gambling

Super Bowl winner predicted: Online betting sites

NC is predicted to make over $76M in Super Bowl bets, despite only spending $1.5M in 2022, when sports betting was only legal in the Cherokee casinos. That’s a 4,966.67% increase in only 5 years.

Mitch Prosser

Revisiting the NC Education Lottery’s promise

Whether by ending it or reforming it for transparency and accountability, it is time to revisit the education lottery.

Donald Bryson

Rockingham Co. asks top NC court to toss casino-related rezoning suit

Rockingham County is asking the North Carolina Supreme Court to throw out a lawsuit challenging a recent 192-acre rezoning. Opponents linked the rezoning to a 2023 dispute over legalizing casino gambling.

CJ Staff

2025 tax reform: NC Republicans push to slash taxes on service workers, seniors, and gamblers

Rep. Erin Paré, R-Wake, has signed on as a primary sponsor to all three bills, telling the Carolina Journal that "Republicans are pretty united on always wanting to look for ways to lessen the tax burden on North Carolinians."

Brianna Kraemer

State Supreme Court deals another blow to video sweepstakes operators

A unanimous N.C. Supreme Court has issued another ruling against video sweepstakes operators. “Gift Surplus, LLC, and Sandhill Amusements, Inc., (plaintiffs) sued Governor Roy Cooper and several state law enforcement officials (defendants) seeking a declaratory judgment that their operation of a sweepstakes through video game kiosks does not violate … North Carolina’s criminal prohibition on...

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Proposed tribal casino in Kings Mountain pits Cherokee versus Catawba

The South Carolina-based Catawba Indian Nation wants to build a $340 million casino in Kings Mountain. The Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians opposes the competition. Most N.C. state senators say the federal government has no business approving the resort. The Cherokees claim the proposed 16-acre site would encroach on their aboriginal territory. They also say...

Dan Way

Placing a Bad Bet

I’m no fan of gambling. But I’m also no fan of government officials sticking their noses into other people’s business.

Gamesters & Cartels They Run

Public employees and politically favored vendors get to use government muscle to shut down their competition so they can take North Carolina gamblers to the cleaners.

Let’s Stop Playing Games

The next time a politician tells you he believes in freedom, see if he’s bluffing. See if he’ll agree to stop playing the gambling-prohibition game.

The Scandal & the Non-Scandal

A gambling firm suggested language that made it into North Carolina's final lottery bill this year. Believe it or not, that’s not really the scandalous relevation contained in a News & Observer scoop last week.

Lottery Downside Is Already Evident

North Carolina does not yet have a state lottery, but one frequent prediction of its longtime opponents has come true: it's bringing out the worst in state politicians.