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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

N.C. lottery director names security office directorNews Story
A forensic document examiner for the State Bureau of Investigation has been named director of the security office for the N.C. Education Lottery at an annual salary of $92,000.Jerry C. Carter, who worked for the SBI for 20 years, also will be eligible for a bonus if the lottery starts by April 5, officials said in a news release Monday.He's the first employee hired by the lottery's executive director, Tom Shaheen.Carter has worked as a forensic document examiner for the SBI since 2001. Prior to
Dec 13, 2005, 6:24 am - Lottery News

N.C. Lottery commissioner says games are 'on track'News Story
Bob Farris said North Carolina is on track to begin a state game in April.Bob Farris, a member of the North Carolina Lottery Commission, said he suspects the lottery will first offer the scratch-and-win style games by spring, and then be able to join in the bigger lotto-style games by the summer.New state lottery director Tom Shaheen has begun working toward making the games a reality. Farris called Shaheen, who has directed lotteries in other states, a top flight man. He's done this before. H
Dec 9, 2005, 8:48 am - Lottery News

N.C. Lottery plans expensive personnel movesNews Story
Shaheen to hire 18 deputies and assistants at pay up to $190,000Tom Shaheen won't be the only lottery official who makes more money than the governor.Shaheen, the executive director of North Carolina's new lottery, said yesterday that he's getting ready to hire six deputy executive directors who could make as much as $190,000 their first year.An additional 12 assistant directors could make as much as $156,000 under the plan, which the N.C. Lottery Commission approved.At their highest level, the
Dec 9, 2005, 7:06 am - Lottery News

N.C. Gov. answers lottery questionsNews Story
North Carolina Gov. Mike Easley got his lottery for Christmas, and now he's looking at how to make it even better next year.The second-term Democratic governor, who sat down with reporters Tuesday to talk about the year's accomplishments and struggles, highlighted some steps to secure lottery money and advance education. He also discussed the prospect of another campaign -- for the White House.Q. Are there any changes you want to make in the lottery? At some point, we need to look at a constitut
Dec 7, 2005, 7:36 am - Lottery News

Tenn. Lottery leaders offer look at futureNews Story
As several N.C. lottery commissioners arrived in the lobby of Tennessee Lottery headquarters Friday, they saw the bright side of their job: a $1 million winner with his poster-board check.The winner, country music drummer Bill Caylor, not surprisingly said he felt like a million bucks, one commissioner said.Minutes later, Tennessee Lottery officials spelled out the downside of launching a lottery. Starting Monday, the N.C. commissioners face a 120-day blitz of hiring, buying, signing up ticket
Dec 5, 2005, 8:39 am - Lottery News