Tom Shaheen
Tom Shaheen
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There are many different pieces of this giant puzzle that need to come together. The pieces that must come together include installation of ticket terminals, training retailers, testing software applications and so much more. There are many people working very hard behind the scenes in such areas as administration, finance, sales and computers to help raise money for education and make this historical event happen. In addition, numerous state agencies are providing assistance to us, as necessary.
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A billion one-fifty (in sales) is certainly a challenge. The reason I'm not too nervous is you have such a large population, and a large population for a lottery means you have a lot more occasional players than most states do.
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The logo is symbolic of the state of North Carolina. If somebody's standing 50 to 100 feet away and they see it, they know that lottery tickets are probably on sale in that store.
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We got the best price of any state.
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The stacks of mail are piling in by the moment. It's great to see that those interested in being able to sell lottery tickets range from national chain retail stores and gas stations to individually owned general stores at every corner of the state.
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Early indications are that retailers are receiving tickets, and everything is working.
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You let the consumer decide whether to buy a ticket or not. You tell them it's $300 million. You let the consumer decide whether to buy it or not.
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We received and negotiated the lowest prices and best offering of any other recent lottery in any state.
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I don't concern myself with the things that are swirling around. My concern is to get this lottery started up with integrity with a quality organization. And both of those companies ... have a proven track history.
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We're just going to keep moving forward. We're not going to do anything differently.
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We got a five-day early start. That means $25 million in sales that you never would have had without an early start.
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We've got a lot of tired people around here. People have been working all kinds of hours.
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We conducted an evaluation that was fair, comprehensive, had the greatest integrity and achieved the best results.
It's probably slowed us down a little bit, but we're on track.