The $1 million voter sweepstakes linked to billionaire Elon Musk was allowed to continue through Election Day because Philadelphia’s top prosecutor failed to show that it was an illegal lottery, a judge said in a new opinion.

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A Philadelphia judge said the $1 million voter sweepstakes linked to Elon Musk was allowed to continue through Election Day because prosecutors failed to show that it was an illegal

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The $1 million voter sweepstakes linked to billionaire Elon Musk was allowed to continue through Election Day because Philadelphia's top prosecutor failed to show that it was an illegal lottery, a judge said in a new opinion.

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Philly D.A. failed to show Musk's $1 million-a-day sweepstakes was an illegal lottery, judge says

A Philadelphia judge ruled on Tuesday that District Attorney Larry Krasner did not provide sufficient evidence to prove that Elon Musk’s $1 million voter sweepstakes was an illegal lottery under Pennsylvania law, and that the prosecutor’s request for the court to block the giveaway would likely fail on the merits.
In a detailed opinion filed on Nov. 12, Common Pleas Court Judge Angelo Foglietta dismissed Krasner’s claims that the program, run by…

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Tesla CEO Elon Musk.Steve Granitz/FilmMagic via Getty ImagesA Philadelphia judge has explained why he didn't shut down Musk's $1 million-a-day sweepstakes.Pennsylvania officials had called the program an illegal lottery in seeking to halt it immediately.The decision would help Musk and his America PAC move for outright dismissal of the lawsuit.Elon Musk's controversial $1 million-a-day swing state sweepstakes was never a lottery, a Philadelphia …

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PHILADELPHIA — The $1 million voter sweepstakes linked to billionaire Elon Musk was allowed to continue through Election Day because Philadelphia’s top prosecutor failed to show that it was an illegal lottery, a judge said in a new opinion.

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Prosecutor failed to show that Musk's $1M-a-day sweepstakes was an illegal lottery, judge says

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — The $1 million voter sweepstakes linked to billionaire Elon Musk was allowed to continue through Election Day because Philadelphia’s top prosecutor failed to show that it was an illegal lottery, a judge said in a new opinion. District Attorney Larry Krasner had filed suit last month to try to have the sweepstakes shut down under Pennsylvania law. “Although (Krasner) alleges that America PAC and Elon Musk ‘scammed’ people,” Co…

Prosecutor failed to show that Musk’s $1M-a-day sweepstakes was an illegal lottery, judge says

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