$25M question: Who is credible?

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RJOh — Tue, 29 Jul 2003 23:43:11 GMT

I'm surprised a case like this would ever come to court. There doesn't appear to have been a clear agreement about whether tickets were to be purchased every drawings or only when the jackpot was a certain size, whether small winnings were to be accumulated or used, whether participants had to continue to contribute to stay current or whether anyone was to post the results of the tickets purchases. There certainly was no agreement to share any winnings of friends or acquaintances of the pool m... [ More ]

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Littleoldlady — Tue, 29 Jul 2003 20:27:15 GMT

I am sorry that is just too close to she is my cousin ...cheating boyfriend or husband.

$25M question: Who is credible?

Lottery Post — Tue, 29 Jul 2003 07:46:25 GMT

Once upon a time there were 21 co-workers who liked and trusted each other well enough to pool their money for the New Jersey Lottery.

They didn't win much.

Then the pool manager announced that he had a cousin who had won a $25 million Lottery jackpot. His co-workers suspected that the pair had won with their money. Furious, they sued.

Yesterday all the parties squared off in a Bergen County courtroom, where Superior Court Judge Marguerite Simon must decide who gets the $25 million from... [ More ]