Man has Tennessee Lottery tickets delivered to his doorstep

Comment #34

TnTicketlosers — Mon, 12 Nov 2012 17:00:50 GMT

Even if he did scratch them off he wouldnt have to worry,theres nothing on em...Blank colorful pictures.SOOOOO pretty.

Comment #33

mcginnin56 — Sat, 27 Oct 2012 12:36:43 GMT

Of course being unscanned they were worthless, although might have been some million dollar winners in there had he thrown them out.

Comment #32

dallascowboyfan — Sat, 27 Oct 2012 02:23:05 GMT

You did the right thing Mr. West.....

Comment #31

HaveABall — Fri, 26 Oct 2012 16:37:28 GMT

Thanks, mcginnin56, this makes sense.

It was good that he was a kind enough soul as to not throw the large amount of tickets away.

Comment #30

ttech10 — Fri, 26 Oct 2012 11:06:09 GMT

When a spokesperson from the Tennessee Lottery learned of this mistaken delivery she made it known the tickets are not valid until a lottery retailer activated them.

That was the first thing that ran through my mind when I read the headline... that they wouldn't even be worth anything to him. I'm sure he's glad he did the right thing, as trying to turn them in would likely have caused some problems for him.

Comment #29

RedStang — Fri, 26 Oct 2012 05:40:30 GMT

I wonder what he would of done if that mis-delivered box was marked Gamestop .

Comment #28

JoeBigLotto — Fri, 26 Oct 2012 02:58:59 GMT

This sounds like the movie Next Day Air and l don't think this guy will find this funny when the real owners of the real package come knocking lol

Comment #27

Brcebrce — Fri, 26 Oct 2012 02:57:59 GMT

I would have done the same thing. Tepmtation would make me hesitate, but prison time would fix that.

Comment #26

LottoBoner — Fri, 26 Oct 2012 02:36:52 GMT

But has conscience would have probably bothered him.

Comment #25

NightStalker — Fri, 26 Oct 2012 02:08:02 GMT

Looks like rgdrnr isn't the only honest man in Tennessee. Raise a glass

Comment #24

rdgrnr — Fri, 26 Oct 2012 00:33:54 GMT

Well the box was rernt, leastways I can tell.

Comment #23

Ronnie316 — Thu, 25 Oct 2012 22:01:20 GMT

Right, I was thinking San Fran Giants.........

Comment #22

mcginnin56 — Thu, 25 Oct 2012 21:59:11 GMT

They had to be scanned in first by the purchasing store to be valid.

Although the baseball cap (Red Sox), would have looked very good on him.

Comment #21

Ronnie316 — Thu, 25 Oct 2012 21:48:13 GMT

In that case, he could have put on a baseball cap and cashed as many as he could before they were reported missing.

Comment #20

mcginnin56 — Thu, 25 Oct 2012 21:38:27 GMT

He wasn't aware they were worthless, until after talking to the Tennessee Lottery.

I think most average people would have assumed these tickets were live and ready to be scratched and won off.

Out of 1000 people, wonder how many would have reacted the same way this gentleman did.

Comment #19

Ronnie316 — Thu, 25 Oct 2012 21:32:43 GMT

The tickets were worthless to him. He could have just thrown them in the trash and saved himself the trouble of returning them

Comment #18

IPlayWeekly — Thu, 25 Oct 2012 21:26:29 GMT

Good man for doing the right thing

Comment #17

mcginnin56 — Thu, 25 Oct 2012 21:16:43 GMT

He had mentioned the seal on the box looked loose and possibly tampered with.

Probably he wanted to return to the Lottery Commission in case items were missing, didn't want to be blamed by the management of the store

they were addressed to of theft. IMHO.

Comment #16

HaveABall — Thu, 25 Oct 2012 21:02:22 GMT

It was good of this careful man to notify of the mis-delivery!

I wonder why if this misdelivered box had the store's correct address on it that this man didn't simply first contact the store manager and arrange their pick-up at his home

Comment #15

sully16 — Thu, 25 Oct 2012 17:46:54 GMT

Nice to see some honesty, He may have tempted but good prevailed.

Comment #14

mcginnin56 — Thu, 25 Oct 2012 17:10:29 GMT

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Ronnie316 — Thu, 25 Oct 2012 15:59:42 GMT

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Ronnie316 — Thu, 25 Oct 2012 15:58:16 GMT

He is more likely to become a permanent dictator than resign............

Comment #11

Original Bey — Thu, 25 Oct 2012 15:55:33 GMT

If Obama does the RIGHT THING and resign, I would give him a special reward (a round of applause and a few boxes).

Comment #10

Ronnie316 — Thu, 25 Oct 2012 15:47:03 GMT

Since when does doing the right thing need some special reward?? Its supposed to be a natural part of life for people who are not low down, evil greedy rich ilk......

Comment #9

Ronnie316 — Thu, 25 Oct 2012 15:42:15 GMT

But this guy is not just any Idiot ............

Comment #8

Ronnie316 — Thu, 25 Oct 2012 15:41:19 GMT

So they set that down there and being as heavy as it was, it went down in there, according to West.

Is this how they talk in Tennessee

Comment #7

JakpotRetiree2b — Thu, 25 Oct 2012 15:35:16 GMT

The temptation might have been there, but any idiot would have to think that they are traceable and obviously wouldn't be valid anyway and he would probably get into even more trouble for tampering with stolen property or something. Now if he was accidentally shipped $1M in cash and turned that in, then I would say he was a standup guy!! Or a nut, not sure which...

Comment #6

jamella724 — Thu, 25 Oct 2012 13:53:55 GMT

Temptation was there but he refused it instead...What a great person! If Tennessee Lottery officials were not kind enough to give him rewards for his good deed, then maybe there will come a time that his good deeds will be returned...and I will be the first person to be happy for him...

Comment #5

helpmewin — Thu, 25 Oct 2012 13:39:45 GMT

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mcginnin56 — Thu, 25 Oct 2012 13:37:59 GMT

Comment #3

helpmewin — Thu, 25 Oct 2012 13:27:21 GMT

Good deeds never go unnoticed, at least by someone.

You never know who's watching.

Comment #2

Original Bey — Thu, 25 Oct 2012 13:26:40 GMT

This is such a refreshing read after so many stories of dishonesty. Whether they were valid or not he likely did not know, but you can see in his words that he is a man of prinicple even in the face of such great temptations. He was thinking about the education of our youth now that's admirable

Comment #1

mcginnin56 — Thu, 25 Oct 2012 13:03:23 GMT

Would been nice if the Tennesse Lottery would have offered him a few freebee tickets for his good deed.

Man has Tennessee Lottery tickets delivered to his doorstep

Lottery Post — Thu, 25 Oct 2012 12:23:25 GMT

Mike West gets weekly deliveries to his home in Erin. Wednesday morning when he opened a box he was surprised to find thousands of dollars of Tennessee Lottery scratch off tickets.

They package of tickets sat on top of several other items inside a large box that was left on his doorstep.

I thought this here must be my games, I got some X Box games, West explained.

But when he opened the plastic envelope he discovered the lottery tickets inside.

I just started seeing game after game... [ More ]