Elks Club members in fight over $21M lottery win

Comment #6

Stack47 — Sat, 19 Jan 2008 00:58:12 GMT

When the jackpot is high, somebody will ask other people to put in $5 or $10 along with them so they have more chances to win the jackpot and any winnings will be split among all the players. If they get 9 other players and they all put in $10, one of them will buy $100 worth of tickets.

That is the easy way to run a pool and the only dispute would be if the jackpot rolls and somebody in the previous pool was left out. They probably wouldn't have any legal standing because another pool was c... [ More ]

Comment #5

KY Floyd — Fri, 18 Jan 2008 06:39:23 GMT

I feel like if they happen to win when I didn't put in, if they're nice they'll give me some consolation prize being I contributed many other times, but if not, then I should have put in.

That's easy to say now, since they haven't won. I don't doubt that a lot of the people who sue and claim thay were part of a pool are either outright liars or deliberately chose not to participate in the pool the time it happened to have the winner. I'm also sure that there are people who are consistent o... [ More ]

Comment #4

LckyLary — Thu, 17 Jan 2008 23:13:19 GMT

I jump in whatever pool I can. There is one that I join regularly on high Mega jackpots (imagine how it got my attention when I heard the winning Mega was sold in my county, even though it wasn't my numbers)... I feel like if they happen to win when I didn't put in, if they're nice they'll give me some consolation prize being I contributed many other times, but if not, then I should have put in. I certainly wouldn't sue over it. If people win who I know personally (and who I like), I am a lot ha... [ More ]

Comment #3

awwcrap — Thu, 17 Jan 2008 20:25:06 GMT

I stay out of lottery pools at work

Comment #2

ThatScaryChick — Thu, 17 Jan 2008 05:32:35 GMT

Stories like these are reasons I like playing the lottery myself.

Comment #1

JettaMan — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 15:53:59 GMT

I'm selfish, lottery pools suck

Elks Club members in fight over $21M lottery win

Lottery Post — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 15:05:23 GMT

It may have once seemed like a dream come true, but a winning lottery ticket has turned into a nightmare for 21 people in Okotoks, Alberta.

On Nov. 23 last year, the 21, all patrons or employees at the local Elks Club, chipped in $5 each to buy tickets for that night's Super 7 draw, one of which proved to be worth $20 million.

The members of the group should each have received more than $900,000 by now, but a dispute has arisen over who is entitled to a share.

While they attempt to sort... [ More ]