Report to the Joint Legislative Health Care Oversight Committee, Senate Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services, House of Representatives Appropriations Subcommittee on Health and Human Services on effects of the North Carolina State Lottery on the incidence of gambling addiction : House Bill 1023, Session law 2005-344 as amended by section 31.1 of Senate Bill 622 (S.L. 2005-276).

The legislation (House Bill 1023) that established the North Carolina State Lottery included a provision that required the Department of Health and Human Services to study its impact on the incidence of gambling addiction in the state. This report presents findings on gambling behaviors among adult North Carolinians prior to the sale of the first lottery ticket on March 30, 2006 and provides the reference against which the incidence of gambling will be measured in the future.