RALEIGH — The North Carolina Education Lottery (NCEL) is reminding players of a claims deadline approaching for 12 instant scratch-off games. In addition, the NCEL has announced the end of another 10 games. Read More...
Billed as a harmless way to pump up education revenue without raising taxes, the empathetically named North Carolina Education Lottery was created to compete with surrounding state lotteries, where Tar Heels often dropped thousands of dollars.
An assumption common in the business world is that growth equals survival. And since North Carolina went into the lottery "business," a similar model has been at work. Read More...
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina has bucked a national trend of lower spending on state-run gambling partly thanks to the surprise performance of a twice-daily game with low payouts. Read More...
