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In-state games heightens interest
LITTLE RIVER, S.C | News that North Carolina lawmakers had approved the start of a state lottery hit Pat Ibrahim’s ears on Tuesday when she was about halfway to the North Carolina state line on the way from her home in Morehead City to play the South Carolina lottery. She heard it not through the grapevine, but the car radio.
Sitting outside the State Line convenience store in her car along U.S. 17 just into South Carolina, she said the Old North State “should have its own lottery.”
“We like to play, but we also like the drive down here,” she said of herself and her husband, who frequently makes the trip with her.
And winning $50 on Tuesday from one of the Pick N’ Play games sold in the Palmetto State definitely made the drive worth it, especially for the gas money, she said. (more…)
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