RALEIGH, N.C. -- North Carolina is no longer the only state along the East Coast that does not have a lottery. Senators passed the measure Tuesday by one vote. Senate Majority Leader Tony Rand, D-Cumberland, brought up the bill for consideration about 1:15 p.m. Senate leader Marc Basnight told WRAL he called senators back to Raleigh because he thought the votes were there to pass a lottery.
