Florida man says lottery refuses to pay winning ticket

Comment #22

Get paid — Mon, 24 Aug 2015 16:38:53 GMT

I,m like u Doc,I bring my own pen.But u live an learn.

Comment #21

PrisonerSix — Sat, 22 Aug 2015 02:15:03 GMT

This is just plain WRONG.

Comment #20

DELotteryPlyr — Wed, 19 Aug 2015 22:33:24 GMT

YES, something doesn't add up. Either there is no video at the location or something else like that. I would have had the store that I bought it from verify that I did get it when I say I did. It also should be VERY easy for the state to verify if he was the person who bought it the same way. Then I would go public with what the store gave me for proof to put extra pressure on them. A news report with the store video showing him buy it should be all it takes.

Since there is no proof that is... [ More ]

Comment #19

Volvo36 — Wed, 19 Aug 2015 19:38:43 GMT

I agree! Just pay him

Comment #18

1977 — Wed, 19 Aug 2015 03:07:14 GMT

Ok......almost every store has video ...mmmmmm !!!!! esp. a gas station.Should not take that long.It's a good idea to write the time/date you bought your ticket on the back...mmmmmm

Comment #17

Candy-Lane — Wed, 19 Aug 2015 01:55:02 GMT

The guy needs to chill!

If everything is on the up-and-up then, The Lottery will pay out. The Lottery just wants to make sure that the ticket wasn't lost or stolen. I am glad to read that they are investigating the signature.

Lesson learned: When you go to sign and fill out the back of the ticket, write/print legibly with a writing utensil that is in good working order. And, do not attempt to write over it once complete. Then, keep it in a safe place and don't tell anyone that doesn't NEED... [ More ]

Comment #16

KyMystikal — Wed, 19 Aug 2015 00:32:14 GMT

Yeah there are places you can go that can cash up to $5,000 and then there are places you can go that can cash up to $25,000. After that amount you have to go to the lottery headquarters.

Comment #15

Bleudog101 — Wed, 19 Aug 2015 00:13:51 GMT

In KY, several convenience stores can cash up to $5K; don't believe there is any charge fo this service.

don't know, Haven't won

Comment #14

sully16 — Wed, 19 Aug 2015 00:10:26 GMT

exactly.

Comment #13

HaveABall — Wed, 19 Aug 2015 00:08:31 GMT

, mypiemaster! Why do government department's employees seek to be so mean/merciless on a daily basis? I experienced my own run ins -- thrice -- these past two months; and I'm still burning from their possibly irreparable beatings

Comment #12

DoctorWhy — Tue, 18 Aug 2015 23:45:17 GMT

I always carry my own pens with me when I buy my tickets. I will definitely keep this story in mind whenever I win.

Comment #11

grwurston — Tue, 18 Aug 2015 23:35:49 GMT

He has to wait over two months to cash a $1,000 scratch off? Are you friggin' kidding?

So he started signing his name... the pen ran out of ink. He got another pen and wrote over his name and finished his signature from the point where the first pen ran out. What's the problem?

Oh, wait. He didn't unscrew the pen and take it apart first, to see if there was enough ink in it to complete his signature.

RIGHT!!! We all do that every time we are at the grocery store, gas station, l... [ More ]

Comment #10

mypiemaster — Tue, 18 Aug 2015 23:21:14 GMT

C'mon just pay the man.

Comment #9

amber123 — Tue, 18 Aug 2015 20:43:28 GMT

looks like patels own 80% of the gas stations.

Comment #8

Teddi — Tue, 18 Aug 2015 20:11:20 GMT

Oh wow, that's convenient. Hopefully they'll adopt that option in other states.

Comment #7

river26 — Tue, 18 Aug 2015 19:02:49 GMT

the people at the lottery are playing god, they just jealous they did not win what idiots no brains or education a state job

Comment #6

RJOh — Tue, 18 Aug 2015 19:02:02 GMT

I'm surprised he had to goto a lottery office, in Ohio any prize between $600 and $5000 can be claimed at a designated local bank for a fee of $10 once the claim forms are made out and the ticket has been verified by a local retailer.

Comment #5

music* — Tue, 18 Aug 2015 18:23:47 GMT

I think that we will hear good news soon.

This is a lesson for all of us LP members. Check you pen before filling out the ticket and claim form. Both must be filled out correctly. We are sometimes talking about hundreds of millions of dollars.

I find a hard surface like a table when I write my signature on the ticket and claim form.

Here in California it is the Security Department's job to check the signatures. To see if it has been erased, changed, or whatever. They call their Depa... [ More ]

Comment #4

dpoly1 — Tue, 18 Aug 2015 17:01:00 GMT

Comment #3

shadowlady — Tue, 18 Aug 2015 16:51:11 GMT

Well, a tip. When you are going to sign something important, make sure your pen writes good. There are a lot of times I have to create a scribble on other paper to get my pen to work right.

Comment #2

Erzulieredeyes — Tue, 18 Aug 2015 14:43:10 GMT

Yeah... What Raven62 said

Comment #1

Raven62 — Tue, 18 Aug 2015 14:17:50 GMT

Once Signed don't alter the Signature in any way! A Handwriting Expert should be able to sort this out and determine it the Signature is a Forgery or Not.

Florida man says lottery refuses to pay winning ticket

Lottery Post — Tue, 18 Aug 2015 13:58:32 GMT

Includes video report

A Brevard County, Florida, man said he had a winning lottery ticket only to have the state deny him his winnings.

Robert Klosterman said he is owed $1,000 for a scratch-off ticket he bought in June at a Shell gas station on Fay Boulevard in Cocoa.

Klosterman, 68, said he thought June 2 was a lucky day for him, but that it turned out otherwise.

I don't want to call them idiots, but they are. They are bureaucrats, Klosterman said.

Klosterman said when he tried... [ More ]