Preliminary monetary numbers for the first day and first week of sports wagering were presented at a meeting of the North Carolina State Lottery Commission. Eight interactive sports betting operators could begin taking bets at noon March 11, the day before the men's Atlantic Coast Conference basketball tournament began. By midnight March 11, over $23.9 million had been wagered, of which almost $12.4 million were “promotional wagers" — incentives for new customers offered by the companies once an initial bet