While North Carolina legislators continue to negotiate a budget agreement , one provision is getting only a little bit of attention: a proposal to increase the percentage that the North Carolina Education Lottery can spend on advertising from 1 percent of gross sales to 1.5 percent. The Lottery timely released an announcement that the $2 billion in ticket sales this past fiscal year generated $522 million in revenue for the state, hinting that additional revenue will come from boosted advertising.