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Stateline reporter Robbie Sequeira on the rise in state lottery ticket sales
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Robbie Sequeira (Courtesy photo)
It’s been 20 years now since North Carolina started its state lottery and with only a very few exceptions, state lotteries are now an almost universal phenomenon. Interestingly, however, the rise of lotteries has coincided with the massive growth of legalized private gambling, and this has posed challenges for state officials to keep their lotteries relevant and revenue producing.
Recently, to gauge how these efforts are faring, Robbie Sequeira, a reporter for the national news outlet Stateline, took a look at the state of U.S. lotteries and last week he was kind enough to join NC Newsline to share his findings. Newsline also got a chance to ask Sequeira about another topic on which he’s recently reported and found a somewhat unusual degree of bipartisanship in state government – the national shortage of affordable housing.
Click here to listen to the full interview with Stateline reporter Robbie Sequeira.