On Monday, North Carolina Education Lottery Officials announced that a new daytime drawing game called "Carolina Pick 3" will begin March 31, 2008. The top prize will be $500 and will follow rules for the similar nighttime drawing that started in October 2006. You can purchase your first tickets on March 30, 2008, at participating retailers. The drawing will be held at 3:00 in the afternoon Monday through Saturday, but will not be televised. You will be able to get the winning numbers off of the website or during the evening news broadcasts of several television stations.
In August 2005, Gov. Mike Easley signed into law the North Carolina State Lottery Act (H. 1023) and the 2005 Appropriations Act (S. 622) which established the North Carolina Education Lottery. The State Lottery Act describes guidelines as to how each lottery dollar will be spent. Retailers receive a 7% commission for selling tickets. Up to 8% may be spent on administration. At least 50% will be paid out in prizes and as nearly as practicable 35% will be transferred to the Education Lottery Fund at the Office of State Budget and Management. 100% of the net proceeds of the North Carolina Education Lottery go to education programs.
For more information on the NC Education Lottery, you can visit their website at: http://www.nc-educationlottery.org/ and for more information on the Wilmington area, please feel free to visit my website at: http://thekeytowilmington.com/
