Delawarean Looses Powerball Lawsuit

Reply #12

rdc137 — Mon, 11 Dec 2006 19:16:14 GMT

I don't agree with the policies of some states that allow ticketless claims (excluding subscriptions of course). It is basically inviting fraud. I think it should be a no-brainer that you must keep the ticket in order to claim the prize. Delaware, and several other states, pass out ticket holders (I have seen them in also in New York, Connecticut, Virginia, and West Virginia). I have one and keep everything in there.

To be honest, this claims sounds like a guy who accidently drops money on th... [ More ]

Reply #11

fja — Mon, 11 Dec 2006 14:17:58 GMT

Unfortunately you are correct , Delaware claims no reponsibility for lost stolen or mutilated tickets in its rules and regs (thier only statement on this issue from what I see). Some other states have procedures in place for just that kind of issue.

Reply #10

KY Floyd — Mon, 11 Dec 2006 06:08:21 GMT

Look at the article. It clearly says that he still had the bet slip.

There have been plenty of news stories about past lottery prizes that were paid without a winning ticket and there's really no legitimate reason to deny the claim when the person making the claim came forward shortly after the drawing and can list all 5 sets of numbers played on the ticket.

Reply #9

rdc137 — Mon, 11 Dec 2006 05:24:42 GMT

Try leaving it on top of a toaster while using it. Make sure it's a thermal ticket.

Reply #8

guesser — Mon, 11 Dec 2006 01:25:36 GMT

I don't understand how he has a ticket he filled out for the other 4 games but not the winning one ?

Yeah, if he's that much into the lottery that he knows what he filled out - but he washed his ticket ?

I'm gonna run a test this week - I'm going to run a losing ticket thru a wash/dry cycle and see what it looks like.

Yeah, they may use different ink/paper/printing process, but what the heck, I wanna know.

Reply #7

RJOh — Sun, 10 Dec 2006 19:22:16 GMT

In the past, I've read of of people who have claimed they lost their ticket and collected the prize money when a lottery commissions didn't follow its own rules. I've always thought it would be fairer to have one rule and treat every case the same, regardless. While Mr. Palese might be able to make a good case, anyone who had access to insider information could make just as good of case even though Mr. Palese made his case long before it was known that the ticket was not going to be available.... [ More ]

Reply #6

rdc137 — Sun, 10 Dec 2006 17:02:22 GMT

There is no secret that you need the ticket to claim the prize.

Reply #5

fja — Sun, 10 Dec 2006 16:40:37 GMT

It seems strange that the lottery commision would not come out and call him a liar,,,as they so often do when they get a false claim......his claim must have some merit.....although the no ticket, no cash rule seems to hold up in court, this may set some precedent in future court rulings.......

written by the AP (below).....

DOVER, Del. (AP)- Bob Palese believes he had the winning $5 million lottery ticket, but he says it was destroyed in the laundry.

Now, he is suing the Del... [ More ]

Reply #4

RJOh — Sun, 10 Dec 2006 01:36:11 GMT

According to Iowa Lottery website,they still have two PB tickets worthed $200,000 that have gone unclaimed for over six months, luckily Iowa allows a year for winners to claim their winnings.

Arizona has a PB $200,000 ticket that has gone unclaimed for almost three months. The winner has another three months to make a claim since Arizona allows 180 days to make a claim.

Lots of winning lottery tickets goes unclaimed every month and if states allowed everyone who claimed they lost their ti... [ More ]

Reply #3

rdc137 — Sat, 09 Dec 2006 00:38:41 GMT

There was an unclaimed jackpot in Bear, however, I don't know the details. I thought it was related to the Delaware Lotto, however.

Reply #2

CA LotteryGuy — Sat, 09 Dec 2006 00:21:07 GMT

rdc137...Just out of interest, has there been a $5 million Powerball ticket go unclaimed? Not living in a Powerball state, is there even such a thing as a Powerball ticket worth $5 million? Maybe a split jackpot? How did this case get to the Supreme Court in Delaware

Reply #1

weshar75 — Fri, 08 Dec 2006 22:16:35 GMT

If you don't got the ticket you don't have anything. You should not have wasted your time trying to go after money that you can prove you won in the first place. Go buy another ticket and try to win off that one. Or be smart and not stick your winning ticket in the wash you moron!-weshar75

Delawarean Looses Powerball Lawsuit

rdc137 — Fri, 08 Dec 2006 21:39:00 GMT

http://www.delawareonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20061208/NEWS/61208045

COPIED FROM LINK ABOVE:

In high court, no win over Powerball

By ESTEBAN PARRA, The News Journal

Posted Friday, December 8, 2006 at 3:13 pm

The story of a 49-year-old Bear man who filed a lawsuit claiming he was entitled to a $5 million lottery prize even though he lost the winning ticket in a laundry mishap didn t wash with the state Supreme Court.

The Supreme Court instead affirmed a lower court