$250M lotto mystery is talk of Rutherford

Comment #22

Luckyleprechaun — Fri, 23 Sep 2005 02:27:49 GMT

lol glad to hear that...Going to be at the store this whole weekend.-jatin

Comment #21

CASH Only — Wed, 21 Sep 2005 15:31:38 GMT

Since the ticket was bought near East Rutherford, maybe they could buy into the New York Giants. Wait a minute, I mean the New JERSEY Giants

Comment #20

LckyLary — Wed, 21 Sep 2005 03:24:18 GMT

Cool, the owner's son joined Lottery Post!One of the Pick-3 I played at Leprechaun as a box came out STRAIGHT on today's midday! HINT: Any #s I ever give you as a prediction PLAY THEM FOR 2 DRAWINGS!I'm planning to play there more often i.e. en route to Bowling (why not) even though the Bowling Alley has Lottery. At least it's close to me this time, not way over there in Ohio.

Comment #19

Luckyleprechaun — Tue, 20 Sep 2005 22:49:26 GMT

Thanx, we are very happy with the attention and the bonus no matter the amount. Life kind of just goes on. The latest update is that the pub across the railroad might have the winning tickets. Thats the only rumor going around town. -jatin

Comment #18

Todd — Tue, 20 Sep 2005 17:18:22 GMT

Jatinkumar,Congratulations to you and your parents! You must all be very happy, if not with the bonus, then at least with all the attention your parents' store is getting. Must be an exciting time for you, enjoy it while it lasts

Comment #17

Luckyleprechaun — Tue, 20 Sep 2005 15:16:34 GMT

Hello, I am the son of the owner of Leprechaun News II, found this site while searching for stories online about Mega millions. We are more than happy to recieve the 10,000 dollar bonus, however knowing if the store was located in another state liek Ill, it would be 1% of the jackpot. But its all Cool, if anyone has any questions feel free to ask. BTW it might take me a while to respond, because I am a busy college student. Good luck-jatinkumar patel

Comment #16

LckyLary — Tue, 20 Sep 2005 04:45:29 GMT

I visited Leprechaun News this afternoon, because it's only a slight detour on the way to Bowling.First off... IF the ticket was a quick--pick, realize the white-noise generator will race though billions of combinations in a few seconds' time. So at 3PM is not exact enough. Even one more person on the sidewalk slightly slowing down the potential winner will let the RNG drift to other (nonwinning) combinations.Anyway, I went to the Leprechaun and there was a Fox News van parked there and a lone... [ More ]

Comment #15

Todd — Mon, 19 Sep 2005 20:49:50 GMT

Me too

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psykomo — Mon, 19 Sep 2005 20:02:21 GMT

Todd could you also find out if IT was a Quick PICK???????????????????????If it was....................................it wasn'ttttttttttttttttt mineeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!(3 1/2 months left in Q-PICKs)........maby December will be the to TIME/WIN.LOLPSYKOMO

Comment #13

JONMOJON — Mon, 19 Sep 2005 19:48:54 GMT

Thank you, Todd. Unfortunately I didn't win. Now I know what to do if I win Powerball, I bought tickets through Primeticket Service.

Comment #12

Todd — Mon, 19 Sep 2005 18:53:52 GMT

By the way, for those wondering, you can go to Prime Ticket Service by clicking any of the Click a Game to Play links in the left navigation section of any LP page.

Comment #11

Todd — Mon, 19 Sep 2005 18:36:24 GMT

JONMOJON,If you played with Prime Ticket Service, their lawyer would be making the arrangements with you right now to hand the ticket off to you in person, and then you would take the ticket to the state lottery headquarters, where you would claim the prize in person.A winning lottery ticket is a bearer document, meaning that the person who holds it and redeems it is the person who gets the prize -- not the person who buys it.

Comment #10

JONMOJON — Mon, 19 Sep 2005 18:10:22 GMT

Does it mean that if I had someone buy a ticket for me, or I used a service like Primeticket service, I can't claim the prize? (for the video tape thing).

Comment #9

RJOh — Mon, 19 Sep 2005 18:03:38 GMT

It's times like this when people in a little town start to think of themselves as one big family and get excited about a member of the family winning millions of dollars. Some even hope the winner is a nice generous family member who really needs it and will share it with others but the truth is no one really needs a $100,000,000.00 plus and they probably won't think of the town as their family. They probably will avoid all those new recent family members by finding another place to live.... [ More ]

Comment #8

Chewie — Mon, 19 Sep 2005 17:48:08 GMT

The first thing lottery officials will do once a winner comes forward is check to make sure that the ticket is real and that it's held by its legitimate owner, he said.That should take about 10 minutes. The ticket is real or it's not real. The ticket info matches the computerized record or it doesn't. I would imagine the officials have already printed the computer info and are waiting to match it. I also imagine they have a copy of the video tape of the purchase.

Comment #7

fxsterling — Mon, 19 Sep 2005 16:52:48 GMT

Todd could you also find out what day and time the w3inner was sold

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fxsterling — Mon, 19 Sep 2005 16:50:09 GMT

todd look at my old posts also that rain that day closed the hwy so i had to take the train and got off at fair lawn

Comment #5

delS — Mon, 19 Sep 2005 16:22:25 GMT

Everyone in Rutherford should just relax and let the winner get their affairs in order before they come forward. Its not everyday a person wins $113,000,000. delS

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Todd — Mon, 19 Sep 2005 16:14:56 GMT

How would you have made a pit stop at that New Jersey deli from Atlanta

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fxsterling — Mon, 19 Sep 2005 16:12:13 GMT

i was at that train stop on a train thursday at 3pm and thought the irish bar would make a good pit stop but no my wife said i bet the winner got his tic a 3pm

Comment #2

CASH Only — Mon, 19 Sep 2005 15:20:26 GMT

I heard $10,000. AFAIK the agent bonus would have been about $2.5 million (1%) if the ticket had been sold in Illinois.

Comment #1

qutgnt — Mon, 19 Sep 2005 15:18:54 GMT

What does the store owner in New Jersey get for this

$250M lotto mystery is talk of Rutherford

Lottery Post — Mon, 19 Sep 2005 15:05:05 GMT

The Mega Millions winner watch in Rutherford, New Jersey, entered day two yesterday with much anticipation but without anyone stepping forward to claim the $250 million jackpot.Yogi Patel, owner of the Leprechaun News II store where the winning ticket was sold at about noon on Friday, bundled newspapers in twine and spoke of the newfound fame for his business. People are happy when they find out somebody won from my store, Patel said. Business is increasing. People are now thinking this store