slow rolling North Carolina’s legislature requested the state’s Education Lottery to conduct a study and issue a projection report on revenue from gambling and a problem gambling report. The state paid $425 000 for these reports. .Matt Roob, who conducted the gaming report with his team at Spectrum Gaming, a non-partisan consultancy specialized in legalized gaming, said that they used a tool for economic development..Initially, the revenue report had to examine only sports wagering, but it changed to include other gambling forms like casinos, horse racing, online gambling, legal video poker, and online lottery..Spectrum Gaming Suggests 9 State-Run Casinos in North Carolina.North Carolina already has 2 casinos run by Cherokees on the west side, and there will soon be another casino from the Catawba tribe. According to Spectrum, North Carolina would benefit from 9 state-run casinos..The consultancy company suggested 3 casinos in the Charlotte area, 2 in the Triangle, and 1 in each Winston-Salem, Asheville, and Pinehurst. Roob said that by the 4th year, the revenue generated from gambling would cover the expenses without considering the revenue that would come from income tax, jobs, and hotel stays..Report Predicts Billions of Revenue for North Carolina.