Players seek $250 million from Texas Lottery contractor

Comment #24

jimmy4164 — Tue, 23 Dec 2014 22:35:49 GMT

Do You Trust Gtech?

If you do, I think you should take a look at how they treated Texans in years past...

George Wins the Lottery

by Greg Palast

The Bush family daisy chain of favors, friendship and finance goes way back to Dubya's War Years. Junior Bush was a fighter pilot during the war in Vietnam; not in the United States Air Force, where one could get seriously hurt, mind you, but in the Texas air force, known as the Texas Air National Guard. Texas's toy army, an artifac... [ More ]

Comment #23

mikeintexas — Tue, 23 Dec 2014 04:22:07 GMT

I used to see photos of several of those women in the Playboy mansion hot tub with some guy and would think : STD soup.

Comment #22

Drivedabizness — Tue, 23 Dec 2014 00:52:02 GMT

With all due respect, Ms. Nettles is a juggaloon.

I used to work on this account (I was the regional Marketing Director for GTECH).

Dawn showed up at a retailer meeting regarding the upcoming Pick 3 game (claiming that, as a member of the press, she had a right to attend a private business meeting). When the quesiton and answer period came up she asked me - with a total AHA look on her face if the odds of winning 3-straight (exact order) are 1:1000, then why isn't the top prize... [ More ]

Comment #21

Drivedabizness — Tue, 23 Dec 2014 00:43:32 GMT

we were confused about the rules - but we want you to pay us anyway has been tried many, many times in the industry. I doubt it will work here...but this is Texas. Strange things happen.

And Lottery operator doesn't approve the rules. The Lottery Commission (NOT the Legislature, as was previously posted) does.

Comment #20

Stack47 — Thu, 18 Dec 2014 20:40:53 GMT

Comment #19

RJOh — Thu, 18 Dec 2014 05:32:06 GMT

Everybody who went to the Playboy Mansion in those days was a player, even the ladies. I read about them claiming to in the PB mansion when they were 14-15, sounds like they should have been home doing their school work instead. Now that they are getting near retirement age they want a pension.

Comment #18

HaveABall — Thu, 18 Dec 2014 05:16:07 GMT

I rode on that demon ride and enjoyed it each time. Cheers

Comment #17

Stack47 — Thu, 18 Dec 2014 04:25:55 GMT

Bill is not asking, but several of the women he was with at the Playboy Mansion 40 to 50 years want rewarded. According to most of the women, Bill was player.

Comment #16

Get paid — Wed, 17 Dec 2014 19:20:59 GMT

I don,t play any games thats sounds confusing,especially those crossword games,keep it simple.Quick pic please.

Comment #15

rcbbuckeye — Wed, 17 Dec 2014 13:18:16 GMT

I posted on another thread that I have one of those tics. Didn't get 3 fives in a tic tac toe. The tic had a 5 in all 4 corners. Did get the money bag with 5x. If I had gotten a tic tac toe the prize on the tic was $500. So the rational is that because I got the 5x money bag I won $2500. Well, there is no $2500 prize tier for this game, so common sense alone tells me I didn't win. That's not too hard to figure out. Was it a little confusing at first? Yes. But again, a little common sense was all... [ More ]

Comment #14

JWBlue — Wed, 17 Dec 2014 07:16:38 GMT

The rule causing confusion concerns a tic-tac-toe game that which had a prize box beneath it, which players can scratch off to reveal a dollar amount

There is a prize whether it is won or not with the Tic-Tac-Toe game.

The way it is written it could be interpreted that there are two games. The Tic-Tac-Toe game and the scratching off of the money bag.

Comment #13

RJOh — Wed, 17 Dec 2014 07:16:00 GMT

At least if someday someone finds your wallet it might be returned to you because it existed and belonged to you. This group is trying to claim $250M that never belonged to anyone because it never existed.

Comment #12

KY Floyd — Wed, 17 Dec 2014 06:51:57 GMT

the sentence does not say winning 5x the prize is dependent on having tic-tac-toe.

The rules shown on the ticket are only two sentences long, and really shouldn't confuse people. Even if it does, being confused doesn't give you any legal rights you didn't already have. The only thing that might give their case legitimacy would be if that sentence is actually misleading, but the sentence itself is extremely clear: Reveal a 'money bag' symbol in the 5X box, win five times that prize. The only... [ More ]

Comment #11

JWBlue — Wed, 17 Dec 2014 03:47:43 GMT

I am a stickler for proper English. Sensibly tic-tac-toe is needed to claim the 5x bonus.

