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Stop Predatory Gambling

A Trip Down Memory Lane: The Lottery’s Passage and Its Relevance Today

By Rev. Mark Creech Christian Action League March 18, 2022 Now and then, North Carolinians read or hear a news story about someone who won big bucks playing the state lottery. For instance, Fox 8 reported that Kelly Wyatt of Statesville bought a $30 scratch-off ticket and won $1 million last week. She bought the […]

Filed Under: Featured, Gambling, Rev. Creech's Commentary Tagged With: Fayetteville Observer, Gov. Beverly Perdue, Gov. Mike Easley, HB 1023, Kelly Wyatt, lottery, Marc Basnight, Rev. Mark Creech, Sen. Bill Rabon, Sen. David Hoyle, Sen. Ham Horton, Sen. Harry Brown, Sen. Hugh Webster, Sen. Jerry Tilman, Sen. Jim Jacumin, Sen. Jim Perry, Sen. John Garwood, Sen. Kathy Harington, Sen. Micael Lazzara, Sen. MIchael Lee, Sen. Phil Berger, Sen. Todd Johnson, Sen. Tom Apodaca, Sen. Tom McInnis, Sen. Tony Rand, Sen. Vickie Sawyer, Stop Predatory Gambling, Tim Kinlaw

Is it a Sin to Buy a Lottery Ticket, make a Sports Bet, Spend a Little at the Casino?

By Rev. Mark Creech Christian Action League February 18, 2022 Is it a sin to buy a lottery ticket? What about making a bet at a casino – so long as it’s a budgeted amount of money and made responsibly? How about dropping a sports bet? Is it a sin to gamble? Some people would […]

Filed Under: Featured, Gambling, Rev. Creech's Commentary Tagged With: Bible, casino, covet, Dr. D. James Kennedy, George Will, lottery, Rev. Mark Creech, Rex Rogers, Seducing America, sin, Sports Betting, Stop Predatory Gambling

Report Suggests Huge Expansion of Gambling for North Carolina, Gambling Bills Already Filed

By Hunter Hines Christian Action League April 8, 2021 Someone has said that gambling is the one sure way of getting nothing for something. But a report, which the N.C. legislature requested and the North Carolina Education Lottery commissioned begs to differ. Spectrum Gaming created the report, which was originally only supposed to study sports […]

Filed Under: Featured, Gambling Tagged With: Catawba Tribe, Cherokee, Citizens United Against the Lottery, Cornelius Gallagher, Gambling, Gaming, HUnter Hines, NC Education Lottery, Rev. Mark Creech, SB 498, SB 688, Spectrum Gaming, Stop Predatory Gambling, WRAL

State Lottery Commission Might Implement Games That Mimic Video Poker/Sweepstakes

By Hunter Hines Christian Action League December 19, 2019 “The North Carolina Lottery has been a spectacular failure, and it deserves to be phased out in the years ahead,” said Les Bernal, National Director of Stop Predatory Gambling. Bernal made the remarks during an interview with host John Rustin on the North Carolina Family Policy […]

Filed Under: Featured, Gambling Tagged With: Buddy Bengel, Chris Shew, Courtney Crowder, Digital Instants, Family Policy Matters, Gov. Cooper, HUnter Hines, Jason Roth, Jody Tyson, John Rustin, Les Bernal, MOrgan Beam, NC Family Policy Council, NC Lottery, NIck Picerno, North Carolina Education Lottery, Paul 'Skip' Stam, PowerBall, Randy Jones, scratch-off ticket, Stop Predatory Gambling, video poker, video sweepstakes

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