New audit: NC Lottery sales up, but less is going to schools

By: Clayton Henkel

Outlets: North Carolina Newsline

Published: September 8, 2026

Words: 705

Last Updated: 2 weeks, 4 days ago

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North Carolina’s lottery is selling more tickets than ever – but it’s putting less of the money it makes into schools, says Auditor Dave Boliek.

A new audit found that gross ticket sales for the state’s Education Lottery rose from $4.3 billion in FY 2023 to $6.6 billion in FY 2025. But the percentage of that money that went to public education fell each year from 23% in 2023, 20% in 2024, and …

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