The case between Cleveland Hughes and Walter Cole is a dispute between two parties who entered an oral agreement in Elizabeth City, North Carolina regarding the lottery in Virginia. The agreement stated that the members of the group would purchase lottery tickets together and should any member of the group end up winning the lottery, the winnings would be divided evenly among the participants of the association. In 1992, it was Walter Cole’s turn to go to Chesapeake, Virginia to purchase lottery tickets from a 7-Eleven. At this point in time there were several members in the venture, Walter Cole, Cleveland Hughes, Richard Johnson, James L. Weeks, William L. Sharpe, Jr., and Hercules “Trink” Cole. In September, the members of the venture committed
