A $14 million Illinois Lottery jackpot went unclaimed Monday, making it the largest pot in the state's history where no one came forward to say, "I won the lotto!"
The money will be given to the State Common School Fund, which supports public education programs.
A midnight deadline to claim the jackpot expired, despite an aggressive local and national television campaign to find the winner, Illinois Lottery Supt. Carolyn Adams said.
Lottery winners have one year to claim their prize. Previously, the largest unclaimed jackpot was $6 million in September 2000.
"It's really unfortunate because when our players play the game, we really want them to take advantage of the winnings," Adams said.
More than 40 people called to try to cash in and three submitted claim forms, but no one was able to provide the actual ticket or serial number to prove they were the real winner, Adams said.
The Gas City station in Frankfort that sold the winning ticket, with the numbers 14-23-24-36-37-50, collected $140,000, 1 percent of the ticket's value.
In light of this record breaking unclaimed prize, the Illinois Lottery suggested the following tips for players to ensure that a prize this large never goes unclaimed again:
- Keep your tickets in a safe place. One of the most common reasons for missing out on prize winnings is losing a ticket. Try to pick one consistent place where you always keep your tickets so you won't forget where you placed them. Also make sure that this place is secure and away from clutter where the ticket could be easily confused with miscellaneous paper set for disposal.
- Check your tickets against the winning numbers shortly after your purchase. By not letting long periods of time lapse between purchasing a ticket and checking for the winning numbers, you cut down on the risk of forgetting about the ticket or misplacing it. This can also help to prevent frantic last minute searches as expiration dates can quickly sneak up on winners if they are not mindful.
- Honor ticket agreements if more than one party is involved. Another common reason for players to miss out on prize winnings is when they become locked into long, unfriendly disputes over who has the rights to the winning ticket. If you buy a ticket as part of an office pool, or a group of friends, make sure to predefine and agree on how the winnings will be split. The same applies for divorce proceedings.
somewhere in this world is a lonely 2 or 3 line lottery ticket sitting in a glove compartment, or in a pile of papers, or in a purse hanging in a closet, or strapped to a sun visor by a rubberband .....just waiting to be checked before they discard it....and the look on that persons face when he does check it will be...... like The coyote when over shoots the curve on the mountain road and has stopped in mid air and faces the camera......and has just enough time to wave goodbye...before he plummets to the bottom....
Not so fast look at the post from January 26th....to be continued
More than 40 swindlers, um I mean people
CASE CLOSED... unless the ticket walks into the Lotery office by itself, and you can change Lottery rules.
I hope it wasn't a case of someone glancing at their numbers and thinking they were wrong or checking them against an incorrect newspaper/webpage print out of the numbers and then throwing the ticket out. Powerball's website carries the caveat: "Every attempt is made to ensure that this list of numbers is accurate..."
But mistakes are bound to happen now and then.
I always check mine visually and for added security have them checked again at the terminal when I go to buy new numbers. It would be a shame to miss out on a fortune, or any amount for that matter, because of someone else's mistake.
This ticket is in the hands of lawyers...........to be continued.
Ticket is in the hands of lawyers? JUST WONDERING WHAT DO YOU MEAN BY THAT???????
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... um I mean bbar3bie. You had said that the ticket is in a safe deposit box, then lost, then destroyed... now lawyers have it. Claim-deadline is over.
CASE CLOSED
Alright! I haven't seen a good controversy since Alicia Battle claimed to have lost the ticket in a parking lot in Cleveland,,,,
I'm ready....this is going to be good....somebody hit the play button....
I agree that the case is closed.
So what if it's "in the hands of lawyers?" It is a worthless scrap of paper now. It should be "in the recycle bin of lawyers".
Did the person who claims to be the winner produce the serial number at least?
I have a question for anyone out there.....does anyone have a losing lotto ticket from January 2004? There is valuable information on anyone of those tickets which may be worth something to you....email it to me at gbjm04 on yahoo and I will email you back with the valuable information!! Thanks!
BTW the case is far from closed you will see
It seems to me that if someone is insistent about something like this, and given the fact that one can go to prison for many years if found lying about a winning ticket, one would back down after a first try with a invalid ticket. If what gbjm says is true, I stand behind her, or whoever. JAMES
I believe this may be truth.
