Lottery tracks down $50 million winner who lost ticket

Comment #55

iwantthejackpot — Mon, 09 Dec 2013 12:44:08 GMT

Yay! Congrats to this very lucky family! Just last month there was a $16 million Mega Millions ticket in Florida that expired.

Comment #54

JoeBigLotto — Sat, 07 Dec 2013 03:02:36 GMT

Debit or credit card are both the same in this case they can track you down with either . Have always said this b4 they should have id scanners for lottery tickets and a box that says mark this if you want us to surprise you when we knock on your door. The lottery should be able to track down any player since we have alot of old people that don't remember they ever bought a ticket. Canada is always ahead of america when it comes to giving you money that belongs to you. There are so many states i... [ More ]

Comment #53

JonnyBgood07 — Sat, 07 Dec 2013 01:44:21 GMT

That's awesome..

Comment #52

stunna6036 — Sat, 07 Dec 2013 01:30:11 GMT

Good luck everyone. I'm in it to win it....

Comment #51

LottoBoner — Fri, 06 Dec 2013 20:12:04 GMT

Well if this happens, then the prize should be split 50/50.

But this is a good reason for online lottery purchases.

Play online, with a credit card.

If somebody wins, then there is record of the transaction and money can be deposited directly into my account.

All I have to worry about is getting stoned by members of LP if I decide to go back to work the next day.

Comment #50

LottoBoner — Fri, 06 Dec 2013 20:07:56 GMT

Cool

She is still in disbelief and said she hasn't thought about what she might do with the money or whether she'll quit her job.

Well I hope she quits her job, otherwise she may be ostracized by some members of the LP community.

And God fobid she goes back to college, gets a better job, and ruins the economy for unemployed people.

Comment #49

dallascowboyfan — Fri, 06 Dec 2013 19:18:09 GMT

Yep I have used my debit card buying tickets in Texas.

Comment #48

dallascowboyfan — Fri, 06 Dec 2013 19:14:17 GMT

WOW!!!! Congratulation to Mrs. Kathryn Jones and her family.

Comment #47

NJJim — Fri, 06 Dec 2013 18:52:40 GMT

Wow, she is extremely lucky that they were trying to find her. But my question is, this was while investigating a claim, so THAT claim was bogus? That claim knew all the details including the fact that the tickets were purchased with a credit card at a specific time? WHO was that? Only one that could have known all that info was the store owners where it was purchased, right? The lottery company tells the retailer it was bought at their store, so maybe it was the actual clerk on duty trying to c... [ More ]

Comment #46

RedStang — Fri, 06 Dec 2013 15:49:30 GMT

NY has a mill doll ticket that expires on 1/5/14. If they have video, they should post the pic. But i'm sure the state coffers want to keep this hush hush.

Comment #45

Saylorgirl — Fri, 06 Dec 2013 12:01:36 GMT

Congratulations and a very Merry Christmas to the Jones family.

Now this scenerio what if the credit card had been stolen and she didn't buy the ticket but the bad person did, who could claim the ticket

Comment #44

Simba774 — Fri, 06 Dec 2013 09:35:01 GMT

Lucky couple.

Too bad America doesn't allow one to use Credit and Debit cards to buy tickets. Unless it's online. That 50 mill is also tax free.

Comment #43

KY Floyd — Fri, 06 Dec 2013 08:40:31 GMT

Your cash is a bearer instrument, too. Do you think it stops belonging to you the instant you drop it? Unless the woman deliberately disposed of the ticket it still belongs to her according to the laws in the majority of the developed world.

Comment #42

KY Floyd — Fri, 06 Dec 2013 08:36:13 GMT

Did you notice the part of the story that says the lottery officials were able to locate her because she used the credit card? The video was another piece of evidence, and might have let them locate her if they had publicized it, but it was the credit card that let them track her down.

Real investigators love credit card receipts, electronic tolls, and other things that are registered to people, because that can let them identify people easily. Video only provides evidence that somebody with

Comment #41

Anfang71 — Fri, 06 Dec 2013 06:57:00 GMT

Yes when I'm in Forida most places allow for credit card purchase of tickets. I mean it's debit. Better that way then caring around my $500 I'm gonna spend on MegaMillions if it reaches...1billion...or abouve 700million$ Watch

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Comment #40

En ReVal — Fri, 06 Dec 2013 04:53:14 GMT

In Texas you can use a debit card because it allows the customer to input their pin.

Comment #39

sully16 — Fri, 06 Dec 2013 02:58:52 GMT

Glad she's getting the money.

