Store clerk's mistake helps N.Y. man win $10 million

Comment #33

TNPATL — Wed, 05 Mar 2014 20:32:30 GMT

Well that's a nice mistake!!!! Congratulations to the winner.

Comment #32

mediabrat — Mon, 03 Mar 2014 23:57:47 GMT

I did. Your assertion that Jackie lost out big is patently false. She's getting the same amount as her brother, so she should have no reason to be upset with him. As for her parents, if she begrudges them coming away with the lion's share of the money, that's her problem.

There is no reason to believe that this was not a decision reached and agreed to by the entire family. If they wanted to shut her out, they would have.

I do find it odd, however, that they chose to publicize the exact bre... [ More ]

Comment #31

Drenick1 — Fri, 28 Feb 2014 18:34:25 GMT

The lottery commission loves these kind of stories. What they don't want to publicize is that for every mistake winner there are tens of thousands of them that don't win anything.

Comment #30

FERG — Fri, 28 Feb 2014 17:18:03 GMT

wooooooooooooohoooooooooooooooo!!!! excellent story and congrats Mr Kajfasz!!! Enjoy your blessing to you and your family

Comment #29

surimaribo24 — Fri, 28 Feb 2014 16:07:52 GMT

lucky men . good choice to take the mistake tickets .. i always do the same hope to nail one like this one too ...

Comment #28

HaveABall — Fri, 28 Feb 2014 16:02:03 GMT

Just reread the percentages cut, mediabrat, and most will probably come to my earlier written conclusion.

Comment #27

dallascowboyfan — Fri, 28 Feb 2014 15:48:32 GMT

Congratulation to the winner

Comment #26

savagegoose — Fri, 28 Feb 2014 15:23:44 GMT

and thats about how lucky you have to be

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Comment #25

MzDuffleBaglady — Fri, 28 Feb 2014 07:53:50 GMT

Happy Spending

Comment #24

DG1USA — Fri, 28 Feb 2014 07:01:57 GMT

Hooray for the Kajfasz family

Comment #23

mediabrat — Fri, 28 Feb 2014 05:44:01 GMT

Probably not. From the article:

The Kajfasz family had an option of how to collect its winnings. The parents are taking 86 percent, with each of the children getting 7 percent. So the parents will get 19 annual payments of around $450,000 before taxes, or almost $300,000 after taxes. But the ticket is in Frank's name, meaning that family members can keep collecting even after their father's lifetime.

So it seems like Jackie's getting a cut of the winnings along with the parents.... [ More ]

Comment #22

sflottolover — Fri, 28 Feb 2014 05:02:38 GMT

Good luck comes on time

Comment #21

qutgnt — Fri, 28 Feb 2014 02:19:29 GMT

I feel bad for the next person who bought the next ticket in the roll after he went back in. But thankfully that person probably has no clue how close they were to it. Better off that way.

Comment #20

Toronto — Thu, 27 Feb 2014 21:23:35 GMT

He's telling a story that any lottery commission would love. Just. One. More. Ticket. Yea, that extra ticket will be the winner...just keep spending more.

Comment #19

HaveABall — Thu, 27 Feb 2014 20:32:26 GMT

Wow odd decision. Frank's sister, Jackie [who looks older than 18 years old], lost out big! She'll now probably have unchangeable hurt feelings towards her parents, Frank, and possibly Frank's family.

Regardless, it's an exciting BIG win that hasn't seen in NY in many years

Comment #18

noise-gate — Thu, 27 Feb 2014 19:21:54 GMT

Going off the title of this story- this is a Wonderful mistake!

Congratulations to the Winner. This is cause for celebration.

Comment #17

rexbell — Thu, 27 Feb 2014 18:29:57 GMT

This story inspired me

I bought 5, $2.00 scratch offs to start and lost, oh well I am done lol.

But I like reading stories like this, good for him and his family.