NOT SO FAST GUYS a old man lost his ticket after falling, sued the state and won 6 million!!! And the state actually WANTS you to file against them so a judge can overrule there tight guidelines!
No offense, but please provide the article where an old man lost his ticket after falling, sued the state and won 6 million. Thank you.
Mav you baby, you say something rude to me and block the email. Grow up you creep, you provide proof for your argument first. I dont reveal my sources. Believe what you will. But get off my back!
LMAO !!! That made my day!
Ok lemme get technical. Why do you PM me with this useless information, instead of posting it in public? I blocked your email cos the CASE is CLOSED, "as you will see". Provide proof for my arguement? I have no arguement lol. You and a couple of others are saying "wait and see", but when I nicely ask for the article to prove the old man story it is you who is the baby. You don't reveal your sources? Whatta cop-out. If you don't reveal your sources, then please come back to this post when what you're saying finally comes to being true. Do you understand that, or do I have to get primitive and create hand signals for you?
Also prove where I am getting on your back. I believe this is called replying to a thread. Thank you. Now you get off my back. That is why I blocked your PM's. DUHHH.
... and stop making up more lies. I had missed where you said that before. I just caught it.
I DID NOT get rude. Before I blocked you, my reply to you via PM said "CASE is CLOSED". That is all it said. If you wanna see that as rude, that's you.
well, its funny how the people on here seem so sure to try to beat another person down, now you are telling me you want proof of my story, seems to me NO ONE CAN PROVE THE CASE IS CLOSED! Do you know you can take them to court? DID YOU KNOW THAT? I dont need proof, if you dont believe me, call the lottery commission yourself. I dont care if you believe me or not, I could care less. BUT YOU PROVE NOW THAT THE CASE IS CLOSED COME ON PROVE IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! YOU CANT BECAUSE YOU DONT HAVE A CLUE!!!!!!!!!
Listen everyone I have a letter from the Lottery giving me a 30 day extension to prove my case because my husband won the ticket and I have a court ordered divorce which details this ticket and its disbursment dated Sept. 2004 in McHenry County, IL. I have been in constant contact with the lottery since last June when I found out about my husband winning the lottery last January. They have had my court order since last Oct. and told me to come in on Dec. 2nd, 2004 to fill out my claim which I did. I live in Florida and my now ex-husband and his girlfriend moved to Illinois on 12/2003 and won the lottery Jan. 31, 2004. She is from Illinois and went back to be near her family.. My brother has been dealing with bank security paper for 25 years and he flew up to Chicago in June to validate the ticket was real before I based my entire divorce on it. I have four young children and one of them is disabled. Im currently a nursing student here in Florida. The lottery obviously believes my story and that we are the winners because Im the only person alive that has a letter from them giving me 30 extra days to file a lawsuit to prove lmy case. The problem is I have no money left, my divorce cost 25,000 and I cant find an attorney to take the case on contingency...so if anyone knows of an attorney that will take my case on contingency please have them contact me via gbjm04 at yahoo...oh and if anyone has a Jan. 31st 2004 old ticket I need a copy of that to help prove my case....
let me see if i get this right you have a 14 million dollar lottery ticket in your possession and you can't find a lawyer willing to help you collect your prize. Come on. There has to be an attorney that can help you and at no cost to you unless you win the case. Time is running out you need to get busy in the yellow pages or ask your state represenitive for help.
I dont have the ticket in my possession just a copy of it and the court order regarding it and the word of my own brother!!! My ex-husband and his psyhotic girlfriend (an alcoholic stripper) have possession of it!!! The court order says Im entitled to 5.5 million of it and she doesn't want me getting a penny so God only knows what she has done to it. She has been threatening for the last eight months to burn it, tear it up, flush it down the toliet you name it!!! The last time it was seen by anyone in my family was in the beginning of Sept. my sister flew over from NJ and saw the ticket to validate it as well before I signed my court order because crazy girlfriend didnt want me to see it!!! That is my dilemma because if I had the ticket in my hands.....a. I wouldn't need an attorney b. It would have been turned in a LONGGGGGG time ago!!! My children and I are destitude due to my ex-husband, my son's illnesses and Im trying to improve our lives by getting my nursing degree!! In response to RJoh...EVERYONE or SOMEONE can help me.....if they know an attorney who would handle the case or if maybe they know more about the case of the old man that Jamescase mentioned earlier or the attorney that handled that case, that would help me greatly!!! Im not singing to anyone but everyone who has a heart and knows that we are all here on earth to love one another and help one another!! That is what it is all about!!!!! So.....once again I ask for help from anyone who can....thank you and God bless!
