Lawsuit claims NY state is ripping off lottery customers

Comment #5

Stack47 — Mon, 02 Jun 2008 21:13:59 GMT

or selling me $1 scratch offs but knowing they are the bad batch [all losers] .. that's a group lawsuit i would jump on ..

They have the overall odds on the back of ticket and just because you or a clerk believes 1:5 means every fifth ticket, it's not proof the game is rigged. Some people believe the game rules should be printed in multiple languages, in braille, and the lotteries should have a rep on the site to explain it to those who can't read or understand them.

Comment #4

Sandra Dee — Mon, 02 Jun 2008 19:47:10 GMT

well, that's not what I term ripping off - just some good PR and trickery .. ripping off is me buying a $1 game and them charing me $5 and won't release my ticket unless I come up with the other $4 .. or selling me $1 scratch offs but knowing they are the bad batch [all losers] .. that's a group lawsuit i would jump on .. this one, not so much

Comment #3

KY Floyd — Wed, 07 May 2008 05:22:39 GMT

There are eight ways to win. The 6th pays about $7, and the last 2 both get a free ticket. They got the details right, but the lawsuit should fail because the lottery's advertising is correct, and it's not their fault that some players are too stupid to understand what they've been told.

Comment #2

JimmySand9 — Tue, 06 May 2008 21:57:27 GMT

This lawsuit won't work if you completely get the details of the game wrong. How can there be a sixth division when there are only four prize divisions? And the lowest cash prize averages $20, not $7.

Comment #1

MeFirstYouLast — Tue, 06 May 2008 17:33:13 GMT

exaggerating the likelihood of winning

Would wudda think it? The Lottery exaggerating the likelihood of winning! D-U-H

Lawsuit claims NY state is ripping off lottery customers

Lottery Post — Tue, 06 May 2008 13:54:00 GMT

A lawsuit claims the New York State Division of Lottery is tricking people into playing its Take Five lottery game by exaggerating the likelihood of winning.

The lawsuit, filed in U.S. District Court in Manhattan on Monday, said people were cheated of more than $5 million. It seeks unspecified damages and an order putting a stop to what it portrayed as a rip-off.

The plaintiff in the lawsuit was identified as M. McKee, a resident of Richmond County.

The lawsuit called her an especial... [ More ]