Ownership of $1M winning lottery ticket in question

Comment #26

chasingadream — Fri, 16 Mar 2007 22:59:06 GMT

thx for the update........its funny cus sometimes I will ask the store if they have any tkt's ppl didn't pay for and I always buy them.....it doesn't happen often but i do ask.

Comment #25

KY Floyd — Fri, 16 Mar 2007 22:21:32 GMT

I think that what the store's policy says or doesn't say about what happens with unsold tickets may be the deciding factor in the case. Once it was refused by the customer the ticket became merchandise that was owned by the store, and it's a safe assumption that the store wanted to sell that piece of merchandise. If the policy contains a clause that would prohibit the ticket from being bought by an employee then the ticket wasn't for sale and therefore probably belongs to the store. If the pol... [ More ]

Comment #24

LuckyLilly — Fri, 16 Mar 2007 20:37:56 GMT

Thanks CA LotteryGuy, I found it now. I always forget about the paper.

That article says Maverik has eaten the financial loss in the past on tickets that were printed wrongly, so it's possible their official policy wasn't enforced. Darn it, I sure hope Maverik doesn't prevail on this one.

Comment #23

LuckyLilly — Fri, 16 Mar 2007 20:29:54 GMT

Yes. Especially if that policy has ever been enforced, which I bet it has. Maverik does not have the right to make employees reimburse the store for losing tickets, but take the jackpot of winning tickets.

Comment #22

CA LotteryGuy — Fri, 16 Mar 2007 20:28:49 GMT

LuckyLilly...check out the web site for the Idaho Statesmen. There is an article there that sums up the situation to date.

Comment #21

pigsNtrees — Fri, 16 Mar 2007 20:05:19 GMT

Do you think that the store's policy, irregardless if it is legal or not, forfeits the rights of the store to claim the ticket

Comment #20

LuckyLilly — Fri, 16 Mar 2007 19:18:06 GMT

Holy cow! Has the customer filed a claim yet? I can't find anything about it at the tv station websites.

Comment #19

CA LotteryGuy — Fri, 16 Mar 2007 19:00:36 GMT

LuckyLilly....the customer (or one who claims to be) has come forward. His story is that he asked for a $20 quick pick. Instead he got a $10 quick pick with a $10 Powerplay. He refused that ticket, hence the error ticket.

To make it more interesting the customer says later that day he went back to the store and asked for the orginal ticket (what we now know is the wining ticket) and got another ticket instead.

The saga continues.

Comment #18

four4me — Fri, 16 Mar 2007 19:00:28 GMT

As far as i know you cant buy a powerball ticket and exchange it. When the person took the ticket back from the customer it belonged to the store. If Someone paid for the ticket it's theres.

Since all tickets sales are the responsibility of the store. It should be the stores money. When the cashier bought the ticket the next day technically it belongs to the clerk. case closed.

Comment #17

LuckyLilly — Fri, 16 Mar 2007 18:44:13 GMT

There are two clerks involved, too. One who made the mistake (according to the customer) and would have been responsible to pay for it, and the one who saw it was a winner, bought it, and offered the manager half. What a mess! I'm surprised the customer hasn't thrown his/her lawyer into the frey with some off-the-wall claim.

Comment #16

pigsNtrees — Fri, 16 Mar 2007 18:38:33 GMT

That makes sense. So no matter if it was legal to make clerks pay for mistaken lotto tickets (the store has lost grounds here by their policy) or if the clerk bought the ticket, it seems to me the clerk should be the one who is the proper owner now.

Comment #15

LuckyLilly — Fri, 16 Mar 2007 18:16:54 GMT

I don't think so, because the ticket was printed before the drawing. The store would be responsible for reimbursing the lottery commission for that ticket whether they actually sold it or not. Since the LC was/will be/requires that they be paid for the ticket, they have to honor it's validity.

Comment #14

pigsNtrees — Fri, 16 Mar 2007 18:12:26 GMT

Wouldn't the ticket be invalid, because the day of purchase has expired

Comment #13

LuckyLilly — Fri, 16 Mar 2007 17:07:20 GMT

Except the eventual winner won't have any money left, cuz now it's all going to the lawyers.

This has lessened my opinion of the Maverik stores. I don't think they should be trying to claim the ticket. They got their $50k for selling the ticket, they need to butt out of it now.