One more thing I have an expert on barcodes working on the copy I have but he needs a ticket from Jan. 31, 2004 to complete his work so the first person to supply me with such a ticket I will give $100 too and if I win my case there will be more money for that person....my other email is gbjm04@yahoo. Oh it just has to be an illinois lottery ticket not from that same store but I need that date! Thanks again and God bless everyone!!!!
gbjm04,
I'm not sure I believe your story. It's quite possible that you bought a ticket with the same numbers on a different date, and you're looking to swap the barcode on your non-winning ticket.
I would recommend that no one send a copy of a ticket from that store, unless gbjm04 e-mails me a scanned image of the photocopy or ticket, and I can verify that it is real. You can send it to the e-mail address in my profile.
Once I have verified the integrity of your claim, I will let the membership know.
Well wether or not YOU believe my claim...the illinois lottery does since they gave me and only me, in writing a thirty day extension from the deadline.....as far as swapping out the barcodes you obviously dont know much about barcodes....because that wouldnt give the accurate barcode information!!! The problem with my barcode is my ex blocked out the first half an inch of the barcode along with other parts of the ticket when he copied it and sent it to me last august. My barcode expert doesnt need a copy of a ticket from that store....he has determined that the first 1/2 inch is the date code and he needs the first half an inch from any ticket bought on that day to reconstruct my own barcode and the serial numbers from my ticket....not someone else's ticket!! Plus i cant give you a copy of my evidence in my court case....think about that...that wouldn't help my case to be giving away my evidence. I can say this though since my court case is public record so you can obtain a copy of it from McHenry county yourself. I will email you privately the case number if you wish....because i dont want the general public to have that info either since alot of personal information about my four young kids is contained within. You shouldn't be so distrusting
James, you know what I asked for. Instead of bringing forth the evidence, you quickly get mad & ask me for my proof that the case is closed. If I say something is going on and others dont believe me, I will show evidence to back up what I say. Let's see you do that. I and others are simply saying the case is closed. Why do we have to prove anything? lol. IT IS YOU WHO IS RANTING AND RAVING, SO IT IS YOU WHO SHOULD PROVIDE PROOF. But instead of doing that you use type such as !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! to get your false claim across lol.
You & your other two member names, um I mean other two friends simply have nothing better to do.
The Illinois Lottery can show me more than you can. That's a hint. I will understand you do not get what I'm saying if I see you continue to blabber false unproven claims.
Hey ent, um I mean james, do you yahoooooooooooooo? lol (inside joke)
Maverick you seem like an angry person...I feel sorry for you :(....anyway when Im on the news with the letter from the lottery showing they gave ME and ONLY ME a thirty day extension...you will see you are wrong and should apologize for being so rude and distrusting.....good luck to you...you seem bitter
MAVERICK, I am sorry I got so mad , if this lady is being truthful could you imagine what she is going though? Also, this is a PUBLIC BOARD, if she was trying to reconstruct a forged ticket, dont you think she would go to jail? Surely one of us, or someone else, would leak this out to the lottery officals! Think about it! I personally talked to the lottery officals, a bar code contains the winning numbers, date, as well as the serial number information. Which means its still foolproof, or, copy proof. the bar code is enough to win! The serial number is unique, no other ticket has that number, and no one knows what that number was on the ticket, execpt the lottery. If you gave her a losing ticket, where would she get the unique serial number from? A losing ticket is not going to have the unique serial number from that date, no matter what the winning number portion of the bar code says. Are you all following me? These tickets cannot be copied or forged. Each ticket has a number on it that none other have. Even if it has the same lottery ball digits. Thats why no one can get away with it. You just dont here about anyone getting away with forgery. Its foolproof. I heard this from the lottery. And you know what, if this lady was trying to pull a fast one, she certianlly is not going to beg for used old tickets from the lotto! Like I said, public board!!!
