Houghton v. Big Red Keno, Inc.

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 to purchase a ticket for a game that had already been played and that he did not seek to void his ticket after it was purchased. The district…