Verizon Wireless Facing Suit For Illegal Gambling Text Message Service

Verizon Wireless has grown into one of the largest mobile phone service operators. While there customer service is less than stellar, they now have bigger problems on the horizon.

The mobile phone provider is named in a lawsuit claiming that they promoted gambling to their subscribers through text messaging contests.

"At all times relevant during the liability period, the premium charge of $0.99 purchased nothing except a chance to win a prize. The games were not used as a sweepstakes to promote a product, but rather were illegal lotteries designed to generate revenues far in excess of the value of the cash reward," said the lawsuit.

The games that are mentioned are contests in which "Sole Survivor", and "Deal or No Deal", are involved. While the suit is in the court system, Verizon claims they would not comment on the case. It is amazing that they even were available not to comment, being that their customer service is poor.

The odds of winning any of these contests are astronomical. In most cases, people are not even guessing the correct answers, which just leaves free money for Verizon.

"The chances of winning are infinitesimally less than the odds posed by the number of choices offered," said the lawsuit.

Verizon was just one of the companies named in the suit. Them, and others were in the suit filed for the Central District of California.

March 25, 2008
Posted By Terry Goodwin
Staff Editor, CasinoGamblingWeb.com
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