$8 Million SuperLotto Fraud Trial -- Opening Statements Are Today

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mken35 — Tue, 23 Sep 2003 19:15:35 GMT

Sometimes when I build a stash of tickets up in my wallet and give em to the clerk to check to see if I am a winner, I keep my eye on that clerk like a owl on branch I don't blink, but I love hearing the sound of the machine, when I hit nickels and dimes.... but One day you hit the PAYDAY you get ripped off.....

Comment #3

RJOh — Thu, 18 Sep 2003 14:48:34 GMT

I check my numbers and high lite the winning numbers to be sure they are on the tickets before cashing them it. I never sign the back unless the amount is large enough that I have to file with the state to get a W-G form to include with my tax returns. I don't want to leave evidents that I cashed in tickets and didn't include the winnings in my taxable income. I see people all the time going to a clerk, dumping a bunch of tickets and ask the clerk to check them for winners, this is just askin... [ More ]

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fja — Thu, 18 Sep 2003 11:58:50 GMT

Check your own numbers twice or three times and sign them before you hand them over to anybody.....even a family member

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tg636 — Thu, 18 Sep 2003 11:16:39 GMT

Assuming Ruby stole the ticket and is found guilty...he has already been paid the money in a lump sum. What will be left to give back? Let's hope Circle K digs deep to come up with the difference.I believe incidents of store workers telling people their tickets are losers, tossing the ticket in the trash and then after the person leaves, retrieving the ticket and cashing it in are common. Though usually not for the jackpot. A few years ago my mother won $40 (some small amount, anyway) in a state... [ More ]

$8 Million SuperLotto Fraud Trial -- Opening Statements Are Today

Lottery Post — Thu, 18 Sep 2003 10:37:49 GMT

Opening statements in a dispute over the ownership of a California Quick Pick Super Lotto ticket valued at $8 million will be made today, starting in the afternoon in Courtroom O, Pomona Superior Court, 400 Civic Center Plaza, Pomona, CA. before the Hon. Peter J. Meeka.Plaintiff Arwa Farraj filed suit in February 2000 against Circle K Stores and its employee, Gurinder Ruby, for fraud and conversion, alleging that she had been deceived by Mr. Ruby into giving her winning California Quick Pick S... [ More ]