The Multi-State Lottery Association and California State Lottery Commission Tuesday won dismissal of a lawsuit filed by a woman who alleged she was entitled to the $1.08 billion jackpot from the July 19, 2023 Powerball drawing.
Plaintiff Stacy Tru’s Los Angeles Superior Court lawsuit was filed in January 2025. She sought the entire prize along with interest retroactive to Oct. 15, 2023, the date which the plaintiff contends she made a claim for the money and was denied.
On Tuesday, Judge Upinder S. Kalra said Tru’s case was dismissed “with prejudice,” meaning it cannot be revived. The Multi-State Lottery Association is a nonprofit, government-benefit association owned and operated by agreement of its 34 member lotteries. It was created to facilitate the operation of multi-jurisdictional lottery games, including Powerball.
In their court papers, association lawyers wrote that Tru had failed in two amended complaints to present a viable lawsuit that could move forward and instead offered only “threadbare” claims.
Why are there NO DETAILS?
What were her claims? Did they actually screw her out of rightfully-owed money?
From what I can find, she showed up at the mini mart where the winning ticket was sold and put on a show for news cameras, claiming to be the winner, then tried to claim the prize but couldn’t prove she had a winning ticket so was told to take a hike. So, she filed a lawsuit for breach of contract. Meanwhile, someone who did have a verified winning ticket claimed the prize.