A Man from here in Reidsville, NC wins big

In a story that was first reported by the online edition of the Greensboro, NC newspaper "The News-Record," Dennis Mebane purchased a winning $100,000 lottery ticket from the North Carolina Education Lottery from the Huffs Barnes Street #211 store here in Reidsville. The lottery commission announced this in a July 18 press release. According to the release, Mebane usually purchases his tickets from a country store near his home but that store was closed so he went to the store on Barnes Street instead. Mebane traveled with his son to Raleigh to collect his winnings which will actually be watered down to $68,000 after taxes. The ticket was from the Ruby Red 7's game, which was first introduced in June. T

There have been some activists, such as Winston Salem State professor and Presbyterian minister Dr. Carlton Eversley who told Greensboro's CBS-affiliate WFMY (Channel 2) during an interview which aired on May 22 that most lottery tickets are purchased in more economically repressed areas. Eversley added that the games can lead to gambling addiction, and took funds away from poor jurisdictions.

In its web site, the North Carolina Education Lottery states that lottery funds go to projects involving school construction, developing kindergarten programs for at-risk four-year-olds and college scholarships.

North Carolina is the last state on the east coast to introduce a lottery. It was started here in the Tarheel State earlier this year.

The web site for the North Carolina Lottery Commission is:

http://lottery.nc.gov