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N.C. Lottery commission approves contracts for potential retailersNews Story
The North Carolina Lottery Commission is closer to putting together a network of ticket retailers after approving a proposed contract with about 30 guidelines for stores.A statewide database already has provided a list of 10,000 potential retailers, lottery executive director Tom Shaheen said. State law does not cap the number of places that will qualify to sell lottery tickets and it is unclear how many retailers will qualify to sell them.Shaheen wants instant-win tickets on sale by April 5, fo
Dec 28, 2005, 7:21 am - Lottery News

Lottery company misses bid deadlineNews Story
One of the two major American lottery companies Tuesday let a key deadline pass for winning the right to operate a major chunk of North Carolina's new lottery games.Rhode Island-based GTECH Holdings said it did not submit a letter of intent to bid for the right to operate instant-winner scratch-off ticket games in North Carolina. The letters signal a company's interest to the state and keep the company in the loop for more contract information.GTECH's unwillingness to bid so far increases the od
Dec 28, 2005, 6:54 am - Lottery News

N.C. Lottery misunderstandings could derail bondsNews Story
The new North Carolina lottery is supposed to help fund education, but local school officials and advocates are worried that the newly created state game could shut off a vital source of funding. Our worry is that the public will see the lottery as being this great boon and will say, 'Well, we don't need to vote for this bond. The lottery will take care of it,' said Margaret Arbuckle, director of the Guilford Education Alliance, a business group that is a booster for public schools.Bonds are n
Dec 26, 2005, 9:33 am - Lottery News

Lottery: Promises and pitfallsNews Story
A look at problems and solutions of some state lotteries, as North Carolina leaders try to predict their own problems to come.Art Johnson isn't a big gambler but plays the Florida lottery on occasion. No, not because it will help the Palm Beach County School District, where he is superintendent. I want to win, Johnson said with a laugh.Ask him about the lottery's funding for education and Johnson is a lot less jovial. I'm unimpressed, said the former principal and school board member who now h
Dec 26, 2005, 8:42 am - Lottery News

S.C. Laments N.C.'s Move To PowerballNews Story
North Carolina announced that it will be a part of the Powerball lottery. Lottery stores in South Carolina said they will lose half of their business, not to mention there won't be as much cash for education.It's never been easy for Red Rocket manager Ken Shoultes to keep the floors of his store clean. Usually, lottery foot traffic dulls the polish quickly.But now, the shine might be wearing off the lottery business because Powerball is crossing the border. North Carolina people have no reason t
Dec 21, 2005, 6:27 am - Lottery News

N.C. lottery hires have connections to Ga. and a SenatorNews Story
The North Carolina Education Lottery announced five additional hirings Monday, including three with connections to the Georgia Lottery and another who was once a state director for U.S. Sen. John Edwards.Alice Garland, currently an assistant state Commerce Department secretary, will earn $128,000 as deputy executive director of legislative and corporate communications, lottery executive director Tom Shaheen said. Garland has 30 years of experience in private business and governmental relations.
Dec 20, 2005, 7:12 am - Lottery News

N.C. Lottery to join PowerballNews Story
North Carolina residents will get a shot at the nation's largest lottery jackpots.The state lottery commission voted Monday to join the multistate Powerball game, known for offering jackpots of $100 million and more, including one last month for $340 million, the second-largest in U.S. lottery history.AdvertisementTwenty-eight other states, the District of Columbia and the U.S. Virgin Islands sell Powerball tickets. They could be available as soon as July.North Carolina will pay nothing to join
Dec 20, 2005, 6:42 am - Lottery News

Group sues to stop N.C. lotteryNews Story
North Carolina's state lottery would be declared illegal and work on the game would stop if a lawsuit filed in Wake County Superior Court on Thursday is successful.The suit claims the House and Senate circumvented requirements set forth in the state constitution when members of both houses voted on the lottery law this year.The N.C. Institute for Constitutional Law, a Raleigh-based group that sued to stop state economic incentive payments to Dell, filed the lottery suit on behalf of several clie
Dec 16, 2005, 7:41 am - Lottery News

Scientific Games to be allowed to bid on N.C. Lottery dealNews Story
Barring a Georgia lottery operator that had inside influence on the writing of North Carolina's state lottery law from running the game would leave only one bidder for the lucrative contract, the lottery commission chairman said Thursday.Also Thursday, a former federal magistrate was nominated to fill the last vacancy on the lottery commission and a legal foundation sued to have the Legislature's vote creating the lottery declared void.Charles Sanders, head of the lottery commission, said Scient
Dec 16, 2005, 6:53 am - Lottery News

Group Expected To File Lawsuit To Stop N.C. LotteryNews Story
A lawsuit challenging how the lottery was created could be filed by the end of the week.The North Carolina Institute For Constitutional Law plans to base its lawsuit on the fact that when Senate leaders squeaked out the lottery bill in late August, they suspended the rules to complete three readings in just a matter of moments.Critics said, by law, the votes should have been spread out over a three-day period. Supporters moved quickly because two Republicans were absent.In recent months, Gov. Mi
Dec 13, 2005, 6:51 am - Lottery News