Consumer advocate Dawn Nettles filed suit against the Texas Lottery Commission in the 160th Judicial Court in Dallas County. \u00a0Ms. Nettles alleged that the TLC knowingly sold misleading and deceptive Fun 5’s scratch-off tickets to her and thousands of other lottery players. \u00a0The TLC filed its\u00a0Plea to the Jurisdiction<\/a>\u00a0and asked the court to dismiss Ms. Nettle’s fraud claims against the TLC on the basis of the doctrine of sovereign immunity. \u00a0Ms. Nettles opposed that motion and filed her\u00a0Plaintiff’s Response to TLC’s Plea to the Jurisdiction<\/a>. \u00a0Ms. Nettles\u00a0urged the court to rule that sovereign immunity does not apply when, as in this case, the lottery operator GTECH Corporation contractually assumed the liability of the TLC for fraud claims of the type raised by Ms. Nettles. \u00a0A hearing was held in Dallas on November 17th. \u00a0Later that same day the trial court issued an\u00a0Order Granting the TLC’s Plea to the Jurisdiction<\/a>. \u00a0As a (more…)<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Consumer advocate Dawn Nettles filed suit against the Texas Lottery Commission in the 160th Judicial Court in Dallas County. \u00a0Ms. Nettles alleged that the TLC knowingly sold misleading and deceptive Fun 5’s scratch-off tickets to her and thousands of other…<\/span><\/p>\n