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Friday, September 05, 2008
Courts - "If a Scratch-Off Is a Rip-Off, Litigation May Be the Prize"
This sounds familiar, as it also has recently been an issue in Indiana. Tresa Baldas of The National Law Journal reports today in a story that begins:
If your scratch-off is a rip-off, prepare to pay up.Disgruntled lottery and sweepstakes consumers are filing a host of lawsuits claiming that instant tickets promise a lot, but can't deliver.
In Virginia, a business professor is suing the Virginia Lottery for allegedly selling roughly $85 million in defective scratch-offs, claiming the tickets had no chance of winning the top prizes because they had already been claimed. Hoover v. Virginia Commonwealth, No. CL08-3140 (Richmond City, Va., Cir. Ct.).
Similar challenges have been filed in Arizona, California, Colorado and Washington state.
Posted by Marcia Oddi on September 5, 2008 08:35 AM
Posted to Courts in general