Wanna bet? You can soon
Wednesday, August 31st, 2005
By Chris Fitzsimon
RALEIGH — North Carolina is set to become the final state on the East Coast to start a lottery after the lieutenant governor broke a Senate tie Tuesday, voting to create a game supporters have sought for more than 20 years.
Lt. Gov. Beverly Perdue, the Senate’s presiding officer, sided with most of her Democratic colleagues when she broke the 24-24 tie. Gov. Mike Easley is expected to sign the legislation creating the lottery, a cause he has championed since his election in 2001.
"I did what I thought was right," Perdue said. (…more)
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