Man sues New Hampshire Lottery over losing scratch-off ticket

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sully16 — Mon, 14 Dec 2020 10:52:29 GMT

LOL, Someone needs attention.

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Bleudog101 — Sat, 12 Dec 2020 23:15:53 GMT

Maybe NH lottery will sue HIM over a frivolous lawsuit. Sounds defamatory to me.

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BillionaireBabe — Sat, 12 Dec 2020 22:36:47 GMT

I am THOROUGHLYYYYY amused. This is beautiful

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PHIL85 — Fri, 11 Dec 2020 19:04:54 GMT

Guy is a loser twice over.

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Artist77 — Fri, 11 Dec 2020 16:47:09 GMT

You have won the sun

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TYJ*ALL-DAY! — Fri, 11 Dec 2020 05:30:48 GMT

This would be a great case for Judge Judy or Willy Wonka

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anya2z — Thu, 10 Dec 2020 18:44:26 GMT

Poor scratcher Bonus design.

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faith117 — Thu, 10 Dec 2020 17:58:42 GMT

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GoogilyMoogily — Thu, 10 Dec 2020 13:58:46 GMT

I've seen the sun symbol on scratchers... ... ...

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KY Floyd — Thu, 10 Dec 2020 06:13:55 GMT

Martel, who is representing himself in court

Is he just the DIY type, or did all 63 lawyers he talked to say No ?

thinks that the Lottery should ... work on the clarity of their instructions.

Well, he's right about that. I read the BONUS instructions that say Reveal a '$200' symbol, instantly WIN $200! 7 times and for the life of me I can't understand what it means.

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MsBee18 — Thu, 10 Dec 2020 03:20:17 GMT

Dream On

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Artist77 — Thu, 10 Dec 2020 02:06:39 GMT

I do too. You have to give him points for originality. Dumb but original.

And someone who knows even less about scratchers than I do.

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Poo Nanny — Thu, 10 Dec 2020 01:39:44 GMT

I am only upset because I didn't think to try that first

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cottoneyedjoe — Thu, 10 Dec 2020 01:03:09 GMT

Here's a picture of his scratched ticket and gold bar.

https://www.unionleader.com/news/courts/man-claims-nh-lottery-owes-him-a-gold-bar-or-750-000/article_a6997c6b-6ffa-53d4-a798-bd7650cd6029.html

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Todd — Thu, 10 Dec 2020 00:12:27 GMT

I love the concept of someone suing the state lottery for a bar of gold.

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cottoneyedjoe — Wed, 09 Dec 2020 23:18:26 GMT

However, he's claiming that he actually won a gold bar or its equivalent value after revealing a gold bar symbol in the BONUS section of the ticket...Thinking that the instructions implied that a player would be entitled to whatever prize was revealed...

Since he wants to get literal and technical, his scratch revealed a gold bar symbol probably no bigger than the tip of his pinky, so his claim ought to be reduced to the value of a pinky tip sized piece of gold.

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noise-gate — Wed, 09 Dec 2020 22:32:32 GMT

l was wondering when this was going to happen. Oh boy

Man sues New Hampshire Lottery over losing scratch-off ticket

Lottery Post — Wed, 09 Dec 2020 22:27:42 GMT

Player claims that Lottery owes him either a gold bar or $750,000

By Kate Northrop

A man from Massachusetts is suing the New Hampshire Lottery Commission following a claim that the Lottery owes him either a gold bar or about $750,000, the approximate equivalent of a standard gold bar's worth.

Robert Martel of Ipswich, Massachusetts purchased a losing My Big Million! scratch-off ticket for $20 at a Market Basket supermarket in Seabrook, New Hampshire in August. However, he's claiming tha... [ More ]