It is my opinion that : If this case made it to the courts without being tossed out as frivilous or ludicrious , then there is merit to this case. Its not for one adult to tell another HOW to spend their money. It is our place to tell the lottery business that reaps in millions that they have a responisbility to advertise correctly and not grossly represent a current game.

I dont begrudge these guys for getting their day in court, whether it was two dollars or 40k, the courts are hearing the ISSUE at hand. Will indeed be interesting to read what the court decides...

The Hoosier Lottery seems to be saying there not much difference between slim and none.  If your chances of winning a big prize are slim then if the prize never exists  then your chances aren't effected enough to complain. 

In other words when you enter a lottery game that they tell you your chances of losing are 95% what they really mean is your chances of losing are 95% ± 5%.

The article doesn't provide enough information, but it's entirely possible that the odds weren't compromised. If the available prizes were reduced by 25% and the number of available tickets was also reduced by 25% the odds would remain the same. If the proper odds were clearly listed, but the number of prizes was listed incorrectly the odds wouldn't change, but anyone trying to calculate odds based on available prizes and the number of tickets remaining to be sold would get the wrong answer.

He doesn't need his head examined, he needs it adjusted because there was never a guarantee. I'm firmly in the camp that figures anyone who can afford to "invest" $40k in something that will almost certainly be a losing investment doesn't need to play the lottery. As far as his math,he may have been right , but the article doesn't have enough factual information to know. I'll assume the game was supposed to return 50% of the ticket cost as prizes. If  20% of tickets were unsold and 40% or more of the prizes were still available you should expect to at least break even *on average*.

Without hearing more information I don't know if refunds might be warranted, but buying 4000 losers does nothing to indicate a problem with the game. You could buy all but 1 combination for MM or PB and still lose if the winning combination happens to be the one you didn't buy. That's the part he clearly didn't appreciate. The numbers that are in the article suggest he should have expected to lose money, but probability guarantees that losing was a possibility even if all of the prizes were still available, as long as the remaining tickets included 8000 losers.

when the lottery's reports that there are so many unsold tickets remaining in a scratch game and said tickets are supposedly several of the highest tier tickets. implying that the top tier tickets are still not sold yet. it implies that they are aware said tickets haven't been sold. Some people might deliberately go out and try and buy all the remaining tickets as this fellow did.

the article states he did his homework about the remaining tickets and with good intentions he purchased 40 grand worth of tickets. Shoulda won coulda won, but didn't win any substantial amount and took action to recover his money based on the fact that there must not have been any jackpot tickets remaining since all the tickers were accounted for and the so called remaining jackpot prizes weren't clamed.

i think the guy is justified in doing what he did in fact i think he should not only recover his money but get some more for uncovering a flaw in the game and misconduct on the lottery and ticket printers part.

I think the point is being missed,  the Hoosier lottery got caught cheating!

With all the technology that is available,  there is no excuse for the state

to think prizes are still available and report them to be available on their

web site when that is not the case.  If I buy a MM ticket in Illinois the state

of Georgia knows what numbers I have chosen.  They know if they have a winner

and what states it comes out of in a matter of minutes and thats not just for

jackpot prizes.  So I know scratchers can be tracked the same way and they only

have to worry about their 1 state.  I think it was false advertising,  if they didnt report

all those prizes still being available then all of those tickets would not have sold.  It would

have to take someone to buy 40,000 worth to expose the truth,  thats the gamble the

Hoosier Lottery took and they lost.  Hope they loose in court as well!   

RJOh gave a link to the pdf of the lawsuit which makes some highly interesting points.  It's no more difficult to read than the article. 

 http://wthr.images.worldnow.com/images/incoming/pdfs/Complaint.pdf

LMAO  Now that was funny.... I wonder if his insurance covers Carpal Tunnel for his wrist when he is done =))  Any who this IS gonna be vewy vewy interesting

Tee Hee hee  I love this man he always knows his   * bleep*    Heya RJOH!!!!!!!

What a great case!  I think the plaintiffs will win.

All I ever hear is bad news out of the Indiana lottery!  Any good news?