Possible Settlement Terms Include Changing The Name To “A Moderate Amount Of Luck, And A Little Bit Of Stupidity”
Maybe we can finally get a legal definition of “luck”:
Posted: May 6th, 2008 | Filed under: You're Kidding, Right?The New York Lottery’s impish “Little Bit of Luck” character is really a wolf in sheep’s clothing, according to a Staten Island woman who’s suing the state and shopkeepers, alleging fraud and racketeering.
The class-action lawsuit, filed on behalf of a woman identified only as M. McKee, accuses the New York State Division of Lottery and vendors of teaming up to dupe countless consumers into playing Take Five based on ads that exaggerate the odds of winning.
Players who plunk down hard-earned cash day after day actually believe in the slogans, “All you need is a little bit of luck” and “There’s a hundred thousand winners every day,” according to the suit, filed yesterday in Manhattan federal court.
The ads put the chances of winning at 1 in 9, but McKee’s lawyer Craig Lanza said consumers need only look at the state Lottery’s Web site to see this is “patently false.”