Few filing claims in $4.3 million lottery scam settlement; deadline Jan. 7

Comment #9

Stack47 — Mon, 06 Jan 2020 16:45:05 GMT

There is only one PB jackpot for each jackpot and if it was $400 million and is evenly divided if there is multiple winners. Each of the state lotteries are responsible for the secondary prize payouts and all of them have payout limits. If 200,000 tickets matched five numbers without the bonus number and the lottery's limit was $10 million, each ticket gets $50 tax free .

Every state lottery knows exactly how much is wagered on PB before the drawing, but because they hold live ball drawings,... [ More ]

Comment #8

noise-gate — Sun, 05 Jan 2020 22:32:53 GMT

Never thought l would say this, but this settlement is Rigged.If as Craig says claiming more than $10 is difficult it's a F..^%$$% # joke. Why not just simply say We don't want to pay out.

* Wanna know what's another joke: Our Fantasy 5 game for tonight sits at $935,000. Should you win, Our Uncle takes a whopping $ 345,950. How about them rotten apples

Comment #7

Drenick1 — Fri, 03 Jan 2020 19:25:18 GMT

Definitely not me. I rarely play and on the occasions that I do purchase tickets, I may go several weeks without checking them especially when the jackpot wasn't won. I have saved my losing tickets in the past which usually only amounts to 15-20 plays for a calendar year.

Comment #6

cottoneyedjoe — Fri, 03 Jan 2020 08:01:48 GMT

Ekem6078, the lottery divides the jackpot equally among all the winners. If 200,000 people matched 5 + 1 in Powerball when the cash value of the jackpot was $400 million, each winner would get $2,000. They would not each get $400 million. This is a pretty standard regulation for big jackpot games in all jurisdictions, from Brazil to Belarus. So, it doesn't matter to the lottery how many jackpot winners there are.

Comment #5

noise-gate — Fri, 03 Jan 2020 07:12:57 GMT

If to many people are winners before the numbers are drawn, those numbers won't come out.

Isn't that like saying a Klingon Warbird was seen in Starwars- The Rise of Skywalker

Comment #4

ekem6078 — Fri, 03 Jan 2020 04:00:40 GMT

Just goes to show, the Lottery isn't random. The computer calculates how many winning tickets are inserted in it. If to many people are winners before the numbers are drawn, those number wont come out. Think about it. If 200,000 people are playing the same numbers for the powerball example. Those numbers wont be drawn. If they did, and the jackpot is say 400 mil. The Lottery would go broke, cause they wouldn't be able to payout all the loot. That's why your ticket is inserted into the computer.... [ More ]

Comment #3

Groppo — Fri, 03 Jan 2020 00:26:22 GMT

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TheMeatman2005,

What period of time do you consider long?.

Mr. Groppo

Comment #2

music* — Thu, 02 Jan 2020 20:56:22 GMT

The up to $10.00 limit and the weather will discourage most players.

I kept my losing tickets in a safe inside a book. A book safe. Someone walked away with it and got an unpleasant surprise.

I sign all my tickets soon after purchase so the thief got zip.

Comment #1

TheMeatman2005 — Thu, 02 Jan 2020 17:44:00 GMT

It's good that justice will prevail, but who keeps their losing tickets that long

Few filing claims in $4.3 million lottery scam settlement; deadline Jan. 7

Lottery Post — Thu, 02 Jan 2020 17:09:15 GMT

Victims of the largest lottery scam in U.S. history are expected to pocket only a small fraction of a $4.3 million settlement because of a lack of applicants laying claim to the money, court records show.

But it's not too late.

Claims can be made online through Jan. 7 and those for $10 or less require no proof of purchase.

Larger ones require receipts dating back as far as 14 years.

If you're claiming more than $10 they sure made it difficult, said Craig Johnson, a Manson resident w... [ More ]