He said, 'Mr. Chairman, I can assure you there is nothing further to come out,' ... So when this happened, I felt like I'd been hit in the stomach ... because this was so flagrant. He let down the commission by his actions, and most importantly he let down the people of North Carolina.

It is not our intent to give the entire lottery management to a vendor, ... A vendor is going to supply us a product. The lottery is going to be run by a North Carolina lottery (commission) ... by a director who staffs up.

It's all up front. He just became increasingly uncomfortable in this increasingly transparent environment.

It ain't dull, I'll tell you that.

I would suspect the possibilities are good we would do that. That's the way you increase interest in the lottery.