The NCAA faces a lawsuit regarding the legality of its ticket-lottery system for events such as the men’s Frozen Four.<\/p>\n
A U.S. appeals court in Chicago on Friday reversed the 2009 dismissal of the case by a federal judge, Bloomberg<\/i> reported.<\/p>\n
That clears the way for the case to determine whether the NCAA’s $6 to $10 handling fee — which it at one point kept regardless of whether the customer was awarded tickets through the lottery — is legal under Indiana law.<\/p>\n
The case was brought by consumers in New York, Arizona and Oregon.<\/p>\n
The Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that the practice may violate an Indiana law barring anyone other than the state from running a lottery, Bloomberg<\/i> reported.<\/p>\n
The NCAA argued that the process gave fans only an opportunity to buy tickets at full price and did not constitute a prize.<\/p>\n
But, writing for the majority in a 2-1 decision, Judge John Darrah did not agree.<\/p>\n
“Plaintiffs have alleged all elements of a lottery: they paid a per-ticket or per-entry fee (consideration) to enter a random drawing (chance) in hopes of obtaining scarce, valuable tickets (a prize),” Darrah wrote, according to Reuters<\/i>.<\/p>\n
A lower court will hear further proceedings.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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