Your North Carolina Education Lottery questions answered
Van Denton, Communications Director, joined 2 Wants to Know to discuss how the money is beneficial and what some of the biggest prizes are players can win.
Author: WFMY News 2 Staff
Published: 8:58 PM EDT July 2, 2021
Updated: 9:05 PM EDT July 2, 2021
GREENSBORO, N.C. — For the last 15 years, the North Carolina Education Lottery has raised $8 billion for education programs. The NC Education Lottery started on March 30, 2006.
The lottery raises $2 million each day on average for education.
Since the lottery began:
About 95 cents of every dollar spent on a lottery ticket cycles back into the state’s economy as either a prize, earnings for education, or a sales commission to a retailer.