Generous former lottery winner says she accidentally gave away second winning ticket

Comment #66

Jill34786 — Sat, 31 Mar 2012 15:57:39 GMT

Saw the show last night and it certainly looked ike she meant to give both of the men cash and a ticket. The store clerk was an eye witness to the entire scenario.

Now she is willing to split the proceeds from HIS winning ticket.

She needs to back off and let him decide...it would be a nice gesture on his part if he did split it, after all she was nice enough to give him money and that ticket.

Comment #65

Nikkicute — Sat, 31 Mar 2012 12:02:52 GMT

Yep, the store clerk said she lied, she gave him that ticket. It must be hard to accept she gave away

a winning ticket. Someone even harrassed her over the phone and called her a greedy B**** and hung

up the phone!!

Phyiscally a lotto ticket is wider than a hundred dollar bill even if you only played one line and if she

accidently gave him the ticket was she even looking for it, later on did she notice a ticket missing?

The thing is not only did she gave the guy a hundre... [ More ]

Comment #64

NoShame — Sat, 31 Mar 2012 02:07:09 GMT

And the store clerk says she bought the tickets for them as well. I mean what's the point of giving tickets to people as a gift if you expect them to give or share the money back

Comment #63

Nikkicute — Sat, 31 Mar 2012 01:39:46 GMT

She's going to be on the show tonight: LOTTO FRENZY Be careful what you wish for

on the 20/20 show. They just showed a small clip and it sure does look like she handed

him the ticket

Comment #62

rgse90 — Fri, 30 Mar 2012 08:05:54 GMT

NO GOOD DEED GOES UNPUNISHED

Comment #61

mcginnin56 — Thu, 29 Mar 2012 12:58:14 GMT

But not all is wasted CD, it provides this site with a rich steady supply of entertainment that money just can't buy

Comment #60

CDanaT — Thu, 29 Mar 2012 12:37:38 GMT

A fool and their money ( in this case a lotto ticket) are soon departed.

Comment #59

HaveABall — Thu, 29 Mar 2012 09:27:41 GMT

Of course, it would work better for her distressed situation if this lottery ticket she had 'accidentally given away,' had been #s all manually picked by her.

This way she could substantiate her case by showing that, yes she had intentionally given away to a few people lottery tickets, but those were ALL random computer generated tickets. She never meant to give, from her other purse section, the one lottery ticket where she had carefully, picked all of her #s in order to win from the ticket... [ More ]

Comment #58

rdgrnr — Thu, 29 Mar 2012 09:10:56 GMT

Ya gotta wonder how some people live with themselves.

She might think she came out on top by screwing her friends for now.

But she's got some bad luck coming and there's no avoiding it.

Comment #57

chuye — Thu, 29 Mar 2012 09:05:07 GMT

I just saw part of the video on ABC Nightline and I had to see it again. I found it at Fox News web site and they were discussing it in the video at the Fox News web site. She clearly was giving out lottery tickets. She opened up her purse, she handed two lottery tickets to two different people. The next part of the video shows a man coming back to the store in disbelief. He couldn't believe the ticket the lady gave him turned out to be a winning ticket. They lady is not coming off like a total... [ More ]

Comment #56

Nikkicute — Thu, 29 Mar 2012 08:50:00 GMT

An Alabama Waffle house 1999, Edward Seward (often buys tickets in Florida) a regular customer gives out lottery tickets to the waitresses as tips, one ticket is a winner. $10 million

Guess what happened? Yep, things got real ugly!! Tonda Dickerson (the lucky waitress) soon finds

herself in court. Edward wants some money, the other waitresses want some money too, they said

all of them had an agreement that if a ticket was a winner they would split it.

She wins her case, the judg... [ More ]

Comment #55

Nikkicute — Thu, 29 Mar 2012 04:28:11 GMT

Wow some of you on this thread are cold blooded. If someone gave you a $100 you'd have no problem

taking it, doubt you'd refuse it and say no, you should't give away money Oh the hypocrisy

She made a mistake, although according to one site it looks like she gave away several tickets.

None of you have made a mistake because you were not paying attention? By certain ones on this thread

I guess not, how lucky you all are for being so perfect

Comment #54

GYM RICE — Wed, 28 Mar 2012 21:56:30 GMT

If the guy she supposedly gave the $100 to with the beer in his hands bought $100 dollars worth of Mega Millions tickets and won the jackpot, I'd bet she would be trying to get that winning ticket also.

