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HOUGHTON v. BIG RED KENO, INC.

No. S-96-732.

574 N.W.2d 494 (1998)

254 Neb. 81

Dewey HOUGHTON, Appellant, v. BIG RED KENO, INC., et al., Appellees.

Supreme Court of Nebraska.

February 27, 1998.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Steven J. Lefler, of Lefler & Franklin Law Office, Omaha, for appellant.

Patrick B. Griffin, of Kutak Rock, Omaha, for appellees.

WHITE, C.J., and CAPORALE, WRIGHT, CONNOLLY, GERRARD, STEPHAN, and McCORMACK, JJ.

CONNOLLY, Justice.

The appellant, Dewey Houghton, purchased a keno ticket from the appellee Big Red Keno, Inc. Big Red Keno refused to pay the $200,000 Houghton contends he won on the ticket. It is undisputed that Houghton was mistakenly issued a ticket for a game after it had already been played, that Houghton overheard the winning numbers for the game, and that he wrote the numbers he overheard on his betting slip. It is also undisputed that Houghton did not intend...

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