - Lottery News