Right place at the right time

Comment #16

peppy007 — Thu, 27 Feb 2014 18:21:15 GMT

Wow I never thought about that if I had ever won a win for life, to have a younger kin collect. That way any old person or someone who is terminally ill can have a younger kin collect for years to come. Makes a whole lot of sense. Lotteries be wiping us out. Its time we do it to them lol.

Comment #15

Party1377 — Thu, 27 Feb 2014 17:37:36 GMT

He could have said he bought the ticket for his son or daughter. People buy scratch of tickets as gifts all the time. Anyone can claim it if the winner is okay with it. But then that person has no control when it's in someone else name. But since that was his son he probably figured that was the best.

Comment #14

sully16 — Thu, 27 Feb 2014 17:21:47 GMT

Great story, Congrats to the lucky guy,

Comment #13

KY Floyd — Thu, 27 Feb 2014 17:00:13 GMT

the ticket is in Frank's name

That's the son. The minimum 20 payments will be made regardless of who does or doesn't die. Assuming the son, who's probably about 30, lives, the payments will continue until he does die.

Seems awfully generous of the lottery when it's seems very clear that it's the father who is the winner.

Comment #12

teleblue — Thu, 27 Feb 2014 16:31:33 GMT

That's the same store where I buy my gas and tickets. I hope the good luck continues! The people there are very nice by the way

Comment #11

brownsy — Thu, 27 Feb 2014 15:43:26 GMT

Hope he gave the clerk a big tip

Comment #10

Gleno — Thu, 27 Feb 2014 15:25:09 GMT

Like this mistake story. Was in line yesterday and customer was upset because the clerk made mistake on his pick 3 selections. Was tempted to tell him it could be lucky bet, but better thought to keep my big mouth shut

Comment #9

Jill34786 — Thu, 27 Feb 2014 15:02:22 GMT

This article is a little confusing. It mentions the winner getting either a guaranteed $10 million or $10k per week for life but later on states that

he gets 19 more payments and his family keeps collecting after his lifetime.

Is this prize capped at 20 years or was it just a typo when it mentioned the 19 payments

Comment #8

Kee12 — Thu, 27 Feb 2014 14:57:50 GMT

Awesome story. Congratulations to him and his family.

Comment #7

dpoly1 — Thu, 27 Feb 2014 14:40:51 GMT

I am waiting for the lottery machine to make a mistake and print out the winning ticket for me LOL

Comment #6

CDanaT — Thu, 27 Feb 2014 14:29:30 GMT

Comment #5

CLETU$ — Thu, 27 Feb 2014 14:14:03 GMT

Congratulations Jerry Kajfasz

Comment #4

s5thomps — Thu, 27 Feb 2014 14:13:12 GMT

COOLLLLLL!!!! Good thing he went back in and picked up that mistake . It may not always come when you want it to....but it always on time! when it does. I just hit for 1,000.00 in bingo on Monday so hopefully my next hit will be the big one! Congrats! Good luck everyone and remember you have to be in it to win it! Quitters never win and winners never quit......unless it's smoking

Comment #3

luckyshoes — Thu, 27 Feb 2014 14:10:05 GMT

Major WTG

Comment #2

mypiemaster — Thu, 27 Feb 2014 14:00:57 GMT

When it's your turn to win, nothing can stop it. Congrats lucky guy.

Comment #1

wizeguy — Thu, 27 Feb 2014 13:48:57 GMT

Congrats to the Kajfasz family! I always take mistake tickets

Store clerk's mistake helps N.Y. man win $10 million

Lottery Post — Thu, 27 Feb 2014 13:23:06 GMT

On Saturday, Jan. 18, 53-year-old Jerry Kajfasz went to the Depew One Stop on Broadway, his normal day-off haunt, where he bought some cigars and his favorite scratch-off New York Lottery tickets.

Nothing unusual there.

But the clerk mistakenly started to hand Kajfasz a $20 Win for Life Spectacular ticket. Kajfasz corrected the clerk, got the tickets he wanted and left the store.

That mistake set up a series of events that led Kajfasz, his wife, Anne, and their two children, Jackie and