Stateline reporter Robbie Sequeira on the rise in state lottery ticket sales

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Robbie Sequeira discusses the increase in state lottery ticket sales in North Carolina and the challenges posed by the growth of legalized private gambling.

It’s been 20 years now since North Carolina started its state lottery and with only a very few exceptions, state lotteries are now an almost universal phenomenon. Interestingly, however, the rise of lotteries has coincided with the massive growth of legalized private gambling, and this has posed challenges for state officials to keep their lotteries […]

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Guest: Robbie Sequeira

Topics covered

• state lottery
• gambling
• North Carolina
• lottery sales
• state officials
• legalization

Keywords

• lottery
• North Carolina
• gambling
• ticket sales
• state officials
• legalization

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Organizations: North Carolina

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