Australian lottery winner accused of hiding win reaches deal with pool members

Comment #21

river26 — Thu, 23 Jul 2015 11:52:26 GMT

just give copies case closed

Comment #20

savagegoose — Thu, 16 Jul 2015 08:37:22 GMT

are you sure what if you won on your own ticket? they'd all want to sue you

Comment #19

sanman$ — Wed, 15 Jul 2015 04:30:23 GMT

In January,1996 Sergio Martini, a NYC Dept of Sanitation worker won 10.3 million dollars in the Powerball lottery probably with someone else's ticket. He lived in Brewster, NY near Connecuticut around 15 co-workers used to give him a dollar to buy them a powerball ticket. The only problem was that Martini would give the co-workers their powerball ticket three days after the drawing. And no one ever complained because they were all morons. And also one worker Eddie didn't get a ticket. After he w... [ More ]

Comment #18

noise-gate — Tue, 14 Jul 2015 20:32:57 GMT

Am l reading this right or is there just one attorney involved in this case so far: His. Where is their evidence that he screwed them over, or is it just we always played together and if someone won regardless of the excuse .....we share together? Either Baron has grown an extra pair including another spine in order to face the press the wrath of his former pool buddies or his calling their bluff by saying go ahead, try your case because l have all the evidence l need! I look forward to hearing

Comment #17

mypiemaster — Tue, 14 Jul 2015 13:25:57 GMT

If you don't get a copy of the tickets BEFORE the draw, you end up smelling just like another sucker.

Comment #16

noise-gate — Tue, 14 Jul 2015 01:36:35 GMT

If Baron's friendship with the pool was embers- its now Ashes.

Comment #15

Stack47 — Tue, 14 Jul 2015 01:20:37 GMT

At $52 a ticket for purchasing 10 tickets, Baron got a better deal buying one ticket at $46.60. The article doesn't mention it, but it looks like Baron may have won his jackpot in another games.

Comment #14

dr65 — Tue, 14 Jul 2015 01:04:47 GMT

I'll never understand why anyone would join a pool with so many stories of

treachery out there, who can you trust, agreement or not? There always seems

to be a way around being honest. Who would believe him especially since he called

off sick the next day! That's funny!

Good point about checking the winning ticket time stamp.

I don't think Mr. Swindler is too bright. It'll come back to bite him.

Comment #13

Mamma28z — Mon, 13 Jul 2015 22:21:00 GMT

26 people gave up $20 a week and no one knows what they got?

How ridiculous...

I want to run that pool

Comment #12

Mrs. Lotto-nc — Mon, 13 Jul 2015 21:46:52 GMT

I totally agree

Comment #11

RJOh — Mon, 13 Jul 2015 21:20:56 GMT

In a statement released by his lawyer, Mr. Baron claimed he purchased the winning ticket using $46.60 of his own money three days before spending more than $520 on 10 tickets on behalf of the syndicate.

Wonder why his winning ticket only cost $46.60 and the 10 losing tickets for his syndicate cost $52.00 each. Sounds like they price their lottery tickets the way Subway prices some of their sandwich specials - $3 for a 6 and $7 for a 12 . When ever I see those specials, I always order a 12 sa... [ More ]

Comment #10

myturn — Mon, 13 Jul 2015 20:48:37 GMT

If you are in a pool at work and wish to play additional games in your own name, it is best to buy a yearly subscription. That way there is no doubt or suspicion. This guy may be above board, but I can understand why his work colleagues are looking into it. If he had nothing to hide, why did he call in sick? Having said that, if I won I wouldn't tell my work colleagues. Not because I had something to hide, but if it is a big win I wouldn't want to attention and some of them may go to the media d... [ More ]

Comment #9

rgse90 — Mon, 13 Jul 2015 19:34:45 GMT

This is all I am going to say. KARMA is a something that will come back top haunt him if h in fact really did screw his fellow workers of their share. I would not want to be in his shoes if he really did screw them. Anything can come back to give him what he deserves if he really did do what he is accused of. Life is too short to live it by screwing friends and co-workers out of their share of money. What a scum he is if this is true.

Comment #8

noise-gate — Mon, 13 Jul 2015 19:01:14 GMT

Stack it's quite possible that one of the rules of this pool was No buying tickets on the side ..If Baron broke that rule, that does not qualify the rest of the Pool to suddenly have a claim to HIS winnings. The old rule applies Silence is Golden.

Comment #7

KY Floyd — Mon, 13 Jul 2015 17:58:21 GMT

The problem is that Baron may be the only person who actually knows if he stole shares that belonged to the other members of the pool. The only thing you or anybody can know a a result of the story is that the members apparently weren't smart enough to have a pool with good documentation.

I'll cut some slack for people who spontaneously decide to cooperatively buy a ticket(s) with somebody else, but if you're in a pool that buys tickets regularly and can't prove that the winning ticket belong... [ More ]

Comment #6

dpoly1 — Mon, 13 Jul 2015 17:55:52 GMT

My lottery pool has a very sound agreement ............... my wife and I agree that it is cheaper to keep her LOL

Comment #5

Stack47 — Mon, 13 Jul 2015 17:42:45 GMT

Mr. Baron then insisted that he had won with a separate ticket not the tickets he purchased on behalf of the pool.

If Baron can prove won he the jackpot on a ticket he purchased for himself, he should have told them when he found out he won instead of lying and telling them he inherited a large sum of money. Lottery records should indicate on which day and time the ticket was sold and if it was less than three days before, like he said, he has a huge legal problem.

That month, the Suprem... [ More ]

Comment #4

noise-gate — Mon, 13 Jul 2015 16:48:41 GMT

Everyone must take responsibility for their own mistakes, and in this situation- their own stupidity. If you have been in a lottery pool for over 5 years, are you telling me that you have no paperwork to show for how much is being collected how many tickets were purchased? They can't be all that dumb, or can they? If l am putting money into my savings/ investment accounts, l don't want to hear don't worry, you don't need any documentation from our financial institutions telling you how much you... [ More ]

Comment #3

Mrs. Lotto-nc — Mon, 13 Jul 2015 15:15:19 GMT

I ran a lottery pool at work when the jackpots were high. If I played separate, I bought my tickets days before money was collected and I made copies of all the groups tickets and passed them out. If we won anything, we would agree to put back in the pool. We also kept a log of who paid and who didn't each draw

Comment #2

noise-gate — Mon, 13 Jul 2015 14:13:20 GMT

l guess this lottery pool does not subscribe to the idea of distributing copies of the purchased tickets to the rest of the members

Comment #1

Raven62 — Mon, 13 Jul 2015 13:58:03 GMT

Nothing worse than a Greed Lottery Pool Leader that Steals Your Share of the Jackpot

Australian lottery winner accused of hiding win reaches deal with pool members

Lottery Post — Mon, 13 Jul 2015 13:20:46 GMT

A group of people who sued a Melbourne, Australia, co-worker after he allegedly failed to distribute the winnings of a AU$16.6 million (US$12.3 million) lottery pool ticket have reportedly struck a deal with him.

However that deal may not include an agreement to share the jackpot with the members of his lotto pool.

The Geelong man is accused of keeping the big win to himself, cheating the other members of the pool out of their share of the $16.6 million group draw last October.

A Curren... [ More ]