Bad news for record S. African lottery "winner"

Comment #10

HaveABall — Sat, 20 Mar 2010 04:58:26 GMT

Yep!

What is going on with some of these poor journalists? Journalist used to mean checker/researcher; one who goes indeapth and double checks information BEFORE publishing. Truly, before writing a story, any conscientous journalist would have READ the ticket. If, after reading the timestamp AND date, the ticket didn't match the win, they should have tactfully told the ticket holder that their ticket is for a different drawing date than the draw which picked these #s. A conscientous journali... [ More ]

Comment #9

grave — Sat, 20 Feb 2010 00:57:30 GMT

I give this story the Fish EYE........

Comment #8

KY Floyd — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 04:04:17 GMT

The story clearly says that a newspaper reported that he was the winner, and that the lottery says he wasn't the winner. It also clearly says that he bought a legitimate ticket after the drawing that had the winning numbers from that drawing. The lottery has absolutely nothing to do with the story, other than running the lottery that the story is about.

30 seconds with google indicates that the guy either truly thought he had won or was trying to pull a scam, and caused his problems himself b... [ More ]

Comment #7

catsrule — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 07:10:21 GMT

Seems like fish are swimming around that pond. Shady, Shady

Comment #6

ThatScaryChick — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 23:42:30 GMT

I agree. Did the guy buy a fake ticket or create a fake one? Or is something else going on

Comment #5

sully16 — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 21:06:33 GMT

something sounds wrong with this whole story.

Comment #4

rdgrnr — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 21:04:47 GMT

Good point dr65.

Maybe he had the winning ticket afterall and it kind of got accidentally switched with someone else's when he was in the safe haven .

That does stink.

Comment #3

dr65 — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 20:52:29 GMT

Oh come on now....how is a mistake like that made? It isn't. They are relatively new to the games but have made a mistake in declaring (or

identifying) the winner??? That doesn't make sense at all. Let me try that tonight...do you think I'll get anywhere?

I cast a very suspicious eye to the officials. Move him to a safe haven? Too many questions but it all just stinks.

Comment #2

maringoman — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 20:38:58 GMT

That must've been devastating news, no? Imagine if the alleged winner had

started buying things all over the place or even telling his bosses to shove the job.

There is a very fine line between dreaming and reality.

Comment #1

rdgrnr — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 14:03:23 GMT

Well, at least he knows what would happen now if he won and should be smart enough to keep quiet if he ever does win.

Bad news for record S. African lottery "winner"

Lottery Post — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 13:32:48 GMT

A deaf South African cleaner besieged by begging relatives after a newspaper reported he had scooped a 91 million rand (US$12 million) lottery jackpot was not the winner, the draw's organizers said on Tuesday.

National Lottery spokeswoman Thembi Tulwana said the real winner of Friday's South Africa PowerBall draw was an unnamed 43-year-old woman, and not 52-year-old Stanley Philander, a Cape Town hardware store cleaner reported to have carried off the record rollover prize.

Tulwana said Ph... [ More ]