IF YOU SEND HER A TICKET, ASK HER IF ITS OKAY IF YOU NOTIFIY the lottery dept before you send it.
if she says its okay to tell the lottery first, shes gotta be either stupid or the winner.
LOL, I don't care what I seem to you, as long as I know I'm cool as a spring breeze. Once again I am not rude. Everyone can see it is you who began getting edgy, especially when I nicely asked you for proof of that old man story, etc... Also, do you realize you are making a fool of yourself by asking to buy a losing Illinois lottery ticket with a certain date on it? LMAO, and that is a genuine LMAO. If you have the winning ticket, you have the winning ticket. Why the need to buy a losing ticket? Oh God please help me but I have to throw another LMAO in here. Once again, it is you who showed the first and only signs of bitterness.
Yahooooooooooooooooooo
For everyone's information, I have not received the scanned image from gbjm04, so I don not believe ther story. Plus, there is no such thing as a 30-day extension. This is getting very strange, and I am curious what this person hopes to achieve.
If you change your mind and want to send some proof, I will let everyone know you are telling the truth. Otherwise, your story is quite unbelievable.
Well Todd...your obviously mistaken once again....because I have a letter from the Illinois lottery that gives me thirty days to bring a case in court. They have held the money over and NOT transferred it to the school fund on MY behalf...so I dont care if you believe this or not cause it is true... To maverick.....Im glad you think that this is hysterically funny as my life and the lives of my four young children and my family hang in the balance...you are a sick individual!! If this was your situation I would at the very least feel badly for you!!! As far as bbarbie3 posts...she is speculating as to what happened to the ticket...she doesnt know for sure nor do I!! If you read the earlier posts...my exhusband and his CRAZY girlfriend had (or have) physical possession of the ticket.....not I so Im not sure where it is or if it is still in existence...can only go on what they say. You all can go tell the lottery anything you want cause they know the whole story and have known it since last June so Im not doing anything wrong by asking for an old, unusable ticket to try and help my barcode expert!! As Jamescase said earlier...they are all unique and the date info is not going to change the rest of the barcode info and the barcode info doesnt contain the winning numbers it contains the very unique serial number.....so I could buy tickets all day long from the same store even, with those same numbers and it wouldnt contain the right serial number....only the winning ticket has the right serial number and I cant begin to reconstruct my barcode without the date info (which all 1/31/04) tickets have the same date info in the first 1/2 inch of the barcode!!! All of you can believe what you want....Im not lying, Im just trying to reconstruct my barcode to see if it matches their serial numbers and they gave me the extension to do just that!!! Good luck to all of you and try not to be so cynical!!! Life will be more beautiful that way...God bless :)
I don't think anybody on lottery post can help you with this problem. As i said in a earlier post you need to get an attorney and preferably one that has licence to practice in both states. If your ex has said ticket and has not stepped forward to claim the prize your copy of a ticket might just be worthless. I know without going into a long story that there is more involved than what has been discussed. Suppose your ex is just playing a really bad joke on you. No one in their right mind would let a 14 million dollar lottery ticket expire. Your seperation from him has nothing to do with your not getting your cut the lottery commision would see to it that your cut is disbursed to you.
If your exe's girl friend destroyed the ticket. how on earth do you think that your intitled to any part of it. The actual ticket is the bearer instrument. Not your copy of said ticket that is in your own words not a complete picture of it. Extension or not you need to get this matter straightened out before the extension expires.
OK, then send me a copy of the letter. I'm still waiting on my other request for a scan of your photocopy of the ticket, and I'm sensing that I'll have to keep waiting and waiting, because you have no intention of proving who you are.
Perhaps you're like that woman in Ohio who said she dropped her winning Mega Millions ticket in the store parking lot. (And the subsequently was proven to have lied.) Or maybe you're telling the truth.
By the way, don't reply and say you don't have the copy of the ticket, because you stated above:
Its funny how big money brings out the worst of us, me inclueded of course, and no offense intended, so please spare me any negative responses.
