$1 million Raffle ticket was being used as a Christmas ornament

Comment #39

jamella724 — Tue, 12 Feb 2013 05:30:26 GMT

oh my..1$ million for a christmas ornament well thats him..

Comment #38

RJOh — Mon, 11 Feb 2013 22:44:05 GMT

It would have been an even worst idea to use it as a Christmas gift.

Comment #37

HaveABall — Tue, 29 Jan 2013 00:49:04 GMT

Oh, rdgrnr, good stuff. If their could be some sort of love/sacrifice angle added, then it could be a Hallmark tv movie production

Comment #36

HaveABall — Tue, 29 Jan 2013 00:43:02 GMT

Or, Ronnie316, simply bronze the tree and keep it up for more BIG year-round monies to enter the household

Comment #35

rdgrnr — Sat, 26 Jan 2013 02:55:49 GMT

They should make a movie out of it.

Throw in a few explosions and make the guy an Elvis Impersonator who's rival is another Elvis Impersonator who's trying to kill him for the ticket and stuff.

Comment #34

GGStarlings — Fri, 25 Jan 2013 16:36:37 GMT

Ha, I suppose so.

Comment #33

Ronnie316 — Fri, 25 Jan 2013 15:59:44 GMT

I guess hanging it on the Christmas tree would be one way not to lose it.

Comment #32

GGStarlings — Fri, 25 Jan 2013 15:50:53 GMT

Me too. I just have to deal with a certain amount of mess so I don't lose important things.

Comment #31

Ronnie316 — Fri, 25 Jan 2013 14:47:19 GMT

Should be a holiday tradition.

Comment #30

IPlayWeekly — Fri, 25 Jan 2013 12:55:23 GMT

great story

Comment #29

rdgrnr — Fri, 25 Jan 2013 01:45:27 GMT

In the truck console, nightstand drawer, kitchen drawer, hell, I don't know how they got there. But if they ain't got a check mark up on the top righthand side, I know I didn't check 'em. Probably happens when that dam barmaid overserves me.

Comment #28

helpmewin — Fri, 25 Jan 2013 01:22:31 GMT

Comment #27

Ronnie316 — Fri, 25 Jan 2013 00:59:49 GMT

Congratulations to the winners.

Comment #26

Ronnie316 — Fri, 25 Jan 2013 00:33:57 GMT

Comment #25

helpmewin — Fri, 25 Jan 2013 00:30:44 GMT

Comment #24

Ronnie316 — Thu, 24 Jan 2013 23:32:09 GMT

Yes, have the tree bronzed and bring it back every year.

Comment #23

HaveABall — Thu, 24 Jan 2013 23:29:02 GMT

Congratulations $1M raffle winners. A powerful Christmas tree was at work

Comment #22

Ronnie316 — Thu, 24 Jan 2013 22:28:22 GMT

Very nice winning ticket.

Comment #21

Ronnie316 — Thu, 24 Jan 2013 22:26:58 GMT

My problem is when I check em Im blind and think I lost.

Comment #20

Ronnie316 — Thu, 24 Jan 2013 22:25:29 GMT

Every time I put something where I wont lose it I can never find it again.

Comment #19

Ronnie316 — Thu, 24 Jan 2013 22:23:52 GMT

I hanvnt had a tree in years. So funny that you knew.... lol. lol. lol.

Comment #18

LottoBoner — Thu, 24 Jan 2013 21:45:27 GMT

Well you cant keep hiding them in different special spots, otherwise you will really start losing them.

Comment #17

helpmewin — Thu, 24 Jan 2013 16:26:41 GMT

you need to have a tree 1st.

Comment #16

helpmewin — Thu, 24 Jan 2013 16:24:10 GMT

Has happen to me many time from moving, find them later then to late to check em.

Comment #15

Ronnie316 — Thu, 24 Jan 2013 15:16:00 GMT

The most beautiful ornament Ive every heard of.

Comment #14

Ronnie316 — Thu, 24 Jan 2013 13:36:56 GMT

intersting that you found tix over a year old and KNEW that you hadnt checked em, do you have a special spot for unchecked tix? Or do you find them in the same place you hid them the day you purchased them?

Perhaps they were taped to the bottom of a certain shine jug

Comment #13

sully16 — Thu, 24 Jan 2013 13:29:05 GMT

That's one cool Christmas ornament, Congrats to the winners.

Comment #12

dallascowboyfan — Thu, 24 Jan 2013 13:13:14 GMT

Congratulations to the winner......

Comment #11

Nikkicute — Thu, 24 Jan 2013 06:04:22 GMT

And that family member would have ended up in jail.

I'm 100% sure they would have gotten caught.

No family member theif, no burning tree, it was meant to be for him win.

Congrats to the winner

Comment #10

RedStang — Thu, 24 Jan 2013 05:50:30 GMT

I agree dog. You would'nt see Santa Claus anymore.

Comment #9

CinCin — Thu, 24 Jan 2013 03:47:41 GMT

OmGgggGG! Wow , what a story!!! Congrats to the winners

Comment #8

noise-gate — Thu, 24 Jan 2013 03:32:52 GMT

Congrats to them- however something about this story does not add up..Posting a million $ ticket as a Christmas ornament- really? l guess this person has never heard of christmas trees catching on fire?

l have read of people putting their winning tickets in the freezer but not on trees.

Nevertheless all is well that ends well.

Comment #7

rdgrnr — Thu, 24 Jan 2013 03:15:16 GMT

Over the years I've found a couple expired tickets that I bought and never checked.

I threw 'em away without checking 'em cuz if they were winners I didn't wanna know about it.

Comment #6

HoLeeKau — Thu, 24 Jan 2013 00:43:18 GMT

Or even worse, they could have had the 10 and 13 year old take down the tree, and, thinking it was some weird orange Boise State Broncos ornament, they just stuck it in the box with the other decorations. Then next November, approximately 5 months after it has expired, they find it when they decorate for 2013. Now that would be a horror movie.

Comment #5

Artist77 — Wed, 23 Jan 2013 23:21:06 GMT

I thought the same thing! Congrats to a nice family who makes Christmas a two month event.

Comment #4

LottoPerro — Wed, 23 Jan 2013 22:54:08 GMT

Bad idea to have it as a Christmas ornament. Anything could've happened to it, like a family member or relative could've claimed it or it could've got robbed. But nevertheless, glad that he was able to claim it. Spend the money wisely.

Comment #3

Ronnie316 — Wed, 23 Jan 2013 22:38:34 GMT

He must have a lot of bills if all he can do with a million is pay them down

Comment #2

HoLeeKau — Wed, 23 Jan 2013 22:32:06 GMT

Now that's a guy with his head on straight. I think he's very unlikely to blow the money and have nothing to show for it. I'll have to remember to make a trip to Maverik for the next raffle.

Congrats to the Rossiter family.

Comment #1

helpmewin — Wed, 23 Jan 2013 22:19:03 GMT

Holy Cow, Congrats to them.

$1 million Raffle ticket was being used as a Christmas ornament

Lottery Post — Wed, 23 Jan 2013 21:33:21 GMT

Idaho Lottery officials say the Nampa man who held the winning $1 million Raffle ticket was using it as an ornament on the family Christmas tree.

Mark Rossiter came forward to claim his big prize in Boise today.

Rossiter purchased the ticket at the Maverik store in Star on Nov. 28, 2012, then took it home in its orange envelope and placed on the tree's branches.

The envelope containing the winning Raffle number of 108847 was worth $1 million after the Jan. 2, 2013 drawing. However, it s... [ More ]