Comment #53

GYM RICE — Wed, 28 Mar 2012 21:49:10 GMT

I bet she has bought lotto tickets for people in that store more than once after her first win. If I was the guy she handed it to and it came to be a winner, I'd give her $100 bill and tell her to not buy beer with it. I dislike people who give other people money and tell them how they should spend it. Serious power/ego trip.

Comment #52

GYM RICE — Wed, 28 Mar 2012 21:47:45 GMT

I've been in the store a few times where a guy buying lotto tickets handed the person behind them a lotto ticket and said good luck. I've done it my self a couple of times. Listening to this womans story, I'd bet the house that she gave the guy a lotto ticket...And now that it was a winner, she is trying to go after him. Doesn't work that way. Its not a lost or found ticket if its handed to someone as a gift.

Comment #51

kalena — Wed, 28 Mar 2012 20:11:10 GMT

Oh and one other thing... maybe the man should say to her

Possession is 9/10 of the law

Comment #50

kalena — Wed, 28 Mar 2012 20:08:12 GMT

Here's my thoughts on this. She obviously has no control over finances. She hands out $100 like it's a dollar. She is more then likely working close to being broke and figures this is her opportunity to bring that figure to a higher amount. If she is so generous and has the $$ to hand out like candy, what does she care if he keeps the ticket. Not to mention the fact she handed a guy that was buying BEER money to put in his gas tank... I think that was an exaggerated story to say the least or may... [ More ]

Comment #49

ameriken — Wed, 28 Mar 2012 17:35:56 GMT

I admire this lady for her charity, however she gave it away and has no case, period. No one stole it from her and if she didn't want to give away that particular ticket, should should have said something right there. My guess is if one of the other people she given tickets to had won, she would be doing the same thing to that person.

She just cannot accept that fact that in the course of her charity, she gave away a ticket that turned into a winner.

Comment #48

RedStang — Wed, 28 Mar 2012 14:54:07 GMT

Unless their friends and i know they need help, i always stay out of someones business. I've seen so many snip s take kindness for weakness. Especially if their in a liquor store.

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Comment #47

themagician — Wed, 28 Mar 2012 12:08:52 GMT

I've always heard this: treat your tickets as if they were cash money, but that doesn't mean keep it with money lol

I think the next time she'll be wiser.. if you want to help others ah! it is good to focus better and guide your giving money through better ways

Something that surprise me it is how come the same person can get so many prizes

Comment #46

maximumfun — Wed, 28 Mar 2012 09:36:06 GMT

She gave it out, she gave out tickets to other people. She just didnt want to give out a WINNING ticket? Quoi

Comment #45

Kumo — Wed, 28 Mar 2012 03:09:18 GMT

Ms. Leach said: That's my ticket, Leach said. He knows it's my ticket. I feel like I'm going to come off as a huge, huge bitch if I say, 'You need to give me my ticket back.'

Rick James once said: Cocaine's a hell of a drug.

Comment #44

maringoman — Wed, 28 Mar 2012 02:45:34 GMT

This lady will achieve two things that she didn't set to achieve. #1 she will be revealed through all the media coverage that she recently won $1M so more begging hands will be shoved on her face. #2 She will not get her money because the cameras will show her handing over the money and ticket and maybe even smiling while doing it. The guys lawyers will say there was a genuine offer and acceptance and thats the end of it.

Comment #43

larry3100 — Wed, 28 Mar 2012 02:42:53 GMT

I saw this video on the t.v. only once and if my memory serves me correctly, the lady bought a couple of tickets and gave two tickets away to two men really fast as she turned to her left side after buying the tickets. Maybe it wasn't intentional. I'd like to see this video again. Ms. Leach has a golden hand. Ms. Leach won on a scratcher ticket in January for $1 million.

Comment #42

Grace2XS — Wed, 28 Mar 2012 01:53:21 GMT

There has to be some law against news organizations lieing, I go in this store alot after hearing her on the radio in January. From what I have heard, the guy was rambling and talking fast, what I would imagine made her confused and uncomfortable. This woman has helped alot of people and no one should fault her for doing that. The video shows she was helping him and another man and she didnt just buy one ticket. And the clerk should have helped her when the guy was asking her for money, a week a... [ More ]

Comment #41

haymaker — Wed, 28 Mar 2012 01:47:06 GMT

thats interesting. did she give him something worth 1$ or something worth much more

Comment #40

ecnirP — Wed, 28 Mar 2012 01:40:45 GMT

If she's a free spirit giving money and tickets to strangers, it is going to be very hard for her to claim she gave that ticket out by mistake only after she learned it was a winner. If she had made her claim before the winner stepped forward, it might be a different story.

