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State Senate Authorizes Sports and Horse Race Betting on Tribal Lands

NC Family Staff | April 10, 2019
A bill to authorize betting on professional and collegiate sporting events and wagering on horse racing on tribal lands of the Eastern Band of READ

ACTION ALERT: Urge Your NC Senators to Oppose Bill Allowing Betting On Sports and Horse Racing on Tribal Lands

NC Family Staff | March 28, 2019
A bill under consideration in the N.C. Senate would add sports betting and wagering on horse racing to the forms of gambling allowed by READ

A Plethora of Gambling Bills Introduced in NC General Assembly

NC Family Staff | March 19, 2019
Recently, NC Family has called on citizens across the state to take a stand against the proliferation of predatory gambling in North Carolina by READ

ALERT: Burr and Tillis Invite Massive Gambling Casino to Heart of North Carolina

NC Family Staff | March 14, 2019
In an unprecedented action, North Carolina’s U.S. Senators Richard Burr and Thom Tillis have signed on as cosponsors of a bill in the U.S. READ

ALERT: Bill Would Bring Massive Gambling Casino to North Carolina!

NC Family Staff | March 7, 2019
NC Family recently discovered that a bill has been drafted for introduction in the United States Senate that could bring the largest Las Vegas-style READ

POV: In Defense of Millennials

Traci DeVette Griggs | November 21, 2018
Everywhere we go, people ask my college professor husband, “What’s up with young people these days?” They think he has a unique perspective on READ

A Note to the North Carolina Lottery: Spend More on Education, Not Advertising!

Julie Tisdale | July 3, 2018
Gambling seemed to be a top-of-the-mind issue for many legislators during this year’s “Short Session” of North Carolina General Assembly. Two identical pieces of READ

NC General Assembly Short Session Adjourns

NC Family Staff | June 29, 2018
NC Legislators have put the 2018 Short Session to bed, until November 27, 2018 when both chambers are scheduled to reconvene. Both the House READ

Bill Sponsors Pull Daily Fantasy Sports Gambling Proposal

NC Family Staff | May 30, 2018
A bill that would have legalized Daily Fantasy Sports (DFS) gambling in North Carolina was pulled from consideration after being debated in a State House READ

ALERT: Daily Fantasy Sports Gambling Bill Scheduled in House Committee Tomorrow!

NC Family Staff | May 29, 2018
A bill that would legalize Daily Fantasy Sports Gambling in North Carolina is scheduled to come up for debate in a House committee tomorrow, READ

ALERT: Bills Would Double Lottery Advertising!

NC Family Staff | May 24, 2018
Measures have been introduced in both the State House and Senate to authorize the State Lottery Commission to double the amount it spends on READ

Take A Stand Against Video Gambling!

Rachel Lee Brady | May 18, 2018
Illicit video gambling parlors are preying on families across North Carolina, and we must take action to end this harmful activity in our state. READ

NC General Assembly Returns For “Short” Legislative Session

Jake Sipe | May 17, 2018
Members of the North Carolina General Assembly assembled in Raleigh this week for the start of the 2018 “short” legislative session. Like all “short” READ

High Court Strikes Down Federal Ban On Sports Betting

NC Family Staff | May 16, 2018
The U.S. Supreme Court issued an opinion on Monday that strikes down a federal law banning sports betting in the U.S. and opens the READ

Social Cost an Essential Factor in Assessing Gambling’s True Impact

John Rustin | January 31, 2018
A recent meeting at the NC General Assembly exemplifies what is so problematic about state-sponsored gambling. Inevitably, when governments resort to gambling to raise dollars READ

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