Tell me how to post the letter and I will....What I said is bbarbie3 is speculating as I have had to, because the people holding the ticket have changed their story many times as to where the ticket is...any info Bbarbie has is from me...she is a friend of mine and is repeating the info I have told her. As for me not knowing for sure where the ticket is...I never knew the whereabouts since I live in Fl. and the people holding it lived in Illinois...they now live in Wisconsin. Your ignorance is the amusing part....because I have said over and over again I dont have the physical ticket and never did, just a copy furnished by my ex-husband last summer...that is why I need an expert to analyze the barcode on the copy!!! Please read before you respond because your obviously skipping over facts or pulling from it what you choose to. The only reason I know and believe my ex-husband won the lottery is because my brother flew up early last summer and validated the winning ticket by comparing it to another lottery ticket and by examing it closely for security features. (My brother has been dealing with paper and in particular security paper for over 25 years....so Im very confident that he is an expert on the subject and can tell a fake, especially since my ex-husband isnt even competent enough to create a fake,lol!!!!) Not to mention....why would my ex claim to have won it and not have won it...he wouldnt have known way back then that no one would have turned it in because he had it (or has it)....I have been dealing with this for 8-9 months now!!! Oh another thing I saw an article a few weeks back about the "mystery caller" last summer to the manager at the Gas City asking questions about the ticket because she was going through a divorce etc...well that caller was me!!! I was in the middle of a divorce...its just they got the details wrong...it said I had won and was trying to keep it from my ex...really he had won and was trying to keep it from me....it is funny how the press can flip things around!! Again if anyone has an old ticket from 1/31/04 I will pay you for it ...it is no use to you now! Good night and God bless :)!!
I am sure I am about to be deleted for going against the grain here, but before I do, I just want to say that in general, when someone is weak, the strong people set up and out and destroy the weak. Thats why there are so many laws to try and protect the weak. Ex. Disablity, disabeled, etc. Goodbye everyone.
If you're referring to me with the "ignorance" remark, then I believe you are mistaken. It is in fact ignorance that is keeping you from seeing the fact that I am not asking to see the ticket, I asked to see a scanned image of the photocopy.
Here we go, last time: take whatever you have, and run it through a scanner - which will produce an image file on your hard drive. Then, open your e-mail, create a new message, attach the image file(s) created by your scanner to the e-mail, and send it to the e-mail address in my profile. Easy, and will substantiate your claims.
Nope, thats not me trying to destroy the weak. I'm going by facts = claim deadline is over... and I will find out soon enough if there is such a thing as a "30-day extension".
Mav,
This is getting pretty weird, eh? You getting any PMs?
Playing dumb aren't you? No problem. Go to a free photo site. They allow you to upload files onto their host server/s. Then link it here. Voila!
Oh, make sure it's an OFFICIAL letter from Illinois Lottery. Good luck.
Yes very weird and desperate scheisters abound. Nope I haven't gotten any PM's... you?
Yup. It seems like there is a contingent of people from Florida who are involved - or for all I know it's one guy having a party. Like I said, weird.
Here's your problem. You do not have the ticket in your posession. If I may quote the Illinois Lottery,
"An Official On-Line Game winning ticket is deemed to be owned by the person or entity named on the ticket or, in the case of a ticket not completed with name and address, by the ticket bearer.
The Lottery shall not be responsible for lost or stolen Official On-Line Game tickets.
The purchaser of an Official On-Line Game ticket has the sole responsibility for verifying the accuracy and condition of the data printed on the ticket at the time of purchase.
The Lottery shall not be responsible to the player for Official On-Line Game tickets redeemed in error by an On-Line Retailer."
AND
" The ticket must not be intentionally mutilated, altered, reconstituted, or tampered with in any manner"
IN ADDITION TO
"The ticket must not be counterfeit or an exact duplicate of another winning ticket"
AS WELL AS
" The player or computer number selections, validation data and the drawing date(s) and, if applicable, time of an apparent winning ticket must appear on the official file of winning tickets, and a ticket with that exact data must not have been previously paid" (The date is only half of what you need.)
NOT TO MENTION
"There must not be any other breach of these Rules in relation to the ticket which, in the opinion of the Superintendent, justifies disqualification"
I counted 5 reasons why you WILL NOT get your money. Deal with it. It says that prizes can be claimed up to one year past the drawing date. It also says that a ticket is that of the person of whom the ticket is in possesion. And since the jackpot was won after your divorce, and not during the proceedings, even if your ex claimed the prize, you would be entitled to nothing, and he and his girlfriend, no matter how psycho you say she is, are entitled to that money. END OF STORY. GET OVER IT. YOU LOST!!!
