5 Quotes by John Dinan

Name recognition is right up there in terms of what public officials are seeking. When you've got so many offices at stake in a state such as North Carolina, you've got to separate yourself from the pack and put yourself in the public eye.

You have essentially seven decades when lotteries were essentially not allowed.

There were some real high-profile stories of corruption. That really got people's attention.

It really does matter what the state next door is doing.

The evidence suggests that they were quite popular and were played by many Americans from all walks of life. The only real dissenting views during this time were from Quakers who opposed lotteries.