Three women vying for ownership of $1 million lottery ticket

Comment #42

tnhope — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 01:22:41 GMT

Mrs. Sharon Jones rightfully yours

Comment #41

luckyshoes — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 13:24:06 GMT

The one who signs it and turns it in has the right to receive the check.

Comment #40

psykomo — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 01:03:23 GMT

GO GIRL'$

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Comment #39

mightwin — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 19:59:40 GMT

It's whoever comes to the lottery claims office with their signature on the back . The problem is that the court system keeps allowing people to have these bogus lawsuits. Granted there might be a few out there that have merit but you know what, thats the original ticket purchasers fault. If someone is dumb,careless, stupid etc to not keep track of any lottery ticket(scratchoff, mega, powerball, etc) and not verify it from MULTIPLE sources, and lose it misplace it, allow someone else access to i... [ More ]

Comment #38

savagegoose — Sun, 29 Jan 2012 22:32:42 GMT

very true , i didnt pick up that the ticket may have been scanned and that it reported being a loser. so may have been discarded as a fault of the scan/ printing, or indeeed the incomplete dscratching of latex repoting it as a loser when infact it was a winner.

maybe the person scratches the rubber off the bar code area until it scans to check and doesnt bother with the rest of the ticket.

remeber the garbage divers didnt know it was a winning ticket either, so the lotto must make rat... [ More ]

Comment #37

HaveABall — Sun, 29 Jan 2012 19:18:17 GMT

It comes down to ticket purchaser Sharon Duncan. The article and video don't indicate if Sharon Duncan used this Super One Stop lottery computer to scan this scratch off ticket that she had purchased -- either at this Super One Stop or a different Lottery Retailer.

If Sharon Duncan had indeed had her ticket scanned at the Super One Stop, and the scanner indicated that her ticket was Not A Winner, then Sharon Duncan should ALSO be given the $1M prize from the Arkansas Lottery Headquarters. For... [ More ]

Comment #36

mcginnin56 — Sat, 28 Jan 2012 23:53:07 GMT

Thanks TheRightPrice,

When youy boil it down to the core, it's a no brainer.

Comment #35

Iesha Kelly — Sat, 28 Jan 2012 20:13:25 GMT

Sharon Duncan bought the ticket. She threw it away. Period. There is no splitting it. She did not want it. She took her chance, she halfway scratched, trying to be clever and quick, she threw it away. Sharon Duncan thought it was a losing ticket. She does not get to a second chance because she threw away a losing ticket which turned out to be a winner.

This is not a case of someone who played for twelve years in an office pool and the one drawing they don't play because it was a choice betwee... [ More ]

Comment #34

rdgrnr — Sat, 28 Jan 2012 20:09:05 GMT

People take tickets out of the garbage everywhere they have 2nd Chance Drawings and all the managers and employees know it. It saves them the work of hauling them out and the expense of more garbage bags.

Jones and her husband had been doing this for awhile and it's doubtful that management didn't know about it.

Now, they just have to deal with all the scammers and whiners who always come out of the woodwork.

I think common sense will prevail in this case unless the judge is a... [ More ]

Comment #33

Iesha Kelly — Sat, 28 Jan 2012 20:07:35 GMT

I agree. I also believe the store manager is a liar. She needs to be fired. Let the lady who picked up discarded property enjoy her good luck. If you bought a winning ticket but threw it away, you threw it away. You did not want it. You don't get to claim its your just because you changed your mind after the fact.

Comment #32

mcginnin56 — Sat, 28 Jan 2012 18:36:16 GMT

Thanks for the feedback libra926! Now only 58 day's to go, and we can mail that check back to the deserving soul who has been waiting so patiently.

Comment #31

winwi5 — Sat, 28 Jan 2012 18:19:55 GMT

The lottery rules should not be like that because if Sharon Duncan originally purchased the ticket and did not realize it was a winner they should also be able to see that on the

video tape footage at the store as well. Lisa Petriches is a liar she was just probably suprise that Mrs. Jones pulled the ticket out of the bin and it was actually a $1million winning ticket.

