• A lawsuit filed by the Philadelphia DA would end Elon Musk’s million-dollar-a-day giveaway to voters as early as Friday.
• Prosecutor Larry Krasner calls the giveaway an illegal lottery.
• A hearing on Krasner’s request for an emergency injunction will be held 4 days before the election.

The Philadelphia District Attorney requested an emergency hearing Friday morning in an effort to shut down Elon Musk’s America PAC, which the city calls an “illegal lottery” in a lawsuit filed Monday.

Prosecutor Larry Krasner is seeking an injunction from a Philadelphia judge in which Musk and his PAC would be “restrained and enjoined from promoting, maintaining or operating their lottery,” according to a draft injunction filed the lawsuit.

The lawsuit seeks to stop Musk from offering a daily chance to win $1 million. This campaign has a catch: people must be registered voters to apply for the contest.

Musk’s representatives and lawyers did not immediately respond to a request for comment from Business Insider.

The case will be heard at 10 a.m. before Philadelphia County Court of Common Pleas Judge Anne Marie B. Coyle, who took office in 2013 after running on a Republican ticket.

Krasner’s lawsuit claims the billionaire’s gift is an unregulated lottery that violates Pennsylvania law.

“If this is not requested, their lottery system and unfair and deceptive conduct will irreparably harm Philadelphians (and
others in Pennsylvania) and tarnish the public’s right to free and fair elections,” the lawsuit states.

Musk and his PAC “shrouded key aspects of the lottery in secrecy,” including failing to detail the rules of the contest, the odds of winning, and how winners are selected,” the lawsuit says.

Musk himself has only said “we are going to award a million dollars, randomly, every day between now and the election,” the lawsuit notes, citing a video posted to his X account.

Musk is clear about the purpose of this gift, explaining in the same video: “I asked myself, ‘How can we get people to know this?'” in reference to the election, according to the lawsuit.

“Defendants have already illegally acquired data from more than 280,000 unsuspecting Pennsylvanians and will not suffer any harm if they are prohibited from committing further wrongdoing,” the lawsuit also states.

The offer was criticized by Democrats as a cash-for-sign-up campaign designed to help boost Donald Trump’s numbers. Federal law prohibits paying someone to vote or register to vote.

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