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Costa Rica court rejects washed lottery ticket
Costa Rica court rejects washed lottery ticketPosted: 10/15/2008 4:54:08 PM  A Costa Rican who mistakenly washed a winning lottery ticket worth 112,000 dollars lost a court appeal to obtain the prize, a report said Wednesday.
The Supreme Court rejected the appeal by the man known only as Urroz, who selected the correct numbers for second prize in the June 29 draw but later found the remains of his ticket in the pocket of a pair of recently-washed pants, La Nacion daily reported.
Lottery organizers in September refused to pay the prize without the whole ticket.
The court said that no fundamental right had been breached in the decision. Source: AFP
S.E.Iowa United States Member #59008 February 18, 2008 289 Posts Offline |
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This is why they make wallets,purses and safety deposit boxes.
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Everyday I am Hustling Atlanta United States Member #60771 April 12, 2008 310 Posts Online |
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I am guessing the part that is missing piece contain the bar code/serial code of the ticket? If the code is there within what's left of the ticket, I don't see why he can't get his money.
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Manhattan United States Member #42425 June 25, 2006 43 Posts Offline |
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It sounds like they dont want to pay him... cheap <snip>s :D
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Idaho United States Member #56982 November 21, 2007 1670 Posts Online |
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I bet there are many people who claim to have washed their "winning" lottery tickets. People need to keep them in safe spots and not just stuff them in their pockets.
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CA United States Member #57701 December 23, 2007 242 Posts Offline |
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I bet there are many people who claim to have washed their "winning" lottery tickets. People need to keep them in safe spots and not just stuff them in their pockets. I agree,
All tickets say "Do not deface." To me that would include a few spins around the rinse cycle. There are those that would conterfeit tickets or try something else underhanded. I actually agree with the officials on this one.
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United States Member #4963 May 30, 2004 2412 Posts Offline |
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It sounds like they dont want to pay him... cheap <snip>s :D
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United States Member #3331 January 7, 2004 146 Posts Offline |
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Wow, that winning lotto ticket in the washer machine scenario really happens! ΩΩΩ
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United States Member #381 June 5, 2002 1977 Posts Offline |
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Shame on the Costa Rica Lottery and Court.
In my opinion the lottery owes all players a good faith attempt to verify claims of potential winners.
The lottery knows exactly how many jackpots, 1st, 2nd, 3rd place prizes it should pay out. They can wait until the redeem date had passed and see how many of the questioned prizes remain unclaimed.
Of couse this requires a good faith attempt on the customer's part to bring their claim to the lottery right away, not wait until there are only a few days left and the lottery has already announced a plum prize is still hanging out there unclaimed.
A little common sense goes a long way.
BobP
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New Member PA United States Member #66644 October 16, 2008 5 Posts Offline |
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That does it. I will not travel to Costa Rica to play the lottery!
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