North Carolina lottery officials require mobile operators seeking to join the first launch wave to submit licence applications by 27 December. Officials said the market will not be operating by the Super Bowl on 11 February, while legislation requires operators to be able to launch by mid-June 2024. The state has not announced a launch date.
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North Carolina sports betting handle rose 5% year on year to $718.2 million in September, reportedly reaching its highest level in six months.
North Carolina's sports betting handle reached $718.2 million in September, a rise of 5 per cent compared with the same month a year earlier. The month ranked as the state's strongest in half a year.
Sanford city councillor Charles Taylor, the Republican candidate for North Carolina House District 51, owns a property reportedly housing an illegal video gambling room with 22 slot machines, The Assembly reported. Taylor told the outlet he rents out the property and did not list it on his 2025 economic interest statement because the purchase closed on the final day of the year.
Scientific Games will deploy 1,000 SCiQ retail technology units at North Carolina Education Lottery retailers, the company said. The system will provide scratch-game inventory data and digital displays; the lottery’s scratch-off games generated more than $2.9 billion in retail sales in fiscal 2024.
The North Carolina Education Lottery said digital instant sales passed $1bn by the weekend of 9 June, following the product’s November launch. Sales through May totalled $943m, including $122m in revenue against an estimated $100m; lottery officials said online sports betting’s effect on traditional lottery sales remained uncertain.
Eight apps began accepting online sports bets in North Carolina at noon on 11 March 2024, launching the state's market. Operators pay $1 million for five-year licences and an 18% tax on adjusted gross revenue.