This Mrs. Jones lady is just greedy I think that Mrs. Jones and Sharon Duncan should split it because rightfully Mrs. Dunc... [ More ]

Comment #30

libra926 — Sat, 28 Jan 2012 16:36:10 GMT

I am laughing sooooo haarrrd tears are actually rolling down my cheeks.....;..) U R No Good...I can't stopppp laughing....;...

Comment #29

savagegoose — Sat, 28 Jan 2012 08:18:46 GMT

ive seen people tear up tickets before disposing of them, noew i know why, they where saving everyone the drama of drawn out legal battles.

Comment #28

KY Floyd — Sat, 28 Jan 2012 08:09:15 GMT

Why should they need a sign? If it's not your property you have no right to take it without permission. Stack's post about the law regarding search and seizure tpuches on that. Here's part of what he didn't quote: If the police come knocking on your door without a warrant, they can t use the abandoned property or garbage exception to search the trash bins in your house. The store may not care and they may not stop you if you don't ask, but the trash belongs to the store and is entitled to the sa... [ More ]

Comment #27

Empress-N — Sat, 28 Jan 2012 05:38:21 GMT

Jones needs to sue them both for all of her legal fees, when all of this is over with.

Comment #26

TheOtherOne — Sat, 28 Jan 2012 05:24:08 GMT

I'm perplexed on the first paragraph. The way I read it, it's saying Lisa the store manager got together with herself to agree to make a deal that they belonged to her?

Wha?

I think I know what it means, it's just worded funny.

And I agree, Sharon should get the money. The ticket is a bearer instrument

Comment #25

desert — Sat, 28 Jan 2012 04:11:26 GMT

The trash bin was marked with a Do Not Take notice taped to it (as shown on news video).

From all intents and purposes, it's asking not to move the recepticle.

Comment #24

Coin Toss — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 22:59:14 GMT

Not so sure about that, Seattlejohn...... there was a news story a few days ago about someone getting arrested for taking coupons out of a trash can.

Comment #23

dk1421 — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 20:29:32 GMT

I hope Sharon wins without losing too much money. She deserves it

Comment #22

MississippiMudd — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 20:27:16 GMT

If I read the story right, I don't think the Lottery Commission is doing anything. It sounds like the store clerk filed a lawsuit and the court froze the funds. And now the court will utimately have to decide who will get it. The Lottery Commission paid Sharon Jones and considers her the rightful owner.

This similar but different from the case of Willis Willis in Texas. There, the Lottery paid the thief and left it to the courts to decide. Generally, under the law, a thief has zero claim but... [ More ]

Comment #21

Seattlejohn — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 19:43:30 GMT

Once you dump something in the trash, it's up for grabs. This is the same thing that police FBI count on when they go through trash to obtain information on an individual, or use disgarded cigarettes and soda cans to obtain DNA samples. Whoever picked it out of the trash, signed it turned it in should get the money; the store manager's agreement means absolutely nothing, and the supposed original buyer threw it away. So sorry, but you're SOL...

Comment #20

maringoman — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 19:31:12 GMT

You're absolutely right on this one. Lawyers have got to be the lowest of creatures and perhaps thay why people hate them so much. If Sharon Jones has to hire a lawyer to defend what is so clearly her rightful possession then the clerk and the alleged ticket buyer should compensate her the attorney fees.

I cant even believe that the lottery commission is entertaining this nonsense.

Comment #19

Stack47 — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 18:33:54 GMT

The one who bought it threw it away - Dismissed.

The Supreme Court made a ruling on abandoned property in a case involving search and seizure. Because the property was abandoned the police could use any evidence found against the defendant without a search warrant.

However, once you dump the contents of the larger trash bin into the dumpster in your alley or you place the trash bin where the trash collectors usually come to pick it up, you have taken an affirmative step to abandon the

Comment #18

Cletu$2 — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 14:54:24 GMT

I tend to agree with ridge,but the law works in mysterious ways.What would seem logical isn't always legal,and what is legal isn't always logical.

Comment #17

TheRightPrice — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 14:52:24 GMT

LOL

Comment #16

sully16 — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 14:03:48 GMT

I agree, I have never seen a sign in any store that says stay out of our garbage.

