Indiana Resident Claims $12 Million Powerball Jackpot

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RJOh — Tue, 18 Nov 2003 23:45:59 GMT

He was shaking as he held my ticket, Allen said. He wouldn't even take a dime as a thank-you. He said at his business they are not allowed to accept money and he didn't want to be fired. _______________________________________________________________________Sounds like he already offered the clerk a small gratuity, which he refused. Maybe he should have multiplied that dime by a million($100K) and the clerk could have afforded to changed job if there was a problem when his boss found out he... [ More ]

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Littleoldlady — Tue, 18 Nov 2003 22:10:33 GMT

I hope the winner will give the clerk some money under the table. I am glad that there are still people out there who are still honest. After all, to me this is solely about the spirit of humanity. About leaving tickets?? In many small towns, everyone knows everyone else so much of the time..people try to be straight with each other. I know people who do that.. A man left his tickets for a clerk to check at our playing place and he went to work..when he came back, the clerk informed him tha... [ More ]

Comment #3

RJOh — Tue, 18 Nov 2003 17:51:14 GMT

That was a nice story of a lottery player who was too lazy to check his own tickets, took them to a store where he didn't buy them, dump them on that store's clerk , said check these tickets and give me a call at home if I win anything because I don't have the time to waste while your are checking my tickets and left. The store clerk took the time to check all those tickets, found a $12M winner among them , called him at home, held the ticket for him to pick up and refused any gratuity for fe... [ More ]

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whodeani — Tue, 18 Nov 2003 15:43:22 GMT

First off, a big hurray has to go out to that store clerk. He must have had thoughts when he saw the ticket was a jackpot winner.Secondly, how much of an idiot can you be? This guy who won must have known that there was a winning ticket sold in that area especially since it was the third jackpot won in a row in Indiana. A pretty big deal was made of this even though the jackpot won was a small one. You can't tell this guy didn't hear somewhere that another jackpot was won in the area. And what d... [ More ]

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fja — Tue, 18 Nov 2003 13:53:16 GMT

You have got to be kidding me....That clerk deserves at least 10% of the take...just for being that honest....I couldn't tell you what I would do in that situation....(hopefully the same thing....but there is a devil inside of me sometimes

Indiana Resident Claims $12 Million Powerball Jackpot

Lottery Post — Tue, 18 Nov 2003 10:08:50 GMT

A Muncie, Indiana man got the call of a lifetime recently.On the other end was a store clerk who told James Allen that he won a 12-point-eight million-dollar Powerball jackpot.Allen claimed his prize yesterday from a drawing held nearly two weeks ago, on November fifth.Allen says he lets his tickets accumulate and drops them off at a retailer to have the clerk scan for winners. He returns later to collect any prize money.Lottery officials say the clerk could have claimed the winning ticket with... [ More ]