Comment #38

HaveABall — Fri, 06 Dec 2013 01:21:45 GMT

Appears that things are probably going to pay off BIG, soon, for Canada's scatter-brained Kathryn Jones

Comment #37

Teddi — Fri, 06 Dec 2013 00:54:35 GMT

I love how they not only tracked her down to her very door but they are willing to do the decent thing about it even though she doesn't have the ticket. They proved to themselves that she is the rightful winner and they're willing to give her the money even without the ticket. I seriously doubt they'd do that here. And even if they did, a million friends and relatives would sue her claiming that they asked her to buy a ticket for them and they deserved a share.

Comment #36

maringoman — Fri, 06 Dec 2013 00:44:05 GMT

It just shows there is more trust in Canada. How high is Canada rated in the happiness index? Must be up there both both literally and figuratively.

Comment #35

Nikkicute — Thu, 05 Dec 2013 23:41:36 GMT

She gets the money even though she has no ticket? wow Canada

Comment #34

Teddi — Thu, 05 Dec 2013 22:21:28 GMT

Comment #33

Teddi — Thu, 05 Dec 2013 22:18:13 GMT

Well then that person should have come forward in the year that the JP has been waiting to be claimed. Had they come forward there would have been no reason for the lottery officials to try to track down the person who actually bought it. In any case, she still has to wait another 30 days in case someone does make a claim on it. So I'm not seeing how it isn't right. If no one came forward with the ticket and they found the person who paid for the ticket, it's a good thing all around. A miraculou... [ More ]

Comment #32

Teddi — Thu, 05 Dec 2013 22:14:25 GMT

There's a big difference between food stamps paying for lottery tickets and someone with a credit card paying for lottery tickets. That person has to pay their credit card bill, not you. Frankly, I hate walking around with cash. I use my CC to make my purchases, rack up points at the same time and at the end of the month pay the bill. I'm not sure how any one else would get into what I use my CC to buy. Food stamps are a whole other matter. I wouldn't want my tax dollars to go towards someone el... [ More ]

Comment #31

WWWBUKTN — Thu, 05 Dec 2013 21:21:30 GMT

No thank you. I don't even think people should be able to take cash advances on their credit cards. Filing should be much harder than it is presently.

I watch small corner stores let people pay for lottery tickets with their Link Cards (Illinois Foodstamp) and they buy cigarettes and all this other nonsense.

I'm glad they don't allow anybody to buy tickets on credit or the courts would be filled with idiots who went broke.

Comment #30

diablo1714 — Thu, 05 Dec 2013 21:19:33 GMT

This is not right. What if the ticket fell out of her purse when she walked out of the store and someone came along and saw it and picked it up. Since tickets are a bearer instrument whoever has the ticket should be entitled to the jackpot as long as they didn't steal it. What if now someone comes forward with the ticket? how would they deny them the jackpot? this sets a bad precedence. You should have to actually have the physical ticket to be able to claim the prize.

Comment #29

weshar75 — Thu, 05 Dec 2013 21:16:26 GMT

The two places I buy lotto have cash only signs for lotto purchases in their stores. But she was lucky that the lotto found her through their investigation. January will be like a second christmas for that family when they get the lotto check from the lottery. Congrats and spend it big time.-weshar75

Comment #28

d1nnl2 — Thu, 05 Dec 2013 20:31:28 GMT

But the Lotteries supports seniors and schools. Dont you want to help them out.

Comment #27

WWWBUKTN — Thu, 05 Dec 2013 20:27:49 GMT

Absolutely not. Yeah, that's what I want my tax dollars going for to pay off some addicts credit card bill that was run up with lottery purchases.

Comment #26

d1nnl2 — Thu, 05 Dec 2013 19:34:01 GMT

Although here in NJ, I have seen mom and pops let chasers (scratch ticket afficionados) run tabs and charge them on credit cards as store purchases. Same way the Casinos who hit their ATM max limits, withdraw money from their checking accounts. They charge it as POS Purchases.

Comment #25

d1nnl2 — Thu, 05 Dec 2013 19:31:20 GMT

Americans should also be able to pay for lotteries with credit cards. Its the Congress that's holding us back.

Comment #24

mnsweeps — Thu, 05 Dec 2013 19:28:06 GMT

Wait...You can buy lotto with a credit card in Canada?? In California they always need cash ...how about other states

Comment #23

OldSchoolPa — Thu, 05 Dec 2013 19:02:21 GMT

That is why Powerball, Mega Millions and other US state lotteries need to start allowing people to purchase tickets using credit cards so that those announcements about unclaimed prizes can become a thing of the past. Those that offer online purchases already allow use of credit cards in that instance but not when purchasing at a retailer like this lady did in Canada. The kicker is that she actually took home $50 million...not some after tax amount since Canada does not tax lottery winnings.

Comment #22

rdgrnr — Thu, 05 Dec 2013 18:48:38 GMT

God Bless you too

Comment #21

rcbbuckeye — Thu, 05 Dec 2013 18:35:38 GMT

Very happy ending.

