Nonprofit Behind Powerball Won’t Release Records
Iowa City, Iowa – An Iowa-based nonprofit governed by dozens of state lotteries says it is a “private entity” and not subject to the open records law.
The nonprofit group, the Multi-State Lottery Association, said recently that a legal review determined it does not have to disclose its recent settlement of a lawsuit that sought millions of dollars in damages. The group helps run the Powerball game and others.
The Associated Press requested a copy of the association’s agreement with Larry Dawson, an Iowa man who won a $9 million Hot Lotto jackpot in 2011. Settlements involving government bodies are public records in Iowa.
But lottery association general counsel Patricia Lantz said the group “has operated as a private entity” since the 1980s.
– Associated Press
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