Are California 2nd chance entries thrown away eligible to enter?

Reply #8

noise-gate — Sun, 09 Mar 2014 17:35:45 GMT

Same here MrC- l have bought lots of tickets with 2nd chances and have won a goose egg as well. The winners must be living across the street.

Reply #7

mrcraft — Sun, 09 Mar 2014 17:22:01 GMT

I'm curious if you don't mind sharing. Of your two Fantasy 5 winners, approximately how many were entered in those draws you won?

I started only recently, in November, but I have a big goose egg thus far. It is somewhat encouraging that people that live in my city and surrounding neighborhoods have won.

Nice wins

Reply #6

RJOh — Sun, 09 Mar 2014 06:40:58 GMT

What they don't know won't hurt you, but if you win something and let it be known that you found your ticket in the trash then everyone who ever threw away a ticket will think what you won belongs to them.

Reply #5

mikeintexas — Sun, 09 Mar 2014 05:57:06 GMT

Yeah, like I said, depends upon local ordinances. There are stickers on the front sides of our dumpsters citing the specific law. I was doing some some long- needed sorting of stuff in my house several months ago and late one night (past midnight) was making multiple trips out to the dumpster in the alley behind my house; the people across behind from me have dogs and every time I went out they started barking and the mutts would barely get quiet until the next time I went out. I had done it a d... [ More ]

Reply #4

noise-gate — Sun, 09 Mar 2014 05:35:10 GMT

Found this piece Mike..

Dumpster Diving and the Law

We aren t lawyers but this is our best understanding as plain-old US citizens.

Dumpster diving is legal in the United States except where prohibited by local regulation. According to a 1988 Supreme Court Ruling (California vs. Greenwood), when a person throws something out, that item is now the public domain. Here is some language from that ruling: It is common knowledge that plastic garbage bags left on or at the side of a public stre... [ More ]

Reply #3

iamscharles — Sun, 09 Mar 2014 05:27:44 GMT

That's what I thought, just curious to hear some feedback--I've already won 11K on Fantasy Five 2nd chance.. 10K in August and 1K Jan 2014. I'm not sure if it's from my purchased entries or from a stack of losing tickets in the trash, (More than likely the latter, I just avoid the cans w/spilled drinks!) I suppose they know people have submitted an inordinate amount of tickets in the past, so to make it more equitable they have limited the amount of entries to 1000 per month. Has anyone else out... [ More ]

Reply #2

mikeintexas — Sun, 09 Mar 2014 05:23:11 GMT

I personally don't see anything basically/ethically wrong with it, but if you wanted to get technical, I'd think it would depend upon the city ordinances and if there are laws against rummaging through the trash. There might be a law against going through the trash of a business or a household. For instance, my town prohibits people from dumpster diving . (but it's still done f/ aluminum cans even though it's illegal) The law is not only there for health reasons, but for the privacy of the peopl... [ More ]

Reply #1

noise-gate — Sun, 09 Mar 2014 05:01:53 GMT

Charlie- if it is in the trashcan its yours, that is why it was thrown away- unless the person signed the back of their * Fantasy 5/SLP tickets- in which case l honestly have no idea how the lottery committee would rule on that one.

Have you been going through the trash....again? Oh Charles.

Are California 2nd chance entries thrown away eligible to enter?

iamscharles — Sun, 09 Mar 2014 04:43:13 GMT

If someone throws away their losing scatch off ticket, fantasy five 2nd chance entry, or SuperLotto 2nd chance entry--Then someone else picks it out of the trash and enters it online themselves-- Is this ok to do? Or can only the person who purchased the ticket be qualified to enter it online