Comment #12

sirbrad — Fri, 16 Mar 2007 07:24:06 GMT

All these big winners reinforce the value of players selecting the PowerPlay option to maximize their winnings

LOL! Yeah what they don't tell you is how much money this is costing milions of losers just for the one lucky winner to get the whole pot. I am usually disgruntled I wasted a dollar per game, I sure as heck ain't going to make it $2.00. I did enough of that on LFL and Match 6 so far, and now Mix and Match is following the same suit. But I feel as though I will win one of them v... [ More ]

Comment #11

KY Floyd — Fri, 16 Mar 2007 04:16:18 GMT

Here's the story about the other parties:

Two days later, the Maverick corporation filed a claim for the winnings. That same day, the clerk who mistakenly printed the quik pick showed up at the lottery office, insisting the powerball prize was hers. She also presented lottery officials with a copy of Maverick's lottery policies and procedures --which state employees will be financially responsible for any lottery tickets missing and not accounted for. According to that document, it would... [ More ]

Comment #10

RJOh — Fri, 16 Mar 2007 01:51:14 GMT

In what part of the United States do you live? Boise is almost in the middle and I didn't think you could be 50000 miles away from it and still be in the western hemisphere as the crows fly.

Comment #9

LuckyLilly — Fri, 16 Mar 2007 01:46:44 GMT

I just heard an update that 4 people are claiming the ticket that was sold at a Maverik in Boise, and the courts will have to decide. All 4 people have ties to the Maverik where the ticket was purchased the day AFTER the drawing. Customer bought $20 ticket, it wasn't right, so the store took it back. It laid there till the day after the drawing, then a clerk saw it was a winner and bought the ticket.

I'd post a link but I don't think I've been here long enough. I can't find the guidelin... [ More ]

Comment #8

Badger — Fri, 16 Mar 2007 00:38:40 GMT

Far as I'm concerned, the person presenting the ticket (and there is no implication that the ticket isn't genuine, according to the story) is the owner. THat person gets the million.

I the person bought the ticket for someone else, and now decided to keep it, that's life.

Never let anyone else buy a lottery ticket for you.

Comment #7

LckyLary — Fri, 16 Mar 2007 00:28:47 GMT

What is with Boise? Everytime you turn around there's another winner there. Are these all quick picks? Too bad Boise is about 50000 miles away.

Comment #6

RJOh — Thu, 15 Mar 2007 22:21:26 GMT

It could be that the person claiming the ticket also bought tickets for others too and couldn't decide which ones belonged to him until after the drawing. This has happened before and usually has to be investigated before the money is released.

Comment #5

CCHS13 — Thu, 15 Mar 2007 18:44:43 GMT

A ten multiplier is comming to Powerball for the month of April

Now thats something to party about

Comment #4

KY Floyd — Thu, 15 Mar 2007 18:33:45 GMT

Unless it was signed by someone other than the person cashing it, they should just see it as a bearer instrument.

Whatever cash you have in your wallet is also a bearer instrument, but that doesn't mean I become the owner just because I manage to move it from your pocket to mine.

There could be all sorts of reasons why there's a dispute, but apparently there isn't a single reporter who didn't think their story was finished after simply saying there's a dispute over ownership. Google news... [ More ]

Comment #3

Guru101 — Thu, 15 Mar 2007 18:14:09 GMT

Unless it was signed by someone other than the person cashing it, they should just see it as a bearer instrument. Phone calls from the area it was sold, pft

Comment #2

x1kosmic — Thu, 15 Mar 2007 17:43:39 GMT

Mabey someone said, hey, get me a ticket while you're at the store, here's my numbers..... and now friendly neighbor, has other ideas.

Comment #1

LuckyLilly — Thu, 15 Mar 2007 17:36:14 GMT

Anyone have any idea why ownership of a ticket would be in question? I thought possession was 9/10 of the law, unless it was signed by someone other than the person trying to cash it.

Ownership of $1M winning lottery ticket in question

Lottery Post — Thu, 15 Mar 2007 16:03:01 GMT

The $1 million winning ticket from Saturday night's draw was presented to Idaho Lottery officials for payment Tuesday, but the prize has not been paid out yet.

Lottery officials authenticated the ticket as being the winner and are in possession of the ticket. However, the ownership of the ticket is still in question.

We are working toward a swift conclusion regarding this matter, said Jeff Anderson, Idaho Lottery Director. We will have a resolution by the end of the week.

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