B.C. lottery officials extend deadline to settle fight over jackpot

Comment #13

Chewie — Fri, 30 Sep 2005 16:54:20 GMT

Another good reason to get to the lotto headquarts immediately and claim your money. The longer you wait, the greater the opportunity for something to go wrong, go wrong, go wong.

Comment #12

RJOh — Fri, 30 Sep 2005 15:52:20 GMT

The court awarded the money to the original nine members of the pool since there was no proof that the other girls paid for any tickets. Now two of girls say they were asked to participate and intended to pay for their tickets later after the they were purchased when they had some money. Other employees testified that was never the policy before and they accepted that they did not pay this time and they were not in the pool this time. The story was at: http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/sto... [ More ]

Comment #11

RJOh — Tue, 06 Sep 2005 19:09:15 GMT

This story gets more confusing as it develops. It seem that every day of the lottery drawings someone would collect money from the folks who were working that day that wanted to be in the pool to buy lottery tickets for that night's drawing, thus an A W workers pool. The four women who are suing said they contributed faithfully on the days that they worked and thought the pool included them on the days they didn't work and couldn't contribute. The problem is there are other workers who could... [ More ]

Comment #10

Chewie — Sun, 04 Sep 2005 18:42:21 GMT

Thank God for the public school system! Our kids can't read, write, or add; but they know how to whine until everything that is good is theirs and everything that is bad is the fault of someone else.

Comment #9

RJOh — Sun, 04 Sep 2005 17:36:43 GMT

Some people have expanded that concept to include those co-workers who think about joining the pool but can't come up with the money as expressed in the story of the car salesmen lottery pool that won $16M. https://www.lotterypost.com/news/117884.htmWhen ever any one wins a big jackpot, everyone including their family, friends, neighbors, co-workers and even the clerk that sold them the winning ticket wants a part of it.RJOh

Comment #8

Chewie — Fri, 02 Sep 2005 12:48:56 GMT

So if I buy a lottery ticket on most weeks, but skip a week or two, and there is a winner the week I skipped, I can claim a share of the winnings because I used to buy tickets? I like that concept

Comment #7

RJOh — Fri, 02 Sep 2005 01:29:30 GMT

B.C. Lottery Corp stated the various legal counsels representing all the workers said they were unable to resolve their dispute so they will meet in court. The money will earn interest while the case is heard through the courts.Co-workers Tanis McQuillan and Meagan Weisgerber came forward to say they had been part of the group's lottery pool because they had previously paid in -- although not for the time the winning ticket was bought, according to the nine who made the original claim. Two mor... [ More ]

Comment #6

KyMystikal — Wed, 31 Aug 2005 15:37:42 GMT

I ran a pool at a old job I had and to avoid this I had a sheet that everyone was playing signed. The sheet let all players know who was in and what numbers we had because some people wanted to pick their own numbers and some wanted to play QP. We played $5.00 on Powerball and $5.00 on Lotto for Wed. and Sat. draw for a total of $20.00. Everyone who was in the pool had a copy of this sheet too. With our pool we would only allow 10 people in it and for the most part we kept the same people playin... [ More ]

Comment #5

starchild_45 — Wed, 31 Aug 2005 01:28:12 GMT

ah let it go to the lawyers. the people who were not playing faithfully will lose out in the end.

Comment #4

starchild_45 — Wed, 31 Aug 2005 01:17:28 GMT

ah let it go to the lawyers. the people who were not playing faithfully will lose out in the end.

Comment #3

bellyache — Tue, 30 Aug 2005 18:51:51 GMT

This is one of the reason I really dislike Lottery Pools. People who never or rarely participate in the pool don't chip in, come out of the wood-work claiming that they were part of the pool in the first place The people who are involved in pools need to always have some type of contract to avoid this mess. Me, I perfer to play only.

Comment #2

RJOh — Tue, 30 Aug 2005 15:46:18 GMT

Believing the court could side with the first two ladies if they participated in the pool in the past and was only delinquent in their dues had two other workers also suiting for a share of the jackpot according to a local news source. If that's true even more workers could be suiting and the only winners will be the lawyers. The trouble with having delinquent pool players is they never pay up after the drawing is over when there is no winning tickets, it's a win-win situation for them, they'r... [ More ]

Comment #1

tg636 — Tue, 30 Aug 2005 14:35:25 GMT

It would probably be best to get signatures on an agreement when you get the ticket so you'll know who's in and who's out. Or better yet, avoid these workplace deals and cash in the jackpot all by yourself.

B.C. lottery officials extend deadline to settle fight over jackpot

Lottery Post — Tue, 30 Aug 2005 14:18:01 GMT

The British Columbia Lottery Corp. has given two groups of feuding fast-food workers another day to decide who deserves a share of a $14.5 million Lotto 6/49 jackpot. They've asked for more time, Jim Lightbody, the corporation's vice-president of gaming, said Monday. We're not certain why. Nine workers at an A W fast-food restaurant in Mission, B.C., say they're the only rightful claimants to the prize from the Aug. 13 draw.But four others have come forward to demand a share of the jackpot, sa... [ More ]