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  • Convenience Store owner wants no part of lottery [NC]

    04/02/2006 7:18:53 AM PDT · by TaxRelief · 60 replies · 1,257+ views
    News 14 Carolina ^ | April 1, 2006 | Adam Shub
    KINGS MOUNTAIN, N.C. --North Carolina retailers raked in an estimated $10 million Thursday, the first day of the state lottery. But that doesn't sway Robert Arey, who has no desire to sell the tickets at the 15 convenience stores he owns in the Charlotte region. "You work for what you get," said Arey, who runs the One Stop Food Stores. "You don't win it." Arey said he is morally opposed to the lottery, which he calls a "poor tax," and he doesn't expect his decision to cost him money. In fact, he said, his stores in South Carolina actually saw...