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Lottery Post reveals N.C. Lottery logo misfireNews Story
North Carolina Lottery officials had to pull the plug on their new logo after it was learned that copyrighted material was used to make it. After pulling the logo, lottery officials made efforts to conceal the logo from public view by asking media outlets to not show it. Lottery Post feels that if CBS News can knowingly display forged documents to hurt President Bush in the weeks before a presidential election, then showing a small logo graphic is not too bad.
Feb 16, 2006, 10:48 am - Lottery News

Judge: N.C. lottery can keep working, but challenge remains aliveNews Story
The North Carolina lottery can continue preparing for a March 30 kickoff while a court considers a legal challenge to the way the Legislature passed the lottery law last year, a Wake County judge ruled Wednesday. The decision is somewhat of a loss for both parties in the legal fight. While Superior Court Judge Henry Hight denied a motion by taxpayers, lawmakers and advocacy groups who sought to temporarily stop work on the lottery, he also declined the state's request to dismiss the complaint
Feb 16, 2006, 9:48 am - Lottery News

Lawsuit Challenging N.C. Lottery Still AliveNews Story
Critics of the N.C. Education Lottery won't be able to stop the state's plan to launch the game next month. But they can keep a lawsuit going that says lawmakers cut legal corners in approving the game, according to two court rulings Wednesday. In fact, the court hearings on whether the lottery is legal could continue as the lottery starts. The next court date is scheduled for March 20, 10 days before the lottery's instant winner scratch-off tickets are supposed to go on sale. Wake Coun
Feb 16, 2006, 9:00 am - Lottery News

N.C. Lottery funding controversy widensNews Story
The North Carolina Lottery has not yet started, and already Gov. Mike Easley may be doing what lottery watchdogs feared would happen: Easley is looking to replace funding on existing state programs with lottery revenues, rather than putting the new-found revenue toward new projects. Easley's staff on Wednesday defended his plans for spending money from the new state lottery, saying the governor would not use lottery funds to replace tax money that's already going to education. Some critics,
Feb 16, 2006, 8:33 am - Lottery News

N.C. Lottery staff used common clip art to create logoNews Story
With a bit of drama Tuesday, lottery chief Tom Shaheen whipped away a towel and revealed a new logo for the state's $1 billion-a-year lottery. A roomful of people at the lottery commission meeting stared, for the most part, in puzzled silence. They studied the boxy blue and green figure, billed as the symbol of the state's games. It would be on posters. Billboards. Tickets. Finally, Jim Woodward, a lottery commissioner and former chancellor at UNC-Charlotte, wondered about its dominant
Feb 15, 2006, 8:09 am - Lottery News

N.C. Lottery has false start on logoNews Story
North Carolina lottery officials unveiled the logo Tuesday they wanted to print on thousands of ticket machines and place in television commercials leading up to the lottery's planned March 30 launch. Make that the now-defunct logo. Officials later found out someone else might have the copyright to the image. N.C. Education Lottery director Tom Shaheen revealed the logo at a public meeting of his bosses, the nine-member lottery commission. Shaheen, who has worked for lotteries in several s
Feb 15, 2006, 7:10 am - Lottery News

N.C. Lottery under fire in court; Judge may suspend progressNews Story
A Superior Court judge said he would decide this week whether the state should stop work on launching a lottery while lawyers debate whether the game is legal. A group of plaintiffs, led by former N.C. Supreme Court Justice Bob Orr, asked Judge Henry Hight to impose the delay during a two-hour hearing Monday. Orr said House and Senate leaders violated the state constitution in their rush to get the lottery passed last year. The question is 'does political expediency trump the state consti
Feb 14, 2006, 11:00 am - Lottery News

Lawsuit filed by N.C. Lottery foes to be heard MondayNews Story
A court battle that starts Monday in Wake County could be the last chance for critics to stop next month's launch of the N.C. lottery. Some court watchers say the lawsuit faces high hurdles. But the plaintiffs, who are filing briefs today, say House and Senate leaders thwarted the law by forcing two votes on the measure in quick succession last year. If the suit succeeds, lawmakers would likely have to vote again on the lottery that they approved last year by the slimmest of margins. An
Feb 9, 2006, 7:54 am - Lottery News

Virginia Lottery looking for Lotto South winnerNews Story
The Virginia Lottery has reported a winner in its Lotto South jackpot game. The winning $4 million ticket, which was sold near the North Carolina border, has yet to be claimed. Could someone have the winning ticket and not know it? News of the unclaimed ticket spread like wildfire through Uppy's Store in Bracey. It been a few weeks since the winning Lotto South ticket number, 02-03-06-21-39-42, was sold there. I'm kind of in a daze, because I thought you'd be checking every day to see if
Feb 9, 2006, 7:08 am - Lottery News

N.C. lottery: About 4,000 retailers apply to sell ticketsNews Story
About 4,000 retailers have filed applications by Friday's deadline to be guaranteed the chance to sell the first North Carolina Education Lottery tickets, projected to start at the end of next month. The lottery office is working with ticket vendor GTECH Holdings Corp. to sell the first scratch-off tickets March 30. Retailers receive 7 percent of the amount of every ticket sold. About 20 temporary employees are entering retailer data into a database to track the applications. Each applicat
Feb 4, 2006, 8:03 am - Lottery News