The N.C. (Fill-in-the-Blank) Lottery

Submitted by markjohnson on March 13, 2009 - 7:43am.
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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.

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Re: The N.C. (Fill-in-the-Blank) Lottery

Submitted by j1c2kp on March 13, 2009 - 12:53pm.

I like the one Chris submitted.

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Re: The N.C. (Fill-in-the-Blank) Lottery

Submitted by woodcox on March 13, 2009 - 10:36am.

Can we sell the naming rights to a corporate sponsor to help cover the budget shortfall? If not, I say we go with the N.C. Misinformation Lottery.

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Re: The N.C. (Fill-in-the-Blank) Lottery

Submitted by chris_ncpolicyw... on March 13, 2009 - 10:15am.

The N.C. Exploitation Lottery.

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Re: The N.C. (Fill-in-the-Blank) Lottery

Submitted by s196322 on March 13, 2009 - 8:26am.

As a N.C. tax payer I was and remain an opponent of the lottery and will always remember the slimy method sleazy Easley used to get it passed. Now that it is part of N.C. I believe the legislature should pass a law and enforce this law that not one penny of the lottery can be used for anything except public education. I knew the Democrats in Raleigh could not keep their filfthy hands off of any money. They do not know the meaning of cutting expenses to balance the budget but take whatever money is available and we'll answer to the public later. I am sick of N.C. being managed by money spending Democrats. I am considering moving to S.C. where people still have some individual rights and less taxes. They have a Governor who is not afraid to stand up to Washington and speak his mind. The Palmetto state is looking better every day.

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