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Court Says Video Sweepstakes Scheme Violates NC Gambling Laws

NC Family Staff | October 17, 2019
The NC Court of Appeals issued an opinion on Tuesday that overturned a lower court ruling and determined that a video sweepstakes gambling operation READ

Are You Being Manipulated?

Traci DeVette Griggs | September 4, 2019
Big news recently on the social media front is action by Facebook and Twitter to ban accounts that were set up by the Chinese READ

Statewide “Gaming Commission” Bill Turned Into Study

NC Family Staff | August 29, 2019
A bill that proposed to establish a statewide “Gaming Commission” in North Carolina has passed the General Assembly, but only after being modified to READ

Tribal Sports Betting Bill Set To Become Law – UPDATED

NC Family Staff | July 19, 2019
Update: Governor Roy Cooper signed this bill into law on Friday, July 26, 2019. Earlier this week, the North Carolina General Assembly gave final READ

ALERT: Tell the NC House That You Oppose Sports Betting and Horse Race Wagering on Tribal Lands!

NC Family Staff | July 10, 2019
The N.C. House is preparing to vote on a bill that would authorize betting on professional and collegiate sporting events and wagering on horse READ

State House Committee Votes Down Gambling Bill

NC Family Staff | June 6, 2019
The Judiciary Committee of the N.C. House rejected a bill on Wednesday that would establish a statewide Gaming Commission and legalize Internet-based Daily Fantasy READ

ALERT: Urge Your State Representative to Oppose Bill Legalizing Daily Fantasy Sports Gambling!

Calley Mangum | May 23, 2019
A bill that would legalize harmful and particularly addictive online sports gambling took a major step forward in the NC General Assembly yesterday. The READ

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

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