New Carolinians spend a record $6.6 billion on lottery
NIGHT'S COUNCIL MEETING WAS
TENSE LASTING MORE THAN 5 HOURS
AND ENDING AFTER MIDNIGHT.
ARE YOU FEELING LUCKY? A LOT
OF NORTH CAROLINIANS CERTAINLY
ARE NEW AT 6. THE NC EDUCATION
LOTTERY ANNOUNCED ANOTHER
RECORD YEAR IN SALES.
>> WITH PEOPLE SPENDING 6.6
BILLION DOLLARS ON IN-PERSON
AND DIGITAL LOTTERY TICKETS
DURING THE 2025 FISCAL YEAR.
5 ON YOUR SIDE'S KEELY ARTHUR
SHARES. WHAT'S DRIVING THE
TREND AND WHY FINDING FINANCIAL
RICHES USUALLY DOESN'T INVOLVE
THE LOTTERY.
>> WHEN YOU THINK OF THE
LOTTERY, YOU PROBABLY THINK OF
PAPER TICKETS OR SCRAP JOBS.
BUT THE SURGE IS COMING FROM
SOMEWHERE ELSE. YOUR PHONE GET
THIS 40% OF RECENT SALES CAME
FROM THE NORTH CAROLINA
EDUCATION LOTTERY DIGITAL
PROJECT CALLED DIGITAL
INSTANCE. OF COURSE, THIS IS
ALL ENTERTAINMENT. AND IF
YOU'RE LOOKING TO MAXIMIZE YOUR
MONEY IS PROBABLY A DIFFERENT
PATH TO TAKE.
AMERICANS LOVE THE LOTTERY HAS
JUST BEEN LIKE.
>> ANNA SIZE, WHAT YOU'LL DO
WITH IT.
>> BUT NORTH CAROLINIANS MAY
LOVE IT MORE THAN MOST. AND WE
BOUGHT LIKE $20. WORD SHOPPERS
IN THE STATE SPEND 16.8 MILLION
DOLLARS HOPING TO WIN THE 1.8
BILLION DOLLAR POWERBALL THIS
PAST WEEKEND. AND WHILE
INCREASED SPENDING IS EXPECTED
ANYTIME A JACKPOT REACHES THAT
LEVEL RESEARCH FROM LENDINGTREE
SHOWS NORTH CAROLINA HAS THE
12 TH-HIGHEST LOTTERY SPENDING
IN THE COUNTRY. CERTAINLY
SEEING LOTTERY SPENDING
GROWING. ED SCHULTZ. HE'S THE
CHIEF CONSUMER FINANCE ANALYST
FOR LENDING TREE. HE SAYS THE
AVERAGE NORTH CAROLINIANS
SPENDS $421 A YEAR ON THE
LOTTERY. COMPARE THAT TO $915
IN MASSACHUSETTS. THE HIGHEST
AND JUST 50 BUCKS IN NORTH
DAKOTA. THE LOWEST IS I THINK
PEOPLE KNOW THAT THEY'RE MORE
LIKELY TO GET STRUCK BY
LIGHTNING THAN THEY ARE TO WIN.
>> BUT PEOPLE LIKE BEING ABLE
TO DREAM ABOUT WHAT THEY'RE
GOING TO DO WITH THAT MONEY.
BUT IF YOU'RE PLAYING THE
LOTTERY TO MAKE MONEY, IT MAY
BE TIME TO RETHINK THINGS.
>> BUT THAT SAME $421 A YEAR
INTO A 5% SAVINGS ACCOUNT FOR
5 YEARS.
>> AND YOU HAVE ABOUT $2300 A
FAR BETTER PAY OFF.
>> A HIGH-YIELD SAVINGS ACCOUNT
CAN BE YOUR BEST FRIEND.
IT
CAN ABSOLUTELY TURBOCHARGE YOUR
MY DAD. EVERY TIME I DO IT BY
DADS LIKE YOU'RE JUST WASTING
YOUR MONEY. AND I'M LIKE, NO,
YOU NEVER KNOW. YOU CAN'T LIKE.
>> YOU KNOW, AND YOU DON'T LIKE
TRY AND ANOTHER UPSIDE TO
PARTICIPATING EDUCATION.
THE NORTH CAROLINA EDUCATION
LOTTERY ANNOUNCING THAT THEY
RAISED MORE THAN 1 BILLION
DOLLARS TOWARDS EDUCATION FOR
THE 3RD STRAIGHT YEAR IN A ROW.
REMEMBER, YOU CAN WATCH THE
LOTTERY DRAWINGS RIGHT BEFORE
THE 11:00PM BROADCAST OF WRAL
NEWS KEELY ARTHUR, 5 ON YOUR
SIDE.
>> IF YOU OR SOMEONE, YOU KNOW,
HAS A GAMBLING PROBLEM, HELP IS
AVAILABLE. JUST CALL
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