Disputed Massachusetts lottery ticket is found

Comment #7

LottoBuddy — Wed, 18 Feb 2004 19:01:45 GMT

The solution is to sign your name and contact information at the back of any ticket before handing it over to anybody. With all the dishonest lottery retailers around, they should be prohibited from playing and claiming winnings.

Comment #6

dvdiva — Tue, 17 Feb 2004 07:11:28 GMT

i think handing any winning ticket more than $100 to a clerk is a mistake unless you are going to buy more than 100 tickets for the next drawing. i would never validate a ticket i thought hit a jackpot or first tier prize by handing it to a clerk

Comment #5

golotto — Tue, 17 Feb 2004 01:10:48 GMT

i agree, and even with slightly smaller prizes...since i've been playing the lottery i've had two tickets hit $100 or more and both times i've taken them to a large grocery store that has a customer service counter. i avoid quick-stop type convenience stores when cashing in my tickets. since they also sell lottery tickets at that grocery store they are more than happy to cash in the winners no matter where they were purchased. keeping the ticket separate from smaller prizes and telling them when... [ More ]

Comment #4

smd173 — Mon, 16 Feb 2004 23:50:06 GMT

Should be a lesson to people.Although most store clerks would be happy for your win, if you ever win anything higher than the $500 the store can pay, get your ticket cashed at lottery headquarters! (or a regional lottery office if your state has those

Comment #3

tg636 — Mon, 16 Feb 2004 22:10:18 GMT

$20,000 sure would have come in handy when I went to UMass when I was her age, and was constantly broke. She can reduce those awful student loans, or she can party and vacation...which will it be?Note to corrupt store owners/thieves...if you are going to steal a ticket, don't do it on the grand prize.

Comment #2

fja — Mon, 16 Feb 2004 18:21:38 GMT

It will be interesting to see where they found the ticket, or if it just appeared in the mail in their offices.

Comment #1

golotto — Mon, 16 Feb 2004 17:39:39 GMT

Sounds like this case wil

Disputed Massachusetts lottery ticket is found

Lottery Post — Mon, 16 Feb 2004 11:03:10 GMT

Police have found a missing $20,000 Massachusetts lottery ticket that a college student said was snatched out of her hand by the clerk at the Westborough store where she bought it. The Lottery Commission has verified it through the numbers, police Sergeant Russell Johnson said.Lottery officials have to visually inspect the scratch-off ticket before Erika Schmitt, 18, can claim her prize. We have notified her, and obviously she is excited, Johnson said.There might be some delay before the money... [ More ]