Bretton v. State Lottery Commission

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 (com*737mission). 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 hearing before the commission, she maintained that the defendant had violated G. L. c. 93A. A hearing officer, in a decision adopted by the commission, ruled that the commission is not…