Comment #15

dallascowboyfan — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 13:21:19 GMT

Comment #14

mcginnin56 — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 13:07:07 GMT

Throw Duncan Petriches into the trash. Shake well. Bury them as deeply as possible into the stinkiest landfill. Wait two month's.....

If no reply from either by then.........mail Jones her check.

Let's move on to next LP news story.

Comment #13

joyceepoo — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 13:00:55 GMT

I don't know what is so hard to understand about this. It's Sharon's...end of story.

Comment #12

dr65 — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 11:00:39 GMT

What a joke!

I'd want to see the store tapes, then I'd want to see the entry times, ticket types and numbers the couple

entered on the website on Sunday. That's about all I'd need to come to a judgement.

HOW does Sharon Duncan KNOW that's her ticket?

HOW does Lisa Petriches lay claim to a discarded pile of tickets by putting a Do Not Take sign on a trash

bin? Do not take WHAT?.....the meaning could be implied as to what not to take but technically, if it didn't

say DO NOT TAKE... [ More ]

Comment #11

TheRightPrice — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 09:57:25 GMT

This is one of the most ridiculous stories I have ever seen. America has gone downhill for sure. Avarice and greed is everywhere which is why our country is in decline. Whoever found and claimed the ticket first, is the true winner.

Comment #10

s5thomps — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 07:59:46 GMT

CONCUR! If the person who brought the ticket did not have sense enough to see if it was a winner and then threw it away in the trash, doesn't deserve the jackpot. Plus it could have been anyone that brought that ticket and threw it away thinking that it was not a winner. If I was that lady who got that ticket I would tell that clerk to kiss my @ss! I just hope that she doesn't end up paying the majority of the prize money in lawyer fees. Maybe she can find some one to represent her pro-bono....b... [ More ]

Comment #9

Coin Toss — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 06:08:51 GMT

From the OP:

After seeing the footage, the store manager, Lisa Petriches, claimed that customers were not allowed to take tickets from the bin and that she had a deal with the manager that those tickets belonged to her.

WT2?

What am I missing?

Another from the OP:

From our perspective, the person who won is the winner, the person who brought it in, Julie Baldridge, the interim director of public affiars and legislative relations for the Arkansas Lottery Commission said. We don't... [ More ]

Comment #8

savagegoose — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 05:55:20 GMT

bwaaa haaaa haaaa haaaaa haaaaa

Comment #7

WHISH — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 05:25:36 GMT

Finder Keeper, losser weaper, if she never told where the trash was there wouldn't be no claimers, give the trash digger her moneyLOL

Comment #6

HiFi — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 04:44:14 GMT

id feel a bit embarassed to be picking thru the garbage can like that but it turned out lucky for this lady... i always wondered if someone ever threw away a top prize winner like that.

Comment #5

PERDUE — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 04:05:06 GMT

This is greed in it's true form.

I agree with you Ridge.

Give Mrs. Jones her money and be done with it.

Put some icing on this cake, file false claim charges on the other two women.

Comment #4

dpoly1 — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 03:57:11 GMT

I bought 2 quick pick Powerball tickets today. I can tell you which clerk sold the tickets. There will be no controversy. They will just wire about $60,000,000 to my bank account as I hide in a very nice place for a while

Comment #3

Grovel — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 03:41:32 GMT

I always pick up tickets I find too. Once you throw it away you lost any right to claim it.

Comment #2

rdgrnr — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 03:30:18 GMT

The one who bought it threw it away - Dismissed.

The clerk is lying about it - Dismissed.

Sharon Jones found it, signed it and turned it in. She should get it.

Comment #1

Cletu$2 — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 02:48:57 GMT

Before the Hot Lotto debacle in Iowa,I would say that the person who signed the ticket was the lawful owner.Now I don't know what the heck to think.

Three women vying for ownership of $1 million lottery ticket

Lottery Post — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 02:20:51 GMT

Includes video report

A winning $1 million lottery ticket picked out of a gas station trash can has become the subject of a three-way legal battle in Arkansas.

Sharon Jones was at a Super One Stop in July 2011 in Bebee, Ark., when she went to a trash bin to pick up a handful of discarded lottery tickets, as she had done many times before, according to her attorneys.

A program through the lottery commission website allows people to register non-winning tickets for points that they can... [ More ]