Iowa officials trying to solve lotto mystery, may release surveillance video

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mcginnin56 — Sun, 26 Aug 2012 20:47:23 GMT

Now that took some contemplating to imagine that scenario. (with help from your monkey friend

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mcginnin56 — Sun, 26 Aug 2012 20:45:09 GMT

Nice picture! I also believe in aliens.

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dognabit — Sun, 26 Aug 2012 16:51:34 GMT

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savagegoose — Sun, 26 Aug 2012 16:28:01 GMT

or went out to porch to read paper and drink morning coffe and check the numbers. won had a heart attack and died. ticket flew away. so sad.

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JAP69 — Sun, 26 Aug 2012 15:40:42 GMT

I was thinking the same thing while reading the article.

The video may show someone who became deceased after that date of purchase.

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mcginnin56 — Tue, 21 Aug 2012 00:14:45 GMT

Sadly no, this cute little kitty belongs to someone in cyberspace.

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Artist77 — Mon, 20 Aug 2012 23:30:35 GMT

aww Is that really your cat

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mcginnin56 — Mon, 20 Aug 2012 23:07:54 GMT

You calling me.....

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Artist77 — Mon, 20 Aug 2012 23:02:08 GMT

Meowww.....

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haymaker — Mon, 20 Aug 2012 22:59:14 GMT

Maybe they're in the witness protection program.

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mcginnin56 — Mon, 20 Aug 2012 22:53:14 GMT

A third possibility could be a sister from a nunnery, that declined to accept the winnings due to her vow of poverty.

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Artist77 — Mon, 20 Aug 2012 22:20:49 GMT

Aren't there only two possibilities: fraud and possible theft and even murder OR

The winner was on the FBI wanted list/previously faked his/her death, etc.

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savagegoose — Mon, 20 Aug 2012 17:45:18 GMT

and what sort of lawyer forms a trust and then mis spells its name on the snip ed ticket!

Yeah that bearer instument is a load of malarky, they match video footage of EVERY claimant with footage take at the time of purchase. and prob check the tickets for dna and fingerprints. im glad there is an investigation. someone bought it, and are either in dead or in a lunatic assylum/ jail rotting. im guessing dead.

not spilling his guts , is prob only thing lawyer has done right.

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mcginnin56 — Mon, 20 Aug 2012 17:24:10 GMT

I thought you were The-One, now I'm sure of it.

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The-One — Mon, 20 Aug 2012 16:20:31 GMT

It was me I turned it down. I had a job back then, now that I lost my job and unenjoyment ran out its time to claim the ticket

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mcginnin56 — Mon, 20 Aug 2012 15:25:57 GMT

Excellent point LOL.

Unless they re-considered, and decided that $14 million was just far to much money to become responsible for.

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Littleoldlady — Mon, 20 Aug 2012 14:47:37 GMT

In this day and age with people being murdered over lottery winnings, they should investigate. In fact, I think they would be irresponsible if they didn't. The main sticking point is they turned down the 14 million. Who in the world turns their back on 14 million unless they have something more precious to lose such as their freedom.

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whiteballz — Mon, 20 Aug 2012 14:41:23 GMT

Lottery officials need to take into account how the ticket was aquired not just who's name is on the back of the ticket. If the ticket was abtained fraudulently, then no money should be awarded and the person making the fraudulent claim should go to prison.

If lottery officials didn't take into account how the ticket was aquired, then it would be open season for any convenience store clerk to scam a customer out of their winning ticket.

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Cletu$2 — Mon, 20 Aug 2012 12:16:37 GMT

I've always been under the impression that lottery tickets are bearer instruments.Whoevers name is on the ticket is the owner of the ticket...period! The state of Iowa should have paid Shaw and that should have been the end of the story.

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HaveABall — Mon, 20 Aug 2012 08:43:54 GMT

The article reads: I don't recall the quality of [the video] being excessively great, he said. But it's something to go with, something with hope.

I wonder how many other lottery retailers also, knowingly, have poor quality video cameras and/or film

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KY Floyd — Mon, 20 Aug 2012 06:52:12 GMT

I'm wondering that, too. It's not as if somebody admitting they're not the original purchaser of the ticket and then walking away from $14 million is any reason for suspicion.

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rdgrnr — Mon, 20 Aug 2012 04:57:44 GMT

To make sure somebody didn't get ripped off or killed playing their game would be my guess.

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zinniagirl — Mon, 20 Aug 2012 04:55:32 GMT

Why are they investigating it when they got to keep the money

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rdgrnr — Mon, 20 Aug 2012 02:22:23 GMT

I think everybody would like to know who bought that ticket and why they didn't claim the prize.

And if there was a crime committed in the whole process.

It's entirely possible that a person could lose their life over that amount of money.

It should be thoroughly investigated in my opinion.

Iowa officials trying to solve lotto mystery, may release surveillance video

Lottery Post — Mon, 20 Aug 2012 01:34:58 GMT

Investigators in Iowa may release surveillance video of a person who purchased an unclaimed lottery ticket in hopes the public will see something that will help a criminal probe.

The investigation, which was launched after the Jan. 27 deadline to claim the $14 million Iowa Hot Lotto jackpot, includes a New York attorney who briefly tried to claim the prize but refused to answer officials' question about how he obtained the winning ticket.

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