“There is no doubt in my mind that I was cheated by the Virginia Lottery,” Scott says. “In the Beginner’s Luck game, the grand prize was $75,000. The data I looked at said it was a good investment. There’s something very wrong when the lottery’s Web site says there are six grand prizes remaining when there were actually zero. The odds of winning the grand prize in the Beginner’s Luck game were one in 367,000. When I was buying tickets, the grand prize that I was after was not available. What I’d like to get from the lawsuit is a change in the lottery so that it’s fair to everyone who plays it.”

“So you just think they’re ripping people off right and left?” Dr. Phil asks Scott.

“Well, we know that from about 2002 through 2007 that they were. We have hard proof of that,” he says. “Since then, they’ve said they’ve stopped this. We’re not sure about that, but they’ve claimed that they’ve stopped.”

“Really? Ralph, is this going on? Are the consumers getting ripped off here?” Dr. Phil asks.

“Definitely,” Ralph says. “About half the states that sell state lotteries are doing this. They’ve already had the top prizes claimed, and people are still buying these tickets, thinking the top prizes are still there. That’s about as clear of a deceptive practice that you can have.”