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W&L professor formally sues Virginia Lottery


Posted on Jun 30, 2008

A Washington and Lee professor formally takes his complaint against the Virginia Lottery’s scratcher games to court.

In a news release sent out this morning (Monday), attorneys for business statistics professor Scott Hoover say they filed a complaint in Richmond Circuit Court last Friday, June 27th, against the Virginia Lottery.  The lawsuit is based on Hoover’s claims that the lottery sells scratcher tickets promising a chance to win the top prize, when that top prize has already been won and the tickets do not have a chance.

Hoover’s lawsuit asks a judge to award “equitable relief to all affected customers,” by essentially wiping the sales of the lottery scratcher tickets, and giving the money back to the people.  That adds up to $85 million for the purchase of an estimated 26.5 million scratcher tickets, during the past five years.

Since Hoover and his attorney gave the state formal notice that they would file a complaint in the past month, the lottery admitted to some problems in the past with their scratcher games.

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