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Help Wanted: NC Lottery Seeks DirectorNews Story
The ad says the lottery commission wants an experienced professional to implement and run North Carolina's new numbers game.The North Carolina Education Lottery is running an advertisement seeking someone to be its executive director. The ad appears in Sunday's newspapers and online job listings, including the state's own jobs Web site.The ad says the lottery commission wants an experienced professional to implement and run North Carolina's new numbers game.State Government Radio says the ne
Oct 17, 2005, 6:35 am - Lottery News

Scientific Games wrote parts of N.C. lottery lawNews Story
A company that hopes to land the multimillion-dollar contract to run North Carolina's gambling operation used a link to House Speaker Jim Black to have the new lottery law written to its liking.Alan Middleton, vice president of Scientific Games, wrote to Black's office, saying he wanted to write a law that excluded other companies. Middleton had an inside connection to the speaker's office, according to hundreds of pages of e-mail messages, memos and other documents released by Black's office Th
Oct 14, 2005, 9:57 am - Lottery News

N.C. lottery now has official Internet siteNews Story
The North Carolina lottery is now officially online, even though the first games aren't.Late Thursday, the state started the Web site http://lottery.nc.gov/ with information about the lottery that was signed into law Aug. 31.At its first meeting last week, the nine-member lottery commission agreed that an Internet presence was needed as soon as possible.The Web site also sets out the job description for the lottery executive director's position. The position also is expected to be posted in news
Oct 14, 2005, 8:21 am - Lottery News

N.C. lottery commissioner had business relationship with vendorNews Story
A member of North Carolina's new lottery commission said he will remove himself from any decisions involving potential lottery vendors after it was disclosed he had a business relationship with a key executive of a major vendor.Lottery commissioner Kevin Geddings of Charlotte and Alan Middleton, a vice president for lottery vendor Scientific Games, had previously acknowledged their friendship.But both denied in interviews last month with The News Observer of Raleigh that they also had a busine
Oct 6, 2005, 8:45 am - Lottery News

N.C. lottery commission has full plate, rapid timeline aheadNews Story
Denny Bottorff said he'll never forget Jan. 20, 2004 - the day the Tennessee Lottery sold its first scratch-off tickets. It was like when your first child was born, Bottorff said. You get the same elation and satisfaction. The first and only chairman of the quasi-governmental corporation that runs the Tennessee Lottery, said North Carolina's new lottery board also will feel the same labor pains his panel felt as new games are delivered to players in North Carolina as soon as possible.Gov. Mike
Sep 26, 2005, 6:54 am - Lottery News

First N.C. lottery commission in placeNews Story
The members of the first N.C. State Lottery Commission include Glaxo's former chief executive, the state's hurricane preparedness chief and a political consultant who helped bring a numbers game to South Carolina.Charles Sanders, the former chairman and chief executive of the drug giant, was tapped Thursday by Democratic Gov. Mike Easley to lead the commission for the next year.The nine-member committee also includes Bryan Beatty, the state's crime control and public safety secretary, and Kevin
Sep 26, 2005, 6:38 am - Lottery News

Anti-lottery group considers legal challenge to N.C. LotteryNews Story
There might yet be a legal fight over the new North Carolina lottery.A spokesman for Citizens United Against the Lottery, a coalition formed to fight its creation, said Monday that the group is weighing a lawsuit challenging how the lottery was approved. It's in distinct consideration, said Bob Rosser, a spokesman for the group, whose board includes former legislator Chuck Neely, former UNC system presidents Bill Friday and C.D. Spangler Jr., and Capitol Broadcasting Co. chief Jim Goodmon. We
Sep 20, 2005, 8:50 pm - Lottery News

N.C. Lottery may start in six monthsNews Story
Three weeks ago the North Carolina legislature passed the lottery, but since then there's been little work done to move it forward.There's a long list of projects ahead for the state before tickets are sold. The governor still expects it to begin in six months or so.Three weeks ago, Governor Easley proudly signed the lottery bill. He expected to follow South Carolina's timeline for rolling out tickets. I think in South Carolina, my best information is they had the scratch cards in that five to s
Sep 20, 2005, 12:39 pm - Lottery News

Retailers, Players Could Run Into N.C. Lottery Red TapeNews Story
Owners at many convenience stores in North Carolina say they cannot wait to begin selling lottery tickets, but under the state's lottery law, they could run into red tape and so could lottery winners. As soon as they say 'Now, you can apply,' we will definitely try to apply, said Bhavna Parmar, who owns a convenience store in Raleigh.But applying may not be so easy.Under the new law, storeowners must be current on all taxes not just for their business, but also for themselves. They must als
Sep 20, 2005, 11:57 am - Lottery News

Will gamble on lottery revenue pay off for N.C.?News Story
Research shows more money goes to schools, but ad blitz may have unintended costs The states now offering lotteries do not simply make a product available in order to accommodate the widespread taste for buying a low-priced chance at a big prize. They seek to foster that taste. ...The state lottery agencies have in fact evolved into a new breed of government agency created in the mold of the modern corporation with its eyes firmly fixed on the bottom line. So wrote Charles Clotfelter and Philip
Sep 19, 2005, 12:27 pm - Lottery News