$8 million lottery dispute grips Spain

Comment #17

CASH Only — Tue, 30 May 2006 13:52:38 GMT

onsiderations?

I've given ottery tickets to waitresses. I prefer women who wear tuxedo shirts.

Comment #16

RJOh — Tue, 30 May 2006 01:35:35 GMT

(Considerations could be no more than just picking some lucky numbers for him to play)

I added that comment to my post so the word considerations wouldn't be taken to mean something bad. Once in a while I use to read about the players who won a lottery jackpot and shared it with a waitress, stranger or a friend who had been nice to them and they wanted to do the same. Those days are probably long gone, today people expected to be rewarded extra for just doing their jobs, that's probably... [ More ]

Comment #15

DoubleDown — Mon, 29 May 2006 23:12:21 GMT

JXP, you're killing me !!!

Is this as good as it gets ? I wonder that myself sometimes...

DD

Comment #14

justxploring — Mon, 29 May 2006 23:04:57 GMT

If you're referring to my post, RJOh, then I am definitely not offering him anything! LOL

However, I was just changing my sheets and pulled a muscle in my back (they'll just have to hang..I'm not lifting that darn mattress again) and I'm thinking Is this as good as it gets? As much as I try to walk the straight narrow, I sometimes think about what W.C. Fields said:

It is morally wrong to allow a sucker to keep his money.

Comment #13

RJOh — Mon, 29 May 2006 21:48:04 GMT

From watching TV court shows, I understand that in order for a contract to be enforceable it must be beneficial for all competence parties concerned, there's no such thing as a contract without benefits or considerations. If you're not offering any benefits or considerations then it's like a gift or charitable donation which is unenforceable. (Considerations could be no more than just picking some lucky numbers for him to play

Comment #12

justxploring — Mon, 29 May 2006 19:49:13 GMT

Speaking of lottery promises, there is a man who works near the market I frequent (or just likes to hang out there..it's a weird parking lot) who always tells me he'll take care of me should he win the lottery. I never tell him I'll share my win, especially since I don't even know him. One day I asked How will you find me? You don't know my name! I couldn't figure out if he was flirting or just being a nice guy. However, no matter what his true intentions might be, there is absolutely no p... [ More ]

Comment #11

RJOh — Mon, 29 May 2006 19:16:56 GMT

Blas Landeira Garcia, who organized the pool, told the court that when Lloreda joined the pool six years earlier, he had been informed of the rules.

It worked with a pact of confidence that if we won a prize, it would be shared. Lloreda formed part of the group, he said.

This sounds like an agreement that's unique to their culture. I can't imagine any American agreeing for the rest of his life to share anything he won in any lottery with a group of co-workers and I doubt if any court... [ More ]

Comment #10

justxploring — Mon, 29 May 2006 18:11:28 GMT

I might be misunderstanding this, but I thought Todd was referring to the LP toolbar, not the one on our individual browsers. I'm going to see if it works for me. It's the symbpl next to the smiley face.

6 million, 20 ...yup, worked for me. Thanks, Todd.

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Regarding the topic, it sounds as if this man is being very dishonest and immoral, but maybe he really wasn't part of the pool at work. I've been in situations where I asked some people if they wanted to parta... [ More ]

Comment #9

RJOh — Mon, 29 May 2006 17:29:29 GMT

When I used the Mozilla Firefox browser, it acts different than the Internet Explorer's browser and won't paste from NotePad. Maybe your browser doesn't support everything in the tool bar.

Comment #8

wizeguy — Sun, 28 May 2006 17:02:13 GMT

Doh! The insert symbol button here

Comment #7

wizeguy — Sun, 28 May 2006 17:00:24 GMT

Must not be up-to-date on my browser. I don't have an insert symbol button and I looked at the character map for the font I use and it has no Euro symbol. It really doesn't bother me much though as I have no need for it.

Comment #6

RJOh — Fri, 26 May 2006 21:08:39 GMT

That's nice to know. I've been hitting the ALT key and typing the ASCII code of the symbol. For example to enter I held down the ALT key and typed 155.

Comment #5

ochoop17 — Fri, 26 May 2006 20:53:08 GMT

bellyache, i totally agree with you.

Comment #4

CASH Only — Fri, 26 May 2006 14:02:37 GMT

I did it! Thanx Todd

Comment #3

Todd — Fri, 26 May 2006 13:59:49 GMT

Quote: Originally posted by CASH Only on May 26, 2006 I wish the keyboards at my library had the cool Euro symbol. There has to be a way for me to use it.

You can insert any symbol using the Insert Symbol button on the toolbar

Comment #2

CASH Only — Fri, 26 May 2006 13:50:39 GMT

I wish the keyboards at my library had the cool Euro symbol. There has to be a way for me to use it.

Comment #1

bellyache — Fri, 26 May 2006 00:53:15 GMT

The guy can't be shocked that his colleagues would be upset by this. It seems that he was involved in a lottery pool and when he won decided he wanted the money to himself. He seems very selfish. If he wanted to keep all the money for himself he should have not played in a pool in the first place.

$8 million lottery dispute grips Spain

Lottery Post — Fri, 26 May 2006 00:18:00 GMT

Like many factory workers around the world, they dreamed of winning the lottery and retiring early to enjoy their riches.

But when the numbers came up for the group of Spanish workmates, joy quickly turned to despair after the one who collected the prize denied that there had ever been a deal to share the money.

Now a judge in Barcelona must decide whether Antonio Lloreda Capillo is entitled to keep the 6 million (US$7.7 million) jackpot or must share it with 19 colleagues from the lotte... [ More ]