The credit card was the key, along with video tape, time stamp, dollar amount($16). But without the credit card they couldn't have traced the purchase back to her.

Comment #20

helpmewin — Thu, 05 Dec 2013 18:23:30 GMT

God Bless you

Comment #19

helpmewin — Thu, 05 Dec 2013 18:21:28 GMT

tax free

Comment #18

ShowMeTheMoney$ — Thu, 05 Dec 2013 18:10:19 GMT

I'm glad she got her $50 million dollars. And they are Canadian so it's tax free. They get all of the money. It's better than the stories of the unclaimed jackpots that have expired.

This has a happy ending.

Comment #17

mypiemaster — Thu, 05 Dec 2013 17:45:26 GMT

What

Comment #16

imagine — Thu, 05 Dec 2013 17:32:35 GMT

Contrarian?

He commented about his previous thread, your comment was the credit card was the key.

It appeared he didn't know about the rule, and why Todd started another thread.

He's 7 months with under 400 post. Silly me I got the impression he might not know about the rule.

Comment #15

mypiemaster — Thu, 05 Dec 2013 17:02:29 GMT

Credit card instead of a video with timestamp and everything. Tell that to real cops and they will laugh your behind out of California. Even the woman said on the news, that she was identified from the video. This investigator must be smoking the same $hit that Mayor Rob Ford was smoking.

Comment #14

WWWBUKTN — Thu, 05 Dec 2013 16:55:55 GMT

What's interesting about this story is that she paid by credit card as they certainly don't allow that to go on in any state I've played. I wonder if they meant debit card but it could be different in Canada.

Comment #13

mypiemaster — Thu, 05 Dec 2013 16:53:05 GMT

This investigator's line of thinking is analogous to that of one Mayor Rob Ford of Toronto. Lord knows what else they have in common....a crack pipe?.

Comment #12

Jon D — Thu, 05 Dec 2013 16:50:32 GMT

The credit card isn't the key.

Huh??? Are you just being contrarian? I don't get it, it's the first line in the story:

Credit card purchase key to tracking down winner

Please explain why it isn't the key, and what's really the key.

But as far as your very valid link about not posting news stories to the forums, most long time members already know that. I've even told people not to do it before. I even hinted at it here with my wording but didn't say it outright: ...difference in thi... [ More ]

Comment #11

myeyes2020 — Thu, 05 Dec 2013 16:50:13 GMT

had she paid with cash they might nothave found her. using a credit card made it a lot easier.

Comment #10

rdgrnr — Thu, 05 Dec 2013 16:47:35 GMT

The service industry people in Florida hate 'em cuz they don't tip.

My only complaint is that their bacon is in the shape of a hockey puck.

And they call their french fries hot chips.

And they talk funny.

Outside of that, no problem whatsoever.

Comment #9

imagine — Thu, 05 Dec 2013 16:24:25 GMT

The credit card isn't the key.

https://www.lotterypost.com/thread/239531

Comment #8

plumsage — Thu, 05 Dec 2013 16:03:54 GMT

Wow! Congrats! i love happy stories like this.

Comment #7

BuyLow — Thu, 05 Dec 2013 15:52:33 GMT

Comment #6

Jon D — Thu, 05 Dec 2013 15:46:45 GMT

Yeah, but the credit card purchase is the key.

That is a direct electronic link between a person and the ticket. That's the difference in this news story compared to what you posted in the forums. It makes sense now.

Comment #5

myeyes2020 — Thu, 05 Dec 2013 15:42:27 GMT

435 people inquired about it. SHE PAID BY CREDIT CARD. The Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corp. showed up @ her door. CONGRATULATIONS MRS JONES.

Comment #4

whiteballz — Thu, 05 Dec 2013 15:41:55 GMT

I love Canadians.

Comment #3

rdgrnr — Thu, 05 Dec 2013 15:31:37 GMT

Seem like nice people.

God Bless 'em.

Comment #2

Slick Nick — Thu, 05 Dec 2013 15:29:19 GMT

A happy ending for them, that's great

Comment #1

mypiemaster — Thu, 05 Dec 2013 15:18:55 GMT

I already started a thread about this incident yesterday.

Lottery tracks down $50 million winner who lost ticket

Lottery Post — Thu, 05 Dec 2013 15:15:46 GMT

Credit card purchase key to tracking down winner

An unbelievable set of circumstances have come together for Kathryn Jones, who won $50 million from an unclaimed Lotto Max prize drawn a year ago a win for which she lost the ticket and never checked the numbers.

The Hamilton woman had absolutely no clue she could be a winner when Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation officials showed up at her door a while back wanting to talk to her, she said Tuesday at a news conference at the OLG headqu... [ More ]