CT lawmakers again seek lottery winnings from 1995 ticket

Comment #9

zinniagirl — Tue, 24 Feb 2015 13:43:12 GMT

when you buy a ticket you are agreeing to the rules. You are responsible for reading them. You snooze, you lose. You have to be 18 to purchase a ticket, technically an adult. I work two jobs, care for my ailing parent, take college classes, and care for my 8 yr and 12 yr old. Somehow, I still find time to check my tickets. The deadline is clearly stated. Are you going to tell me that this young man didn't take anytime to play ball or go to a movie, etc? Apparently, his sister had plenty of time... [ More ]

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chris-chase — Tue, 24 Feb 2015 03:26:49 GMT

There has to be a cut off somewhere. He missed it. The only reason anyone really gives a $hit is because we can put

a name and face to it. Then all the liberals chime in.. awww c'mon give him his money

Bottom line is..the guy's a loser. In the lottery and the game of life.

Comment #7

Suzy-Dittlenose — Tue, 24 Feb 2015 02:39:05 GMT

As my Grandma use to say, You Snooze, You Lose.

What happens to that forgotten/unclaimed $$ is an interesting issue. Does it go into a secret slush fund to overthrow casinos

Comment #6

maringoman — Mon, 23 Feb 2015 23:46:28 GMT

The rules are well known and clearly written at the back of the tickets. If this guy gets paid, who's to stop other tardy players from coming forward to demand their jackpots too? The only issue I have with this story is how the Connecticut lottery kept those millions as if it deserved them. I feel that the lottery should have run a lottery ticket promo of buy 1 get 1 free until they ran out of those millions. Maybe the judge should rule in favor of last minute guy...

Comment #5

plumsage — Mon, 23 Feb 2015 22:53:56 GMT

I always thought if you had winnings over a certain amount it had to be validated at lottery headquarters. Wow this story is crazy.

Comment #4

HaveABall — Mon, 23 Feb 2015 20:26:57 GMT

I agree, too bad Jackson wasn't a verbose in-public complainer ... who wandered into some lottery retailer. Perhaps the clerk or owner would have: heard him, listened to him, and emphatically instructed him to validate his ticket with their computer right then and there that weekend day that he found the ticket!

Uber mentally anguishing to be Jackson from that point 'til today.

Comment #3

Gleno — Mon, 23 Feb 2015 20:13:35 GMT

This is a long shot for Mr. Clarence Jackson, but hope he gets his prize money.

Comment #2

uprrman — Mon, 23 Feb 2015 17:19:26 GMT

pretty sure they have a plan for it somewhere.

ill could use all the lottery unclaimed money to get out of the mess they have made by overspending.

Comment #1

geerod2001 — Mon, 23 Feb 2015 16:14:32 GMT

I do not understand why some states have a 180 day and others have a one year deadline in claiming prize money.

Why the discrepancy's among the various lotteries?

And another thing. I don't hear about unclaimed prize money rolling over into jackpots like I used to many years ago.Why not?

What does the national lottery's do with all the 100's of millions of unclaimed prize moneys each year?

This topic needs to be investigated by the news media.

CT lawmakers again seek lottery winnings from 1995 ticket

Lottery Post — Mon, 23 Feb 2015 16:01:07 GMT

By the time state Rep. Ernest Hewett met him, the kid was in his 30s.

But to Hewett, the six-term Democrat from New London, Clarence Jackson's still the kid. And Hewett says he'll keep fighting for him until Jackson gets the $5.8 million Connecticut lottery jackpot that's eluded him for more than 18 years.

'Give the kid the money' that's what they used to say around the Capitol, Hewett recalled last week. That's what we ought to do.

Jackson's oft-told story, revived again this month d... [ More ]