Now what would be funny in this situation is if the lottery commission agreed she bought the winning ticket, gave it to someone as a gift, and the IRS and her state Treasurer came after her for income taxes on the money sh... [ More ]

Comment #39

OldSchoolPa — Wed, 28 Mar 2012 01:23:37 GMT

I just bought the winning number in tonight's Mega Millions drawing online! I love this online playing! As for this subject, first I think she was not smart in giving out money to a stranger since that could have marked her for a mugging later on. I too would put my lottery tickets with my money in my wallet when I USED to have to go to the convenience store to buy my tickets so I understand the possibility of something like this happening. But maybe if she just wrote it off, she would gain some... [ More ]

Comment #38

savagegoose — Wed, 28 Mar 2012 00:23:20 GMT

what the hell, $1M after taxes she cant afford to be giving out $100 bills to bums. she will end up dead like that shakespear guy. get the 260k, stop handing out money you cant adffor and smarten the #$^#%^ up

Comment #37

Jill34786 — Wed, 28 Mar 2012 00:03:41 GMT

That exact scenario happened to a friend of mine buying a $5 Florida Lotto ticket. Most people including her never check their ticket and unfortunately she made it home before realizing what transpired.

Comment #36

myturn — Tue, 27 Mar 2012 23:12:21 GMT

Leach offered $100 to one of the men waiting in line behind her

If she keeps this up she will be back where she started. It is clear she has no understanding of money. It is good to be generous, but should be done in an organized way, not willy-nilly. She should invest her winnings and give a percentage of the profits to charity.

Comment #35

Lottery Playa — Tue, 27 Mar 2012 23:05:14 GMT

The Guy was buying beer.... if he's that broke.... DON'T be wasting it on the beer. If he's an alcoholic, then that $100 just went to buy more alcohol and maybe some gas.

If he's broke, it's because he's too dumb with any money he receives as buying beer is a clear indication of what many who don't have a pot to piss in do with the money they receive, usually off the backs of Government forcing people to give to the less fortunate !

There's probably a WHOLE story behind this guys life.... [ More ]

Comment #34

dallascowboyfan — Tue, 27 Mar 2012 22:51:06 GMT

drama, drama, drama...s

Comment #33

happygirl665 — Tue, 27 Mar 2012 22:50:40 GMT

I agree with the majority of you guys. First, the guy was buying beer and she decides to hand him a $100 to help him out? This is a fast way to go broke real quick. Second, the way she lost that ticket is by being too careless and doling out money and I consider myself a caring person but not enough to be giving awayt hundred dollar bills. And last, it is her fault for accidently giving away the winning ticket and not his, so I believe the only fair thing to do is to have them split the money. I... [ More ]

Comment #32

rad242 — Tue, 27 Mar 2012 22:27:57 GMT

I am anxious to read how the lottery commission rules on this saga

Comment #31

HaveABall — Tue, 27 Mar 2012 22:18:05 GMT

, rad242, this 'beer man' thought this previous $1M, pre-tax, lottery jackpot winner meant to give him: kindness, $100 bill, and the $1 lottery ticket. Why else would he be so happy to go back to the store (where he received multiple joys) and make an effort to tell the store clerk specifically who he received all four of his joys from)?

Why doesn't this 3 month ago lottery jackpot winner woman understand that this 'beer man,' she engaged with, thought she meant to give him all three joys... [ More ]

Comment #30

imagine — Tue, 27 Mar 2012 22:14:22 GMT

Common sense would have been to claim the 1 million anonymously.

No one that down on their luck should be buying beer.

Yet she still was handing out money and tickets.

Comment #29

brees2012 — Tue, 27 Mar 2012 22:10:28 GMT

she fumbled in her purse for the money trying not to show how much she was carrying with her she pulled out the hundred dollar bill and a lottery ticket together.

She's NOT using her Common Sense !!!!!!!!! you don't carry huge cash in your purse or none at all .

What is she Ft Knox

Comment #28

gocart1 — Tue, 27 Mar 2012 21:59:24 GMT

Comment #27

LottoBoner — Tue, 27 Mar 2012 21:54:00 GMT

can you find the video on youtube yet? i would love to see that!!! i have given lottery tickets away too...but only to the clerk sometimes...or i will give a tip!!

if she had bought me a scratchie though, i would have thrown it in the trash!!

luckily where i live people go through the trash for lottery tickets...

