Tom Shaheen Quotations

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.

On the TV ads, we really want to hit home and focus on the educational benefit that will happen over time. On the radio ads, they'll focus on the games and how to play.

We conducted an evaluation that was fair, comprehensive, had the greatest integrity and achieved the best results.

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.

Our staff has been working very late trying to identify any possible situation.

It's probably slowed us down a little bit, but we're on track.

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.

We received and negotiated the lowest prices and best offering of any other recent lottery in any state.

I think it's tough to measure a lottery on the first stroke of a brush.

We're going to move forward until we're told differently.