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flag North Carolina’s lottery set a sales record but sent less money to schools due to higher payouts and fewer big wins.

flag North Carolina’s Education Lottery set a record with $6.586 billion in sales in fiscal year 2025, up from $5.4 billion the prior year, but funding for public schools fell to $1.05 billion—16% of lottery revenue, the lowest in three years—despite a 22.5% sales increase. flag The decline is attributed to higher player payouts, fewer large jackpot wins, and increased digital instant game payouts, which reduced net profits. flag Although the lottery returned over $1.08 billion to education for the third straight year, State Auditor Dave Boliek launched a new performance audit—the first since 2008—citing concerns that rising sales should translate to more school funding.

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