Comment #26

Cletu$2 — Tue, 27 Mar 2012 21:39:49 GMT

And the moral of this story is Don't give money or anything else to complete strangers for any reason

Comment #25

s5thomps — Tue, 27 Mar 2012 21:26:09 GMT

Seems that there is more to this story. ABC news is reporting that the security footage shows her buying numerous lottery tickets and giving them away randomly to customers in the store. California lottery has reviewed the tapes from the store and that appears to be the case. If it shows that she gave away lottery tickets along with the 100.00 bucks then it is a open and shut case and the ticket belongs to the person she gave it to.

Comment #24

haymaker — Tue, 27 Mar 2012 21:22:39 GMT

the old style pencil cases are perfect size for this and have a zipper, nothing falls out if you drop it.

Comment #23

PlayTwoWin — Tue, 27 Mar 2012 21:22:17 GMT

I'd give her the ticket a day after it expires ha.

Comment #22

rad242 — Tue, 27 Mar 2012 21:21:18 GMT

I agree 100%

I think if she fights this she will lose bigger than she ever plans to win.

Life has been good to her in some major ways. I think this is a test of character. Will she pass or FAIL

Comment #21

ashabug725 — Tue, 27 Mar 2012 21:18:53 GMT

I do the same.... ur state is ripping u off tho.. we get the pouches here for free

Comment #20

haymaker — Tue, 27 Mar 2012 21:18:16 GMT

yea, they give the pouches out free, but believe me you i and i paid for them.

bet slips and pencils too.

Comment #19

PERDUE — Tue, 27 Mar 2012 21:14:02 GMT

Does the video come equipped with audio?

It seems that she only decided she wanted the ticket back AFTER she learned it was a winner.

She GAVE him the ticket along with $100.

So why try to make it seem like this guy stole the ticket?

She GAVE the ticket away.

Now prove that giving the ticket to this man was an accident and not on purpose.

And why give $100? Why not just tell the cashier to put $XXX on pump number XX?

Had this guy not said anything about her luck ru... [ More ]

Comment #18

VenomV12 — Tue, 27 Mar 2012 21:13:42 GMT

I am sure his attorney would argue that if she was generous enough to give a stranger $100 then she probably gave him a $1 ticket for the lottery also and I would be inclined to believe him. This is why I sign my tickets immediately as I get them on the counter. Even if I lose them, at worst I will split the prize evenly with the person that finds them.

My state also gives out nice plastic lottery pouches that you can keep drawslips and tickets in for free and she should have put her tickets... [ More ]

Comment #17

haymaker — Tue, 27 Mar 2012 21:09:53 GMT

keep money and tix seperated.

Comment #16

rad242 — Tue, 27 Mar 2012 21:06:13 GMT

While the ticket is a bearer instrument if an indivudual or group can prove it is rightfully theirs, guess who collects the windfall?

What I want to know is, how will they from watching this video recording determine if she gave the ticket along with hundred dollars willingly or unwillingly

Comment #15

lotsofwins — Tue, 27 Mar 2012 20:55:43 GMT

She already won 1 million, let they guy keep the 260 thousand, in my opinion she is being a jerk, in addition aren't we all forgetting something, as far as the lotto headquarters is concernedd, doesn't the ticket belong to whoever's name is on the back of it

Comment #14

s5thomps — Tue, 27 Mar 2012 20:55:25 GMT

She also stated if she was to get the ticket back that she wouldn't just take it and walk away ...so it sounds like she would give him some money from the prize anyway.

Comment #13

s5thomps — Tue, 27 Mar 2012 20:47:39 GMT

That's a tough call. She never intended to give him the lotto ticket, plus she was nice enough to give him $100.00 bucks for gas. If it was me I would give her the ticket back and hopefully she would be kind enough to throw 10,000 my way. If I was in her shoes that's what I would do. Now if I was the guy who had the ticket in the first place I would have kept my mouth shut and claimed it quietly after all the hoopla had died down. I know that sounds hypocritical but that is probally what most pe... [ More ]

Comment #12

Unlucky24 — Tue, 27 Mar 2012 20:17:16 GMT

I honestly would let him keep the winning ticket, i know if i was

Even lucky enough to win 1 million dollars that would be MORE than enough for me, i want a basic life with college paid off, a house, car to help others..

