The N.C. Education Lottery is in the business of possibility. We deliver joy and thrill across the entire state of North Carolina. We now raise more than $1 billion a year for education programs. The funds help counties build new schools and repair old ones, support each school system with the costs of support staff and transportation, support NC Pre-K, and make college more affordable through the new Next NC Scholarship. To support our mission of raising money for education, we partner with most of the state's major retail brands for lottery sales, with professional sports teams and community festivals and events in our marketing program, and with education groups such as the North Carolina Principals and Assistant Principals’ Association as stakeholders in the education programs we serve.