When North Carolina was the only state on the east coast that didn’t offer a lottery and hundreds of cars a day were crossing our borders to the south and north to play chatter for starting a lottery in our state increased. Aside from a few years in the late 40s and early 50s, when there were dog racing tracks at Morehead City and on the Virginia border in Currituck County, people opposed gambling.īut attitudes change. That was the prevailing opinion in our state in the 50s. Besides, you don’t get something for nothing. Dad said they were called games of chance because there was little chance you would win the big stuffed animals on display. There were also the games of chance, where you paid a buck and got three chances to knock over three milk bottles with a softball, or hurl wooden rings onto bottle necks. Rides, good food, exhibits, not to mention the “hoochie koochie” show.
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