Estlow v. New Hampshire Sweepstakes Commission

Diane M. Estlow, a ticket agent for the New Hampshire Sweepstakes Commission since March 1977, purchased a sweepstakes ticket on September 26, 1977. The particular ticket in question contained a joker prize in the bingo instant sweepstakes that entitled her to a twenty-four-week subscription in the “50/50 Sweepstakes” instant lottery game. The plaintiff then selected a number to be entered every week for twenty-four weeks in the “50/50 Sweepstakes” and mailed it on the appropriate form to the commission on September 30, 1977. She received a confirmation card on October 26 designating an…