I can not understand in this day and age why this issue of Sweepstakes is even being addressed,. With all the problems in this state this is what we are worried about. I have lived in N.C for 19 years and still do. I have worked in the Casino industry for 23 years.Sweepstakes IS NOT THE CASINO INDUSTRY I have seen the good and the bad of this industry. IT IS NO SECRET THAT GAMBLING CAN DO HARM TO FAMILY'S WE ALL KNOW THAT CAN YOU PLEASE COME UP WITH SOMETHING BETTER THAN THAT IT'S VERY OLD. However N.C feels That the lottery, drinking THAT COULD KILL AND SMOKING THAT COULD KILL is OK as long as they get there $$$MONEY$$$. Am I missing something here. From what I understand the sweepstakes industry on several attempts tried to be regulated and help the state's deficit so what could the problem be. Could it be that N.C. is worried about your HEALTH and the HEALTH of your family ? Who are we kidding here do they really think we are that uneducated.

Bring in casinos and get rid of these seedy joints!

I want to thank all of those who belong to the American version of the Taliban for watching out for me. Heaven knows I'll easily succumb (I can use that word, right?) to those evils of gambling that aren't link to those sacred words, "North Carolina Education". Praise be to the General Assembly and all of its hypocrisy under the name of freedom.

The lottery needs to be shut down, too. It won't be because a third of its money goes to news media, to "advertise" the lotteries and the results. A third goes to prizes and salaries; and the last third (eventually) goes to schools - but is largely send to make up for other funding cut out by the State. Lotteries and gambling are taxes on people who are bad in math.

The courts this week banned sweepsteaks, banned right to life license plates, and banned cop killers from death row. We need to tell the courts that killers ban their right to life and welcome to death row.

Good

Can we get the lottery shut down now, too? hp277

Why do you want to deny the children of this state an education

The bottom line is government has took it upon themselves to take away AGAIN a freedom of decision the American people should be responsible for making. But to read some of your posts here, you want someone to do your thinking for you.

Sweepstakes facilites employ people. Has anyone considered those losing their jobs right before Christmas? Unemployment is rampant, but let's send some more folks home. And yes, I know people have gambling problems, I was married to one such rocket scientist; that was his problem. But now my daughter, a college student, doesn't know how she will support herself through school. Geez, how bout a strip club? NOBODY blows money in THOSE morally upstanding, completely legal businesses.

So I can scratch off a piece of cardboard but I cant click a mouse to gamble? Republicans are here to save us! "Small gov" and all. vinylcarwraps23

How does this make the size of the government any bigger? Pretty sure this makes it neither bigger nor smaller. When people refer to "big government" they mean the government spending excessive amounts of money. They don't mean "doing their job makes them big". bradcooperisinnocent December 14, 2012 2:20 p.m

Everytime a law is created or upheld gov grows. Someone has to enforce the "new" laws correct?

If you think Harry Brown (Onslow County), who was on his honeymoon (in Charleston??) didn't know what was going on then you're naive. A car dealer from the Jacksonville area... When the Legislature didn't adjourn immediately after the other voting, everyone knew something was up. After the final Budget approval, they always close session and get the heck home. And, this time they did not. Harry could have proxy voted, I think, and chose not to, as did the other Republican. In this day and age, no one is out of touch that much.

The State Lottery is for a bunch of losers. The process is exactly opposite for which we honor "Robin Hood". He took from the rich (few) and gave to the poor. The NC Lottery takes from the many (many of whom are poor) and gives to the few (who quite often squander their new found riches). And in the process a large percentage of the income gets siphoned off.

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