Judge rules against swing-stake sweepstake being a lottery

A Philadelphia judge has ruled that Elon Musk's contentious plan to give $1 million every day to voters in crucial swing states in the run-up to the US presidential election wasn't a lottery.

The defendants' attorneys acknowledged that the winners weren't chosen at random.

They were carefully chosen instead, and the $1 million was not a lottery prize, but rather payment for their cooperation with the political affiliation.

 

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A Philadelphia judge has ruled that Elon Musk's plan to distribute $1 million daily to voters in key swing states before the U.S. presidential election does not qualify as a lottery. The defendants' legal team clarified that the recipients were not selected randomly but were deliberately chosen. The $1 million payments were deemed not to be lottery prizes but compensation for their cooperation with a specific political affiliation. This decision highlights the nuanced legal interpretation of such financial initiatives in political contexts.