Cengage Advantage Books: Law for Business 18th Edition by John Ashcroft ,Janet Ashcroft

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Big Red Keno Inc. operated Keno games at its main location and at a satellite location, Brothers Lounge, through a computer link. The computer link to Brothers went down, but an audio link broadcast the winning numbers. Dewey Houghton was at Brothers and heard the winning numbers. He filled out betting slips marked with these numbers. The computer started working, and Houghton placed bets. He received a ticket that listed a game already played even though he had not intended to play that game. The computer reported the ticket as a $200,000 winner. Big Red refused to pay on it, and Houghton sued, claiming he had a contract. Did he? [ Houghton v. Big Red Keno Inc. , 574 N.W.2d 494 (Neb.)]