We know that in North Carolina there is already a number of those people because there are other ways to gamble.

We will be focused on prevention, education and outreach. In other states, which we expect will be the case here, the lottery is considered low risk for gambling problems. Those that have started lotteries in recent years have seen a very low impact from the lottery on existing gambling issues.

To do something about this kind of problem has to involve the entire community.

A lot of people don't give us credit for being mentally tough. At halftime, I was just like, 'Calm down. . . . Relax, and play Manatee Lady Cane ball. Don't play their ball.

If they can go out and buy my albums, I can at least make the sacrifice to holler at the few people who call. A lot of times I'm busy so they'll get my voice mail. And if I can speak to them and I have time, I always text back. Because I think that's very important.

I told our Lord that I knew it was His cross that was now being placed upon the Jewish people; that most of them did not understand this, but that those who did would have to take it up willingly in the name of all. I would do that. At the end of the service, I was certain that I had been heard. But what this carrying of the cross was to consist in, that I did not yet know.