DoctorEw220, Thank you for looking into it so detailed.
no problem.
whoa, just stumbled into the weirdest thread.....
Doc....you obviously cant read because my ex-husband won the ticket while we were married!!!!! My divorce wasnt even in the works until AUG 2004 and finalized SEPT 2004 so learn to read before you reply...thanks!! As far as your "rules"....they are made to be broken...have you ever heard of that? And another thing...the lottery told my previous attorney that if I could validate the barcode they would pay the claim or if I got a court order they would pay the claim without the ticket....so smarty pants you dont know what you are talking about...none of you fools do!!!! So get over yourself :)...Have a nice day :)
You haven't sent proof, despite repeated requests. It would be easy to send a copy of the so-called letter from the Illinois Lottery, but since you refuse, your credibility has dimished to almost zero.
Wow...this story was better then that first cup of coffee in the morning. I just loved it! It was nice to see everyone here trading words and barbs! I think that Ms florida would do better by inserting a ad in the newspapers under the "personals" section. This way it would go out to a ever larger crowd that she can appeal to. And please..don't let her respond to me in any way ..fashion or form. Good fortune to all.!!!
(Now back to my newspaper and coffee)
Todd I just sent you the proof and St. Germain....I have no desire to respond to you in any fashion thank you!!! Good day to you all!!!
My credibility is 100%...the illinois lottery lied to the public about this pending case and the money being turned over to the school fund...as you can see Todd it is being held over for 30 days!!!
Your such a sweetheart!! Good day to you too!!
LOL....I love your dancing characters.....LOL!! Thanks for making me smile :).....and btw I am a sweetheart, lol!!! Todd I dont see my apology yet, lol....but maybe your reading the letter???
gbjm04 did send me a fax from the Illinois Lottery. It appears to be genuine.
Here's the facts from the fax:
Overall, it appears the Illinois Lottery received some kind of claim, and they are proceeding with caution to make sure that they are following their rules, while at the same time working with this person in the chance that the claim is real. I think they are taking a sensible approach.
What this does not do is to verify that this person does in fact hold a real, winning ticket. It basically says if your ex-husband is in fact holding a winning ticket, then the Lottery considers the claims process to be started, and they will not liquidate the jackpot for at least another 30 days, while giving you an opportunity to produce a winning ticket.
For what it's worth, I really hope that the ticket is real, and that you do get to split the $14 million. I have nothing against you, and I hope you understand the need for skepticism.
As for your request for an apology, I can't see anything that I need to apologize for. Do I need to apologize for being skeptical? I am glad that you sent the letter, and I certainly think it makes your claims here much more credible.
If it were me, and I had $7 million at stake (your 50% stake), I'd be hiring people to track it down and GET it. But that's advice better given in a PM.
I wish you the best of luck.
Todd thanks for your post and for validating my claims here....one thing in your post that is inaccurate and I hope you change is that the Lottery isnt givng me 30 days to produce the ticket....they are giving me 30 days to bring suit against them or produce the ticket. As for the copy of the ticket.....the lottery has questions about it because it is a horrible copy.....my ex did a wonderful job of crossing off everything on it that had any valuable information except the numbers and the game the ticket was bought for (1/31/04-14 million). As for having the ticket, I never had it nor saw it nor claim to have done either. My brother who is an expert in security paper and paper in general saw it, signed it, held it and validated it against a lottery ticket he purchased, it was the winning ticket......plus as I said earlier my ex isn't even intelligent.....how would he have known all the way back then that that particular ticket wouldnt be turned in...why....because he had it in his possession. I guess I understand your skeptism but you have to admit some people on here were pretty tough on me......my story is real as you have said and my life and the lives of my four young children hang in the balance so this is no joke or laughing matter!!! Thanks Todd for your comments and please correct the one issue regarding the 30 days.....Take care and God bless!!
It does appear that they have a provision for extending the claim period if a suit is filed within 30 days of the end of the claim period, but you appear to have whited out the third bullet point that they made, so I cannot be sure of what the conditions are. Therefore, I guess the facts substantiate some kind of ability to bring suit to claim the prize, but there may be some kind of conditions attached to this, so I cannot state with certainty that this is true.
