Lost and found? $1.4M lottery ticket winds up in court

Comment #6

CASH Only — Wed, 05 Nov 2003 13:34:23 GMT

In New Jersey, the MM betslips have the cash and annuity boxes; however, the choice is not binding. If you selected annuity you do have a 60-day window in which to notify the NJ Lottery you instead want cash. The Pick-6 betslips do not have the two boxes.In NY, however, the choice for MM has to be made when you play; if you choose annuity and you win , you CANNOT change your mind.

Comment #5

jacaesar — Mon, 03 Nov 2003 19:29:11 GMT

It is not true that you only sign your ticket if you win. I sign my tickets as a show of faith. Moreover, I also had a winning ticket, the ticket that was mailed in. The man that mailed in the ticket used a ficticious name, Melvin Milligan is not his real name, his real name is Al Oliver, and I accidentally left the ticket over his house. Because his family members are politically connected, I do not have the court available to me as a recourse for proof. Therefore, I must use other means.

Comment #4

CASH Only — Mon, 03 Nov 2003 13:14:14 GMT

Lump-sum payment fee sounds like annuity-hawking brainwash.

Comment #3

Bug — Fri, 31 Oct 2003 04:12:19 GMT

How these things are allowed to go to trial is beyond me? The lawyers will make some money, and they may be able to secure that loot since the lottery commision gave the court the jackpot. This might be common place in the future, sleezy. Nice to have a time stamp on our picks on the Jackpot Games board if lightning ever hits.

Comment #2

RJOh — Thu, 30 Oct 2003 21:09:31 GMT

Sounds like Mendez thinks the winnings should be awarded to the best story teller rather than the persons holding the winning ticket. I'm surprise that others that bought a ticket at that store or those that could have bought a ticket at that store haven't come forward with a good story.RJOh

Comment #1

vincejr — Thu, 30 Oct 2003 19:31:47 GMT

Two notes about the above article....First, someone really needs to clue these reporters in that there is no such thing as a lump-sum payment fee . If you choose to take the cash option/lump sum/whatever you want to call it, you get what the lottery was going to put in the bank . They don't charge you a fee for taking it all at once, you just get less.Second, why would anyone sign a ticket once they bought it? You don't need to sign the ticket unless you win more than $600, and when you buy it... [ More ]

Lost and found? $1.4M lottery ticket winds up in court

Lottery Post — Thu, 30 Oct 2003 10:16:32 GMT

On Sept. 16, 2002, a New Jersey Pick 6 lottery ticket was sold from the Sunshine Grocery store in Hoboken. The numbers, randomly generated as a quick pick, proved to be the very lucky indeed. But a court will have to decide for whom.Several days after the ticket was sold, a brother and sister from Union City presented the lone winning ticket in the $4 million drawing to the New Jersey Lottery Commission in Trenton. Ecstatic at their good fortune but uncertain of their English (they are from Pu... [ More ]