Coworkers fight for share of B.C. lottery win

Comment #11

Deadsantaclaus — Tue, 30 Aug 2005 15:46:43 GMT

I've only bought tickets for others once on a road trip for Mega Millions tickets. The people I bought them for helped me out as I helped them after the hurricanes last year. I purchased 4 seperate tickets as a gift of thanks with the same numbers on each ticket. Meaning that IF they had won they would each have a separate ticket to decide how they wanted to handle their winnings.This was the only time I ever did something that resembled a group buy I haven't since then and don't see myself doin... [ More ]

Comment #10

Rip Snorter — Tue, 30 Aug 2005 13:11:21 GMT

What I wonder is why someone would work at a fast food place for six years.My impression's always been that they do it for the money. Ask a 12 year old kid what he wants to do when he's grown, he'll almost never say, I'd like to spend my life flippin' hamburgers .It's regretable these pools never seem to work out the way the members hoped. Seems to me a consortium of players could be a major plus if there were any means that could be devised to keep everyone honest. Ironclad contract and rul... [ More ]

Comment #9

RJOh — Thu, 25 Aug 2005 22:54:42 GMT

There are also those stories of people who have their own tickets and promised to share their winnings with their friends and communities and been sued when those friends or organizations in those communities feel they came up short on their promises.

Comment #8

JAP69 — Thu, 25 Aug 2005 22:31:24 GMT

To many stories like this.If these two could prove in court they put in the money but are being cutout I would file criminal charges against the others for being cutout.I would never ever join a lottery pool. I will buy my own tickets and its all mine.

Comment #7

RJOh — Thu, 25 Aug 2005 22:28:11 GMT

friends were her words not those of the ticket holders. Being someone's friend, co-worker, relative or neighbor doesn't entitle her to a share of their lottery winnings. She'll have to prove she contributed to the cost of the tickets.

Comment #6

Lucky$even — Thu, 25 Aug 2005 22:03:15 GMT

What I wonder is why someone would work at a fast food place for six years. No wonder she and her friend want a cut. No proof, no piece of the pie. Why wouldn't the others include these two if they are supposedly friends and supposedly entered in the pool

Comment #5

RJOh — Thu, 25 Aug 2005 21:04:06 GMT

I have a feeling the two women contributed to some of the pools for past drawings and have no proof of contributing to the pool for the last drawing. In another article I read they also thought some of the other co-workers should also be included with the eight women and one man that claimed to have been the only members of the pool that bought the ticket. I think these women thought the pool was run by some of their co workers for the benefits of all the co-workers so they will have to go to

Comment #4

Chewie — Thu, 25 Aug 2005 19:23:07 GMT

Make copies of the tickets and give all members a copy; or document the numbers by email (second choice). Friendship does not equal trust.

Comment #3

RJOh — Thu, 25 Aug 2005 17:43:18 GMT

This kind of thing is likely to happen with lottery pools that allows people to join off and on when ever they have some extra change or feel lucky. People who've contributed off and on for years will want to share the big money even if they didn't contribute anything the last time around. A few year ago a Cleveland steel mill lottery pool that won the jackpot wanted to reduce the winnings for one of its new member because he had just joined a few months before they won and the rest of the pool... [ More ]

Comment #2

orangeman — Thu, 25 Aug 2005 16:08:32 GMT

This only proves that money changes people and circumstances.Orangeman

Comment #1

JAG331 — Thu, 25 Aug 2005 15:53:09 GMT

Great work Todd on the pictures...adds character to the story.

Coworkers fight for share of B.C. lottery win

Lottery Post — Thu, 25 Aug 2005 15:47:52 GMT

A group of Vancouver fast food workers who are feuding over who should get a cut of a $14.5-million lottery win have been given until the end of the week to settle their dispute or face a judge.A senior official with the British Columbia Lottery Corporation said Wednesday that eight women and a man who work at the A W burger restaurant in Mission, B.C., will definitely get a share of the prize from Saturday's Lotto 6-49 draw.The question is whether two other women who work at the restaurant ar... [ More ]