Dwayne
08-09-2005, 07:17 AM
RALEIGH, N.C. -- Although House and Senate Democrats have agreed how to distribute lottery proceeds, it is hardly a sure bet that North Carolina this year will become the last state on the East Coast to run a numbers game.
The agreement, the details of which were being released late Monday in the proposed final state budget agreement, includes a looser advertising policy than one approved by the House in April, legislators said.
Even if both chambers approve the budget later this week, the lottery language will not enact the game itself, according to budget negotiators. The Senate would still have to approve the House's standalone bill to allow the state to begin offering scratch cards and lotto games.
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The agreement, the details of which were being released late Monday in the proposed final state budget agreement, includes a looser advertising policy than one approved by the House in April, legislators said.
Even if both chambers approve the budget later this week, the lottery language will not enact the game itself, according to budget negotiators. The Senate would still have to approve the House's standalone bill to allow the state to begin offering scratch cards and lotto games.
MORE (http://www.wral.com/news/4825235/detail.html?subid=26100482)