Man accused of stealing $10,000 lottery ticket from co-workers

In this case he actually cheated the other players and got caught stealing. I wonder what would happen if one person out of group of 20 or 30 won the jackpot on tickets they bought for themselves. I don't think most people would expect a huge gift unless it was known they gave 2 or 3 other players a half million. In large pools, the only one that actually knows all the players is the person running it so many of them might expect him to hand them some money.

So the problem might not be sharing sharing a jackpot won by the pool, but the pool expecting you to share the jackpot from a ticket you bought. What do you think the percentage is of all the pools that won a jackpot being involved in a lawsuit trying to collect their winnings?

We've certainly seen plenty of reports of lawsuits, but there seem to be a fair number of winning pools where we don't hear about any lawsuits. I'd guess that the percentage is 10 to 25%, which would mean there probably wouldn't be a lawsuit, but the chances are high enough that having a solid agreement in place is clearly very important. One of the things the agreement should cover is how tickets  will be purchased for the group, and how personal tickets  can be purchased by any person responsible for  group tickets.

Thats one of the reasons why I keep a log...also why there are only 3 people in my pool and why we don't let anyone else in...

if your out of the draw your out of the jackpot....its that simple

also in my log...I record...

how much money they gave me and how many tickets I bought, along with the ticket numbers. I also keep all the losing tickets...

I tell them how much we won and they are more than welcome to see the tickets or read my log anytime they want.

where the hell is collinsville. Have you noticed when smn wins the lottery is always some place nobody has heard of . how come it is never in the big city, do u think we dont play sure we do. its always these small town people who win, and we still keep playing jsut to piss ourselves off. It makes me real mad cuz i think the lottery is screwing us over

There have been lots of winners in big cities. There isn't a conspiracy, it's just someone was lucky to pick the right numbers and some of those winners are from smaller towns.

I agree with Scary.  Luck doesn't target an area, although in FL it's just the opposite. We seem to have a disproportionate number of winners in Miami. Even a newspaper said that once when posting the lottery results..something like "Believe or not there were no winners from Miami last night." Maybe for a while the Lottery Fairy was vacationing on South Beach.  :-)

Sure there are winners in small, rural towns. But most of the winning tickets are purchased in Miami or a surrounding suburb.  I've seen many winners from my area too (Lotto, Fantasy-5, Raffles) especially during the busy season.  I used to say that nobody ever wins in Lee County, and a few months ago 2 people split a large Lotto jackpot --  both were in Lee County. 

Stack, I've wondered about the same thing, that is, what would happen if I continued to play my own numbers.  I "assume" that the pool would only be able to claim tickets bought as a group.  I wouldn't join any pool that didn't have that stated in the agreement. The best thing is always to make copies of the tickets purchased for a pool or scan and email them (save a tree! lol)  

To answer your question,Collinsville is suburb of St.Louis,Mo.It is across the Mississippi River from St.Louis.

It is a small town in comparison to major cities,but not so small that everyone knows everyone else.

I must say you are doing it right...for a lottery pool that is.  But it all seems like too much work to me.  I figure that since I am the only one playing on my ticket, I don't have to worry about any disputed claim lawsuits.  Also, since I know I don't owe anybody anything, I don't have to worry about anyone else making a claim to some of my winnings.  So I just like to keep it simple, buy my ticket for every PB and MM drawing, check my tickets, and when I do win, take the appropriate steps to ensure this jackpot win lives on for generations to come (sorry folks, no I won't end up like David Edwards (I hate drugs), Jack Whitacker (I don't like nor do I frequent strip joints), Bud Post (I only drink in moderation...I know my limit which is 1 beer or several glasses of wine...no intoxication thank you; and I also know how to say NO).  I don't like the pool mentality because you will always have people who know that you won and if any of the members of the pool happened to blow their winnings, who do you think they'll call on first to help them out?  No thank you.