Maverick and Doc you are pretty quiet now...just as I figured...have a good one :)!!
Go Girl !! Wish you the best. Won't be long before someone in the crowd will be asking for your hand. It might be maverick or someone....LOL!!!!
i've been at class, and had the task of doing mail duty on valentine's day. i have a life outside of LP.
i apologize for my previous statement, but it did sound like it was made-up though.
I have been following this trail....
GBJM04 claims she has a copy of the lottery ticket her ex husband purchases. If her husband had or has the original, why hasn't he tried to claim his portion? or has he? Is he going to let this slip away with no claim? That in itself sounds very peculiar?
According to an article I read at: http://www.dailysouthtown.com/southtown/dsnews/011nd4.htm GBJM04 is one of several people that came up with a sob story and no ticket to put in a claim for those winnings. Unless one of them can prove they were connected with the actual ticket, none of them are going to be taken serious.
RJOh
so her story is legit, but she is not the only person to lay claim to the ticket. sounds like another elicia battle to me.
So why only send it to Todd? Let's see you give permission to Todd to post the letter you faxed him.
I'm still having something else verified by the Illinois Lottery. It concerns your every word here at LP. Good luck.
PS. Be true to yourself.
WTG buddy. WTG. wouldn't it be funny to see this person exposed because of us.
Hold on to your seat Doc. The road seems a little rocky right now, but I'm prepared. I had always said to myself, "I should've been a lawyer".
*sigh*
Well to all your nonsense....I dont owe any of you an explanation...and I will not go sending my legal documents and proof all over the internet to a bunch of strangers...think about it....what now you dont trust Todd either...PATHETIC!!! I only sent it to him because he is the administrator. For the part about exposing me and blah, blah, blah the lottery office is WELL aware of me and my claims as I said 100 times since last summer....Im not one of the con artists that came out of the woodwork during the final weeks...Ive been there all along, in fact my whole divorce is based on the lottery settlement....so ask away and "find out" all you want cause I have nothing to hide and have done nothing wrong and have told the truth all along!!! As far as parts of my letter being whited out....well Maverick "the attorney wantabe" would it be smart to send my personal information out to a stranger or any of my proof out to strangers.....duhhhhhhh!!! Of course not.....and there is a problem with the copy I have said that all along IF you actually READ what I wrote...I said my ex crossed out a ton of info on it and especially any barcodes or serial numbers duhhhhhhhhh!! The lottery and I have no beef....in fact they gave only me, not the scammers 30 days to bring suit...they obviously believe I have some credence. And to Ms.Tarpon Springs you obviously haven't read all the posts either......my ex's CRAZYYYYYYYY girlfriend had physical possession of the ticket and didnt want me to get a dime....got it?????!! She might have destroyed it for all I know.....READ FOLKS!!! It is getting tiresome to answer questions I have already addressed....>For anyone who can supply an old ticket from 1/31/04 to me you will be paid for this ticket so that I can furnish it to help my barcode expert....it might help it might not but I will pay you either way......contact me privately...to anyone and everyone who actually wishes me and my family well...THANK YOU AND GOD BLESS YOU AND YOURS!!!!! Oh and btw I am true to myself!!!!
oops almost forgot....to answer another of Ms. Tarpon's questions.....my ex never turned it in because he was TRYING TO KEEP IT FROM ME....helloooooo anyone listening!!!!!????? Then my brother validated it and they had him SIGNED IT!!!! So, they needed to work with us at that point....which my ex was willing to do but crazy girlfriend wouldnt!!!! And she couldnt turn it in because my brother had signed it and she had gone through a divorce which was finalized last august as well. Listen enough of this nonsense my time is wasting...if anyone can help in anyway please let me know...I am a nursing student and a single mom of a 10 yr old,9 yr old and 8 year old twins...and yes my son (one of the twins) is disabled...he has been in the hospital 10 times this last 15 months alone!!!! So as far as "sob stories" go I dont know if you consider that to be one but it too is the TRUTH>>>>>> Good night all ......
Never trust anyone who says they don't owe you an explanation.
LOL I gave the proof to the administrator what else do you want my blood.....LOL what a bunch of wackos, LOL