Republican lawmakers want the state to be honest about the lottery's results, and they're not talking about the odds.

GOP lawmakers often introduce bills with little chance of passage but to make a point of protest. This bill, however, might stand better-than-average odds of surviving. The legislation proposes changing the N.C. Education Lottery to the N.C. State Lottery.

The bill quickly follows Gov. Beverly Perdue's proposal to use lottery money to balance the budget, a bait-and-switch that lottery opponents predicted when the numbers game passed amid guarantees that the gambling revenue would pay for education.

Convicted felon but then-Lottery Commissioner Kevin Geddings proposed the "education" middle name before he was forced off the commission and convicted of lying on his state disclosure form about previous work for a lottery company.

But why stop there? The lottery doesn't have to have such a pedestrian name. 

Dome invites readers to offer their own ideas for the N.C. (Fill-in-the-Blank) Lottery.

Some recent House bills:

H.B. 512: Incentives for Energy Conservation, Reps. Hugh Holliman, Pricey Harrison and Paul Luebke

H.B. 516: Increase Revenues Without Raising Taxes, Rep. Paul Stam

H.B. 518: Lottery Name Changed, Reps. John Blust, Thom Tillis, Ruth Samuelson and Darrell McCormick

H.B. 539: Merge Smart Start/More at Four, Reps. Ray Rapp, Rick Glazier, Bob England and Marvin Lucas

H.B. 586: Expand Voter-Owned Elections, Reps. Glazier, Deborah Ross, Rapp and Grier Martin