RALEIGH - A state House committee voted today to ban lottery advertising and sponsorships at high school sporting events, but an effort to do the same at colleges across North Carolina has been withdrawn.

The House finance committee adopted the bill this morning, with supporters saying that gambling should not be advertised at high school venues.

Lottery officials had fought efforts to restrict advertising at colleges and universities because it already had sponsorships on seven university campuses in the state including, N.C. Central, N.C. State, UNC Chapel Hill and East Carolina.

The bill is expected to go to a full House vote next week.

The bil is one of the few proposed fixes to the original lottery legislation to progress this far. Legislators have been hesitant to make any changes, fearing a wider debate on the lottery and more substantial changes.

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