That 260k can really do alot for the guy if he is in neeed of the $$.

Comment #11

LottoBoner — Tue, 27 Mar 2012 20:17:07 GMT

uh oh...another sneaky rude P-t-l? one guy stole my sweet million promotion!! he had the gall to try again!

i caught him read handed...ooooh...the dirty rat...i dont hate him though...we bombed his country!! i still go back...he knows

better now...)

but some clerks are always messing up my bet too, and making me rush...i would probably give away a winning ticket also with all that pressure at the terminal! drunks and people with empty gas tanks and no money...and buying ten dollar packs... [ More ]

Comment #10

winwi5 — Tue, 27 Mar 2012 20:16:30 GMT

The man in line was so greedy she was nice enough to give him $100.00 i can see that happening i give bums money all the time sometime i have lottery tickets tangled into the money.

This guy needs to give her the ticket because it was and honest accident that was her 2nd blessing from god when it is his time he will know he is a leach if someone busted out and

started crying in the store about their gas tank and knew i was a lottery winner i wouldv'e just filled his tank up instead of givi... [ More ]

Comment #9

mediabrat — Tue, 27 Mar 2012 20:16:14 GMT

Is there precedence for this? I'm inclined to think she's SOL, but if the video clearly shows she bought a ticket and he didn't, that throws a monkey wrench into the works. Still, how does the saying go? Possession is nine-tenths of the law? There doesn't appear to be any coersion involved. She may not have meant to give him the ticket, but the fact remains that she did, and there may not be anything she can do about it.

Comment #8

VenomV12 — Tue, 27 Mar 2012 20:15:53 GMT

She is an idiot, I am sorry to say that but she is. Handing out money willy nilly like that she was going to end up broke anyway.

She is the prime candidate to get taken advantage of.

Comment #7

RJOh — Tue, 27 Mar 2012 20:12:26 GMT

She probably means she will give him another $100 bill.

Comment #6

mediabrat — Tue, 27 Mar 2012 20:09:35 GMT

That's my ticket, Leach said. He knows it's my ticket. I feel like I'm going to come off as a huge, huge bitch if I say, 'You need to give me my ticket back.'

Yes, yes you will.

Leach said if the ticketholder does what I think is the right thing, she would continue to be a generous person. I think he should give me the ticket back, she said. If he were to do that, I certainly wouldn't take it and just walk away.

What does she mean by certainly wouldn't take it and just walk away ? Wou... [ More ]

Comment #5

gocart1 — Tue, 27 Mar 2012 20:07:08 GMT

You have to pay attention when your buy tickets ..A guy just tryed to pull a fast one on me yesterday

with the mega million 363 ticket....I asked for 5 dollars on mega, he took my 5 bucks and then give me a ticket ..I almost just put it in my wallet but I looked at it first ...It was for one dollar on mega and he wasn't trying to give me four dollars back...I said something to him which he replyed back opps. I'm sorry ,I didn't notice ...Well he gave me another four dollars on tonights mega m... [ More ]

Comment #4

RJOh — Tue, 27 Mar 2012 20:05:20 GMT

His gas tank was his beer gut and now with his winning ticket he can afford to keep it filled for a while.

Comment #3

PERDUE — Tue, 27 Mar 2012 20:02:44 GMT

First she gives the ticket.

Discovers the ticket is a winner.

Wants the ticket back.

Expects him to do what SHE thinks is the right thing.

What is the right thing in this case

Comment #2

mightwin — Tue, 27 Mar 2012 19:43:33 GMT

Well guess what, that's her own fault! Should of been payin attention to what she was handing him, plus its not very safe to be passin out $100 dollar bills to strangers. Plus the guy was buyin beer but his gas tank was empty? WTF

Comment #1

PlayTwoWin — Tue, 27 Mar 2012 19:42:32 GMT

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Generous former lottery winner says she accidentally gave away second winning ticket

Lottery Post — Tue, 27 Mar 2012 19:34:51 GMT

Says lottery ticket was mixed in with money she gave away

When Emily Leach stopped by Liquor Tobacco, a convenience store in the San Francisco Bay Area community of Mountain View, before Friday's drawing for the California state lottery's Mega Millions Jackpot then worth $290 million she was already a kind of celebrated figure at the store after winning $1 million on a lottery ticket she bought there in January.

Her recent good fortune allowed her to perform random acts of generosity for s... [ More ]