Florida Lottery admits error, winner collects two years later

Comment #22

Stack47 — Fri, 06 Sep 2019 04:00:58 GMT

Claiming anonymously won't prevent winners from paying back taxes, child support, fines etc. or holding the winnings until a determination can be made.

Comment #21

noise-gate — Wed, 04 Sep 2019 06:17:20 GMT

Did you say far fetched? ... well, Yeah

Comment #20

Millionaireclub — Tue, 03 Sep 2019 16:44:09 GMT

I don't know anyone that would follow a known criminal around. Plus, its too strategic, the criminal would be given the ticket and then THEIR numbers would be the winning number.

Comment #19

Murgatroyd — Mon, 02 Sep 2019 00:22:17 GMT

This suggests a new play strategy: Follow a known criminal around, and when he goes into a convenience store, get in line in front of him and buy a lottery ticket.

Comment #18

Millionaireclub — Sat, 31 Aug 2019 04:31:38 GMT

They: The State of Florida and Florida Lottery. Keep thinking its far fetched.

Comment #17

Millionaireclub — Thu, 29 Aug 2019 16:13:52 GMT

NOPE, BUT, the person's cell phone is always with him/her. Example, if your phone number is known, you are trackable, you go into the store, the machine is programmed to give the (false) winning ticket to the criminal, in return, the criminal to get arrested when coming to get his winnings; thus, the state keeps the money. With technology, it is very simple to do. Its just very hard to believe that several criminals are actually winning the lottery, and these were young criminals, over people th... [ More ]

Comment #16

Millionaireclub — Thu, 29 Aug 2019 05:21:15 GMT

Lets say that they are looking for Blow Joe and they have his cell phone number which gives his exact location. When he enters the store, the machine spits out a winning ticket (bait ticket). They know he will cash it in, then they arrest him; he never get the winnings. At this day in age, they are identifying and tracking people by cell phones. Years ago in a particular city, people were told that they won shoes at a nearby footlocker, and to come pick up their shoes. When they came to pick up

Comment #15

noise-gate — Thu, 29 Aug 2019 05:17:40 GMT

When you mention They ...Are you talking about this sorta thingy

Comment #14

cottoneyedjoe — Thu, 29 Aug 2019 01:22:20 GMT

Do people typically take photos of their lottery tickets after purchasing them? Not sure about this one.

Do people typically say their numbers aloud? Doubtful. In my observation people fill out their payslips in silence or mark the QP box and hand it to the cashier without talking too much.

This conspiracy theory needs work, but keep trying

Comment #13

Raven62 — Wed, 28 Aug 2019 23:10:06 GMT

They use the 4K Camera Microphone on your Cell Phone not the Convenience Store Surveillance Camera.

Comment #12

cottoneyedjoe — Wed, 28 Aug 2019 22:45:43 GMT

Yes, anything is possible, but it would be easier to believe this if you described how exactly the FL Lottery could track what numbers certain people are playing. In a cash transaction where ID is not required, how would the FL Lottery know that Pedro McCriminal chose 2-4-6-8-17 for some upcoming drawing? Convenience store cameras do not have that good of resolution. You gotta back this up with specifics, not vague grumblings about surveillance.

Comment #11

Millionaireclub — Wed, 28 Aug 2019 20:26:21 GMT

Cellphones, Technology, and Surveillance!!!

Trust me, they know more about us, our actions, our schedules, etc., by our cellphones. YES, I honestly believe they allow people to win, only to take them to jail and to keep the money. There have been way too many criminals , that have won the lottery in Florida. It is even surprising to me that most of them were even playing the lottery. Anything is possible in this world. They are finding ways to outsmart us with our own smart phones. Plus, on a... [ More ]

Comment #10

Raven62 — Wed, 28 Aug 2019 14:21:58 GMT

Probability

Comment #9

rcbbuckeye — Wed, 28 Aug 2019 13:38:02 GMT

So....

If I read that correctly, a person walks into a store, and buys a lottery ticket.

The state says There's a criminal, we'll let him win, then deny the money .

Exactly how does the state determine that an unknown person out of dozens or even hundreds of people that walk into a store is a criminal and allow that person to win? How does the state run a draw that allows that one criminal to win

Comment #8

noise-gate — Wed, 28 Aug 2019 05:26:08 GMT

How would FL or any State lottery for that matter deliberately allow criminals to win? What's the process in getting that off the ground? l am intrigued by new ideas- do tell.

Comment #7

Millionaireclub — Wed, 28 Aug 2019 04:05:32 GMT

Is it just me, or does it appear that Florida's lottery and their state department find ways not to give people their money. Have you noticed that many of the Florida winners are supposedly wanted for criminal stuff? I wonder if they are deliberately letting criminals win, in an effort not to give out any money, and in that way, the state take their winnings. I mean its mind blowing that people like me, that plays the lottery faithful, like other people and never win, but these so-called crimina... [ More ]

Comment #6

Stack47 — Wed, 28 Aug 2019 02:37:54 GMT

And why some players sell their winning tickets to 10 percentors .

Comment #5

music* — Tue, 27 Aug 2019 15:21:37 GMT

Freedom of the Press! Congratulations to Joel Strickland.

Comment #4

Raven62 — Tue, 27 Aug 2019 15:03:54 GMT

Florida's Statute of Limitations for the Collection of Fines ($5000) for the Over Payment of Unemployment Benefits Due to Fraud is 5 years.

Comment #3

noise-gate — Tue, 27 Aug 2019 14:11:25 GMT

..Added to that is the possibility of Shannon reminding the FL lottery of the number they did to Bobbi Seagull. An all out attack against seniors, the very people that are playing the lottery religiously keeping it afloat. There are times you have to reverse your decisions for the greater good.

Comment #2

DELotteryPlyr — Tue, 27 Aug 2019 08:45:14 GMT

To me it reads this way -

He owed the money, but they told him at some point before the win --

He says he was told that since this was old debt, they wouldn't have tried to collect it.

so sounds like they wrote it off as a 'loss' but he did owe the money.

Comment #1

TheMeatman2005 — Tue, 27 Aug 2019 04:58:33 GMT

As long as he didn't owe the money, I guess you can say that....

Winners don't quit and quitters don't win

Florida Lottery admits error, winner collects two years later

Lottery Post — Tue, 27 Aug 2019 01:08:16 GMT

Includes video report

A Florida man finally has his lottery prize after a local media investigation exposed a state error.

I can't believe I have the money, Joel Strickland of Winter Haven said.

When Strickland won $1,000 in the lottery in 2017, state officials seized the money, saying he owed the state $5,300 to settle an old unemployment fraud claim.

Strickland insisted there was an error and that he didn't owe anything, but the state's case was closed. Officials not only took his... [ More ]