DDB Files Intent to Protest Calif. Lottery Decision

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LOS ANGELES — The fate of the California Lottery account is once again in question.

DDB on Wednesday filed an “intent to protest” the state’s decision to award the five-year, $125 million account to Foote, Cone & Belding’s San Francisco office, lottery officials confirmed. According to lottery contract administrator Rose Marie Laplante-Olvera, the shop plans to protest the decision based on the “belief that established procedures set for the award were not followed.”

DDB has until next Wednesday (Aug.



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