CHARLOTTETOWN -- PEI'S Court of Appeal yesterday ruled that the PEI government does not have the authority to issue the Earth Fund a license to operate the Earth Future Lottery.
The Court said that because ticket purchases could be accepted from outside the province by means of the Internet, the lottery was not being "conducted and managed in the province" as is required by the Criminal Code.
The Court was also of the opinion that a charity could not operate a lottery in ...