Legal Opinion
George v. National Collegiate Athletic Ass'n
Indiana Supreme Court
Decided April 21, 2011No. 94S00-1010-CQ-544PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SULLIVAN, Justice.
The NCAA randomly allocated championship sporting event tickets to applicants who had offered to purchase tickets by submitting the face value of the tickets along with a nonrefundable handling fee. The face-value amount (but not the handling fee) was refunded to applicants whose offers were not accepted. The NCAA’s ticket-allocation process was not an illegal lottery under Indiana law because no prize was awarded to those applicants who received the opportunity to purchase tickets.
Background
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