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posted on January 6, 2004 09:14:24 AM new
They had better watch themselves on this one.
It was bad enough when they started taxing lotto tickets. That was basically a way to cut the payout in half.
Now if you have to worry about defending your winnings from a bunch of people that claim they lost it or had a verbal agreement to share or any other claim it will make the whole thing less attractive to even try.
And if they allow a claim for anything but having the ticket in your hot little hand then that is exactly what will happen every drawing.
Every con artist and low life will come forward with some story.
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Linda_K
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posted on January 6, 2004 10:09:33 AM new
Here's the url on an article posted on The Drudge Report. Can only imagine how I'd feel if I'd lost a winning ticket to $162 million. ouch....
http://www.mansfieldnewsjournal.com/news/updates/3184.html
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There's another story about a women who has that winning ticket in hand. [be right back]
edited to add the link
http://apnews.myway.com/article/20040106/D7VTEKI81.html
[ edited by Linda_K on Jan 6, 2004 10:12 AM ]
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posted on January 6, 2004 10:11:06 AM new
the person that bought the ticket came foward with the winning ticket.
so much for losing the ticket. heh.
she had a receipt from the store she bought it from too.
unless that other lady really did lost her entire purse and this other lady got the entire belongings.
mmm.. 162 million.
although the cash is 94 million.. and after tax its 67.2 million.
hmm... 162 million.
how come no one ever takes the annual payment? how much is it per year? does it vary by years and amount and state?
I haven't bought too many lottery tickets (maybe 2?) so I dont really know how it works....
I suppose 67.2 million is still good though. heh.
hope she doesn't get a case of "Sudden Money"
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capyoda
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posted on January 6, 2004 10:12:25 AM new
oh yeah here's the one on coming foward with the winning ticket:
http://www.cnn.com/2004/US/Midwest/01/06/lottery.ticket.ap/index.html
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Linda_K
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posted on January 6, 2004 10:41:46 AM new
Here's an older article on What To Do After Hitting It Big...advice from one financial advisor.
It says taking the lump sum is almost always the way to go.
http://www.bankrate.com/brm/news/special/19991230.asp?prodtype=dep
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Not too long ago there were a group of people that worked together who went in on a 'group' purchase of a winning lotto ticket. Had heard that the person holding the ticket never returned to work after it became the winning ticket. Haven't heard anymore on that one.
But that would stink if you were one in that group and the holder of the ticket just took off...leaving the rest of you high and dry.
[ edited by Linda_K on Jan 6, 2004 10:43 AM ]
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posted on January 6, 2004 12:50:28 PM new
No - she didn't claim to have lost the whole purse. She just dropped it. They had a pic of her holding it open for the camera - implying it fell out when she dropped it.
Got a bad feeling about that one.
She's going to sue I'd bet anything. Or try to get a few hunded thousand in a settlement to avoid the hassle and legal expenses. If she does a formal complaint of extortion is in order.
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posted on January 6, 2004 05:38:39 PM new
She is suing. However the one who came foreward with the ticket had a reciept for buying it AND another ticket losing she bought at the same time and place - AND other previous tickets to show she has a habit of playing this number.
None of which she should need.
Oh the woman claiming the loss has a history of credit fraud and other arrests and used a false name.
She is using her boyfriend's surname while still married to another man - which in my book is the same as bigamy by establishing a common law marraige in the face of a legal one.
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jackswebb
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posted on January 6, 2004 06:09:41 PM new
YOU Hold the ticket, You bees the WINNER! Per the STATE Lottery Officials. Cut and Dried.
MY Powersellers logo.
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Bear1949
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posted on January 8, 2004 10:27:39 AM new
Woman admits lying about winning lottery ticket
Associated Press
CLEVELAND -- A woman said through tears today that she lied about losing the winning ticket for a $162 million lottery prize awarded to another woman.
Elecia Battle, 40, is dropping her lawsuit to block payment of the 11-state Mega Millions jackpot to the certified winner, her lawyer Sheldon Starke said.
"I wanted to win," Battle said. "The numbers were so overwhelming. I did buy a ticket and I lost. I wanted to win so bad for my kids and my family. I apologize."
The Cleveland woman had filed a police report saying she lost the ticket, possibly when she dropped her purse outside a convenience store. The lottery declared Rebecca Jemison, 34, the winner on Tuesday.
Battle said she wanted to use the money to help her family and recently laid-off Cleveland police officers. She apologized to Jemison, her lawyer and her husband.
"I'm not a bad person, I'm really not," she said. "Everyone has a past."
Authorities are investigating whether Battle lied in the police report -- a misdemeanor punishable by 30 days to six months in jail.
Jemison, of suburban South Euclid, qualified for a lump-sum payment of $67.2 million, after taxes.
http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/ssistory.mpl/nation/2341429
"If you believe you can tell me what to think, I believe I can tell you where to go. Not all of us are sheep....."
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posted on January 8, 2004 10:42:47 AM new
Cheryl where are you? From the tax windfall that the area got from the win I think maybe Cleveland residents should start a campaign to buy lottery tickets, if more of them win it just might pull the city out of bankruptcy 
Support Your City! Play the Lottery!
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If it's really "common" sense, why do so few people actually have it?
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posted on January 8, 2004 10:47:51 AM new
Here I am, here I am. Unfortunately, the money from this win will not help Cleveland. Wrong city. South Euclid will benefit. They, too, were running a deficit but not as great as ours.
Here's my take on the whole thing. A lottery ticket is like a bearer bond. If you lose it, oh well. I think the woman claiming she lost it is a liar and a cheat. Her criminal record notwithstanding, she has made an attempt at several lawsuits in the past. She's trying to make an easy buck and I hope that this time it lands her behind bars. I think that Battle is in for a battle she'll never win. They keep plastering her sad little face on the news. Jeesh, it's like having to look at Bush 24/7.
Cheryl
http://tinyurl.com/vm6u
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posted on January 8, 2004 10:52:14 AM new
Attempted theft is not simple - the value of the item that was attempted to be stolen and the potential harm to others must be weighed.
This is not someone who took two papers out of a sales box on one set of coins, or aqte a few grapes in the store before they were weighed. It merits some serious punishment.
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Linda_K
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posted on January 8, 2004 11:58:12 AM new
It merits some serious punishment.
I agree.
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