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BRETTON v. STATE LOTTERY COMMISSION

No. 95-P-826.

41 Mass. App. Ct. 736 (1996)

MARCIA BRETTON v. STATE LOTTERY COMMISSION & another.

Court of Appeals of Massachusetts, Essex.

November 26, 1996.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas J. Gleason for the plaintiff.

Pierce O. Cray, Assistant Attorney General, for the defendants.

Present: DREBEN, JACOBS, & FLANNERY, JJ.

JACOBS, J.

When the plaintiff won second prize in the "Mass Millions" lottery held on July 16, 1991, she expected to collect something close to the "average of $50,000" advertised by the defendant State Lottery Commission (commission). Instead, she was paid $23,263, prompting her to complain of "misleading and false advertisement" to the Attorney General who forwarded her complaint to the commission. In an administrative...

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