(1998)

Dear Delegate Bozman:

You have asked for our opinion about the legality of a proposed sweepstakes, based on a race to be held at Bally's at Ocean Downs ("Ocean Downs"), a harness race track in Worcester County. Half of the proceeds would benefit Atlantic General Hospital. Our opinion is that the sweepstakes would be unlawful.

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Introduction

We understand the proposal to be as follows: The sweepstakes would be conducted by Ocean Downs, and would involve selling tickets with numbers representing all of the possible combinations of orders of finish in a race with nine horses. The winner would be…