Ontario lottery to investigate 'suspicious' $24.5M win

Comment #5

OldSchoolPa — Sun, 03 Feb 2008 08:38:37 GMT

There have been quite a few slogans that have become popular in our time like, NO JUSTICE, NO PEACE, or JUST SAY NO TO... Well, I put a lottery spin on them that goes like this: LOTTERY POOL, NO PEACE and JUST SAY NO TO LOTTERY POOLS.

I see the appeal of lottery pools...the average Joe or Jane figures he or she could just throw in a couple bucks in several different pools, thereby imperceptably but psychologically increasing their chances of winning the big jackpot. But that is where the sch... [ More ]

Comment #4

KyMystikal — Thu, 24 Jan 2008 16:26:32 GMT

Powco general manager Darrin Manley, one of the winners, said he believes the person making the claim to share the prize has worked at the plant for about 15 years and is on vacation in Poland.

He called me too, and I believe it was an oversight on our part that he was missed on the list, Manley said, adding the group still isn't happy about leaving Toronto without cheques.

This sounds like a sneaky group trying to cash in the ticket while the other pool member was in another country on v... [ More ]

Comment #3

ThatScaryChick — Sun, 20 Jan 2008 06:07:40 GMT

There seems to be more to this story. I hope we hear more about this, after that guy gets back from his vacation.

Comment #2

RJOh — Sun, 20 Jan 2008 05:27:51 GMT

Powco general manager Darrin Manley, one of the winners, said he believes the person making the claim to share the prize has worked at the plant for about 15 years and is on vacation in Poland.

If this person was supposed to be on the list of winners and came back from vacation only to find out his co-workers had claimed the prize, split and spent it without him could upset him.

Comment #1

JAP69 — Sun, 20 Jan 2008 04:12:32 GMT

Another saga in the world of lottery pools.

Ontario lottery to investigate 'suspicious' $24.5M win

Lottery Post — Sun, 20 Jan 2008 03:51:00 GMT

The $24.5 million Lotto nbsp;6/49 win by workers at Powco Steel has been classified as a suspicious win by Ontario gaming officials after another potential winner came forward.

On Thursday, 27 employees of the Barrie company, which manufactures light stands and poles, spent the day at the Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corp. in Toronto hoping to collect their prize. But they left empty-handed so officials could conduct the standard checks.

Yesterday, another claim was made for the big prize.... [ More ]