However, the sentence does not say winning 5x the prize is dependent on having tic-tac-toe. It is not out of the realm of possibility that winning the 5x bonus is independent on having tic-tac-toe.

The players have a case.

Comment #10

RJOh — Wed, 17 Dec 2014 03:04:41 GMT

Being confused, ignorant and foolish is no reason to be rewarded.

It doesn't look like you followed Bill Cosby's current problems.

Is he asking to be rewarded for being confused, ignorant and foolish too? Players like him don't usually complain when they buy a losing lottery ticket.

Comment #9

Stack47 — Wed, 17 Dec 2014 02:31:15 GMT

The suit contends that the lottery's contractor, GTECH Corporation, owes prize money to the players because they wrote the rules and programmed the scanners to identify the winners.

A question will be did the players buy the tickets from GTECH and just a guess, but I doubt the majority of scratch-off players in Texas or in any other state can name who manufactured the tickets. It's going to interesting to see how these confused players can prove GTECH is responsible for the rules when all the... [ More ]

Comment #8

TheGameGrl — Wed, 17 Dec 2014 00:33:56 GMT

Agreed. the case will be heard since its made it this far. No reason to NOT hold a company accountable that tampered with the software. I disagree politely with the posters that assume ignorance of the law toss's out many a case. It doesn't. Toyota, McDonalds and Very large Pharmaceuticals are sued all the time ( and rightly so) for various ignorant people who entrust that what they are being sold is safe and follows standards. Again, Gtech tampering with software and dutifully tried to hide the... [ More ]

Comment #7

mypiemaster — Tue, 16 Dec 2014 22:53:57 GMT

Lottery rules should never be written like tech. industry EULA/Privacy agreements.....confusing to the masses that have no legal background.

Comment #6

Stack47 — Tue, 16 Dec 2014 22:06:31 GMT

Texas Lottery Commission pulled it, saying in a statement that it had received feedback from some players expressing confusion regarding certain aspects of this popular game.

One of our Texas LP members said they didn't play the Monopoly Millionaire Club game because the rules very confusing especially for a $5 a ticket game.

If they get a tic-tac-toe, they would win the prize amount.

Similar to the match three like amounts and win that prize scratch-offs, but some of those players bel... [ More ]

Comment #5

LottoMetro — Tue, 16 Dec 2014 21:46:21 GMT

It seems to me that they know they probably won't win but are pushing for a settlement. According to the suit they've specifically requested a jury trial, and juries are known for frequently ruling in favor of the plaintiffs in misrepresentation/false advertising cases like this.

Comment #4

noise-gate — Tue, 16 Dec 2014 20:47:42 GMT

Totally. For example l hear that there are internet sites showing one how to make bombs .. If one decides to go ahead and make one leading to one's arrest- one cannot say Hey, it's out there, all l did was make one ... Nice try.

These folk have as much chance of winning this lawsuit as l have of finding my wallet l lost while upside down riding the Demon at Great America back in 2005.

Comment #3

ThatScaryChick — Tue, 16 Dec 2014 18:10:42 GMT

I really don't see them winning this lawsuit. The ticket might have been confusing, but like RJOh said being confused doesn't mean that you should get money that you were never entitled to in the first place.

Comment #2

RJOh — Tue, 16 Dec 2014 16:24:05 GMT

Most courts consider confusion and ignorance the same things, neither isn't a good excuse for not understanding the rules. Continuing to play a game which they didn't understand was foolish. Being confused, ignorant and foolish is no reason to be rewarded.

Comment #1

TnTicketlosers — Tue, 16 Dec 2014 15:12:15 GMT

People need to stop playing these crooked Lottery scammers.I swear all the states is getting worse by the day it seems.I supported the Tennessee for years,never won nothing ,it sure feels good to be stronger than a bad habit.Its not worth it.I beat the odds.Cheryl

Players seek $250 million from Texas Lottery contractor

Lottery Post — Tue, 16 Dec 2014 14:36:49 GMT

More than 500 players of a lottery scratch-off card filed suit against the game's developer seeking about $250 million in contested prize money.

Confusion over the rules led many to believe they had winning tickets, but those tickets were not honored by the state. The suit contends that the lottery's contractor, GTECH Corporation, owes prize money to the players because they wrote the rules and programmed the scanners to identify the winners.

GTECH Corporation spokeswoman Angela Wiczek sai... [ More ]