Education
North Carolina Education Lottery
Introduction The North Carolina Education Lottery was born in controversy and division, having squeaked through the General Assembly by a narrow, one-vote margin in 2005. In the almost 20 years…
Lottery
gambling which involves the drawing of numbers at random for a prize
Budget, Taxation & Economy
Lottery winnings save business that Gov. Cooper destroyed
WRAL has the story (along with some spin), Six months after the coronavirus pandemic shuttered his Fayetteville hair salon, Jeffrey Yi said a lottery jackpot will help him reopen it.…
Budget, Taxation & Economy
Lottery Sales Hinge on Economic Desperation
This week, JLF’s Jon Sanders published a research brief on the North Carolina Education Lottery. According to Sanders, his results are very familiar: In a 2007 Spotlight report, Joe Coletti…
Education
The link between poverty rates and lottery ticket sales
Some findings are persistent, and this is one of those persistent findings, unfortunately. Counties with high poverty, unemployment, and property tax rates also tend to have high lottery sales per adult.
Liberty
Wake County holding lottery to purchase products they have complete control over. At noon. On a Friday. In Wendell.
This was just posted on the Wake County ABC Facebook page: Wake County ABC Stores and the Office have been inundated with phone calls and inquiries today regarding the most…
Budget, Taxation & Economy
Budget Basics: What are Federal Revenues and Other Revenues?
This is part of a continuing series of posts explaining the state budget. Half the money state government spends comes not from state taxes and fees, but from the federal…
Law & Public Safety
The Charlotte Observer’s Very Big Story of the Moment
It’s that time of the year again where newspaper put out Very Big Story of the Moment in an attempt to win press awards. Typically, these involves a multi-part series…
Elections & Public Integrity
This weekend on Carolina Journal Radio
A federal judge has upheld North Carolina’s new voter identification requirement and other recent election law changes. Rick Henderson assesses the significance of the judge’s ruling for the next edition…
Liberty
Don’t Want to Make the Low-Studious Feel Bad
The College Foundation of North Carolina just selected the winner of the Victor E. Bell, Jr. (Is that anything like the Liver T. Bell?) scholarship. 193 middle schools each nominated…
Liberty
Smelling Pigs – For Children
News of the absurdity has reached as far as Chicago: Just in time for football season, the North Carolina Education Lottery is kicking off a new game with a new…
Liberty
Good news! Exploiting the poor now smells like barbecue
As you may know, the poorest and most economically distressed counties have the highest ticket sales per adult of North Carolina Education Lottery offerings. This has been a consistent finding: Today, The News &…
Liberty
The N.C. lottery as a parody of itself
“NC lottery introduces BBQ-scented lottery tickets” with the prizes including 100 pounds of pork. Yes, really.