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Drive-Through Lottery Store Opens28 June 2004FORT MILL, S.C. – As reported by the Associated Press: ``There's no fuzzy intercom and you can't "super size" it, but a new drive-through dedicated almost entirely to selling lottery tickets has popped up near the North Carolina state line. "The DriveThru Lottery I-777 has been open about a month, selling everything from scratch-off games and Powerball tickets to cigarettes and soda. It's off Interstate 77 near the Carowinds amusement park less than a mile inside South Carolina, where the lottery is legal. ``A menu board picturing some 20 scratch-off games greets customers just like a fast-food restaurant, but instead of speaking blindly into an intercom, the player drives up to the window and places an order with an attendant. ``…Some folks drive away before playing, while others scratch off their tickets and drive back around to collect their winnings..." |