The budget evolved from a management tool into an obstacle to management.

We don't use these numbers to make management decisions, because of the bias that's inherent in the number, not knowing how many we miss from year to year. These are a minimum count.

If it is only short-term money I think the budget can handle that.

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.

This will mean a significant decrease of monies in the budget.

Match.Com is the premier brand in the personals industry, and the Match.Com management team has built a business with rapid growth and an attractive business model, ... We think finding people to do things with is fundamentally local, and is a natural extension to our online offerings.