Powerball Sales are at a High

NEW HANOVER COUNTY — After a disappointing first year, lottery sales are better than projected for 2008, so far.
A $230 million Powerball jackpot is bringing people to the Han-Dee Hugo's on Shipyard Boulevard. People are scooping up Powerball tickets and taking a look at the other games being sold.
In its first year, the lottery made $100 million less than expected for education. This year, the lottery is close to $20 million ahead of projections.
Last week, the lottery broke its single week sales record.
The latest game, the $100 million Cash Spectacular, is a scratch off game that costs $10 a ticket.
Bigger prizes and better odds are keeping people on the North Carolina side of the lottery border war with South Carolina.
“We live in ocean isle, so we used to go back and forth between south and north Carolina, now we're doing north Carolina to support education and I have kids in school,” said James Coley a lottery customer.
The Powerball prize tonight is more than $230 million. Money like that brings people into the stores, but as clerks said, it also gets people to buy other games.
To go to the Powerball website, click here.

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9 Responses to “Powerball Sales are at a High”

on 16 Mar 2008 at 11:51 pm Tessa

He’s just trying to get his money back.
on 17 Mar 2008 at 12:42 am Xzavier

Fear is the mind killer.
on 17 Mar 2008 at 1:32 am Isabelle

Maintaining one of those things is dang costly.Better to get an older model with some of the high dollar parts removed already.
on 17 Mar 2008 at 2:23 am Royal

Good referenece to the CL ad a couple months ago
on 17 Mar 2008 at 3:13 am Sidney

Perhaps even… ONE BILLION BULLIONS!
on 17 Mar 2008 at 4:04 am Kathy

Carriers sell plans with certain amounts of “minutes”. When a call is made, both parties have “minutes” subtracted. Most carriers will let you call people within the same network for free. If you go over your set amount of minutes they break down your door in your sleep and rape you up the ass. Landlines still work in the way you describe though.
on 17 Mar 2008 at 4:55 am Harriet

what else?
on 17 Mar 2008 at 5:45 am Ashlyn

These guys try to win over these spoiled pretty women by buying them shit. Then they end up fucking the unemployed neighbor dude. “If you payed more attention to me, then maybe I wouldn’t be a slut! “I dated a girl like that. She said she found it refreshing that I didn’t smother her like other guys. It didn’t last long though. She said she was “bored.” Total cost of relationship. One cell phone bill: mine.

on 16 Mar 2008 at 11:51 pm Tessa

He’s just trying to get his money back.

on 17 Mar 2008 at 12:42 am Xzavier

Fear is the mind killer.

on 17 Mar 2008 at 1:32 am Isabelle

Maintaining one of those things is dang costly.Better to get an older model with some of the high dollar parts removed already.

on 17 Mar 2008 at 2:23 am Royal

Good referenece to the CL ad a couple months ago

on 17 Mar 2008 at 3:13 am Sidney

Perhaps even… ONE BILLION BULLIONS!

on 17 Mar 2008 at 4:04 am Kathy

Carriers sell plans with certain amounts of “minutes”. When a call is made, both parties have “minutes” subtracted. Most carriers will let you call people within the same network for free. If you go over your set amount of minutes they break down your door in your sleep and rape you up the ass. Landlines still work in the way you describe though.

on 17 Mar 2008 at 4:55 am Harriet

what else?

on 17 Mar 2008 at 5:45 am Ashlyn

These guys try to win over these spoiled pretty women by buying them shit. Then they end up fucking the unemployed neighbor dude. “If you payed more attention to me, then maybe I wouldn’t be a slut! “I dated a girl like that. She said she found it refreshing that I didn’t smother her like other guys. It didn’t last long though. She said she was “bored.” Total cost of relationship. One cell phone bill: mine.

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