Lottery 'joke' wins man fine, year probation

Comment #12

Todd — Tue, 19 Dec 2006 18:09:13 GMT

Hi MARS7878,

Welcome to Lottery Post! Have you been around lurking for long, or did you just find us

Comment #11

MARS7878 — Tue, 19 Dec 2006 17:15:38 GMT

Maybe it me, when you find something on the ground outside how many of you go looking for the owner ? That lottery ticket is just like finding a wallet with no identifcation inside of it, but yet the wallet contains $8,000 in cash are you going to look for a owner ? NO ! Same wallet with identifcation are you returning the wallet with the $8,000 in it most people are not. So my point is this Mr. Miller you was the one wanting to claim the Jackpot, eventho you knew the ticket wasn't yours. Well,... [ More ]

Comment #10

KY Floyd — Mon, 11 Dec 2006 06:23:52 GMT

What Koons did isn't entrapment, even ignoring the fact that entrapment can only be committed law enforcement officers or those working as their agents. By all accounts, Koons didn't intend for the person who found the ticket to make a claim, and he did nothing to persuade Miller to file the claim and make a false statement. The available evidence also says that Miller made a legitimate mistake in thinking the altered ticlet was one that he had bought. Assuming he bought quickpicks, or used numb... [ More ]

Comment #9

dumars798 — Sun, 10 Dec 2006 09:33:09 GMT

I bet he'll learn this lesson n a costy 1

at that

Comment #8

TheGameGrl — Sat, 09 Dec 2006 06:06:42 GMT

Another legal terminology for what Koons did is..Entrapment. Deliberately planting an item in order for an illegal activity to transpire. Enticing a person....

I hope Miller does learn a lesson though on being careful with ticket claims...

Im still waiting for the punch line because I didnt really get the first part of the supposed *joke*...

Comment #7

mylollipop — Thu, 07 Dec 2006 05:47:54 GMT

Again, it was a joke, but a dishonest person got duped. He (Miller) should be responsible for his own crafty greediness. He IS responsible for what HE did. Well HE SHOULD TAKE the responsibility.

Comment #6

mylollipop — Thu, 07 Dec 2006 05:43:00 GMT

Can't you just see the egg fried ALL OVER his face!? And now he balks... just deserts and should be a lesson well learned

Comment #5

RJOh — Thu, 07 Dec 2006 05:27:36 GMT

Brian S. Miller had to know the ticket didn't belong to him when he found it unless he subscribes to the finders keep and losers weep rule. Under that rule the finders should keep everything including the troubles that come with lying to cover up that it belongs to someone else.

He made no effort to find its rightful owner until after he was arrested and charged with trying to pass a forgery.

Comment #4

mylollipop — Thu, 07 Dec 2006 05:07:32 GMT

Exactly

Comment #3

barbos — Thu, 07 Dec 2006 05:02:46 GMT

Sad??? It couldn't be funnier... Wanna jackpot - buy your own tickets and don't lie.

Comment #2

JackpotWanna — Thu, 07 Dec 2006 01:15:15 GMT

Very sad story indeed.

Comment #1

floridian — Wed, 06 Dec 2006 13:07:57 GMT

Oh the tangled web we weave when we try to deceive.

Floridian

Lottery 'joke' wins man fine, year probation

Lottery Post — Wed, 06 Dec 2006 12:30:01 GMT

James A. Koons Jr.'s practical joke backfired in a big way.

According to his attorney, the Hegins man thought it would be funny to fake a $853,496 winning Powerball ticket and leave it underneath a newspaper in the break room at the Roadway Express terminal in Middlesex Twp.

Instead of a laugh, Koons and an unwitting co-worker ended up in a legal mess.

Yesterday, Cumberland County President Judge Edgar B. Bayley sentenced Koons, 38, to 12 months of probation and fined him $2,500 for... [ More ]