Contested lottery winner

Reply #17

Stack47 — Tue, 14 Mar 2017 04:13:19 GMT

How was that situation any different than in any other store?

It happened in 1991 when a player asked for five $1 tickets and a clerk printed a $5 Lotto America ticket. According the story, the store owner told the clerks to try and sell mistake tickets because if they didn't, the store had to buy them. When and how the ticket was bought was moot to the South Dakota Lottery because for them there was no question who they should pay off: the person who presents the ticket and whose name is on... [ More ]

Reply #16

Falster — Tue, 14 Mar 2017 02:45:28 GMT

I agree with you on all this,I seen a guy buy 10 tickets and lose so the clerk buys the next one and wins $10,000

to me that is just wrong they should have to buy from another store.

Reply #15

Artist77 — Tue, 14 Mar 2017 00:41:04 GMT

I agree but we seem to have a wannabe law prof who thinks otherwise. The closest analogy is creating intellectual property while employed. Those agreements says the work belongs to the employer. If I owned a convenience store, I would bar employees from buying tickets there. It creates a bright line.

Reply #14

KY Floyd — Tue, 14 Mar 2017 00:02:47 GMT

The story isn't about a contested winner . It's just one of many disputes about who is the lawful owner of a lottery ticket.

Her clerks could buy tickets and claim they were mistakes

How was that situation any different than in any other store? Any clerk with access to a lottery terminal can print tickets as they see fit. Nowadays it's easy for the store owner to have video surveillance that will show whether or not a clerk is printing tickets when it's clear that a customer isn't even t... [ More ]

Reply #13

Stack47 — Mon, 13 Mar 2017 21:00:09 GMT

This did actually happen !I remembered it well

It would have helped had you not forgot some major details like it was a $5 Lotto America ticket and not a $2 PB ticket, the 32 year old clerk lied about when she bought the ticket, you said a judge ordered a split when the case was actually settled out of court, and a link to the story would really help.

But the most important detail you omitted was For lottery officials, there was no question who they should pay off: the person who presents... [ More ]

Reply #12

Artist77 — Mon, 13 Mar 2017 16:32:19 GMT

Great story and shows that the bearer instrument does not always control.

Reply #11

mikeintexas — Mon, 13 Mar 2017 15:40:48 GMT

Lotto Ticket Error Gets Clerk Dollars, Grief

Reply #10

GeneralMac — Mon, 13 Mar 2017 14:40:14 GMT

This did actually happen !

I remembered it well !

Just to refresh my memory I did an internet search for........... South Dakota lottery dispute ..and it came up in the first page.

Reply #9

Stack47 — Mon, 13 Mar 2017 06:27:01 GMT

Her clerks could buy tickets and claim they were mistakes and if after the drawings they found out they were winners they could buy them or else let the owner pay for them.

Good point and shows why the events in the story probably never happen.

Reply #8

Stack47 — Mon, 13 Mar 2017 06:18:23 GMT

The story is hypothetical. Did you miss the fact there is no link to the story?

clearly there was no written evidence of such a policy/procedure.

The details that are clear is the tickets are set aside and sold to other customers and If they do not get sold, the owner of the store has to pay for them . When the clerk put $2 in the cash register , the ticket was sold. It should be obvious the owner told the clerks to try and sell those tickets.

And the story made it look like the judge... [ More ]

Reply #7

Artist77 — Sun, 12 Mar 2017 16:27:26 GMT

I agree! If the store owner had a prior practice of paying for such tickets, the deference shold have been given to the owner. Employers establish the rules. Perhaps the clerk showed that was not a uniform policy.

Reply #6

RJOh — Sun, 12 Mar 2017 15:47:57 GMT

Tickets for local games can be canceled but multi-states game tickets can't.

Reply #5

RJOh — Sun, 12 Mar 2017 15:40:53 GMT

Sounds like the owner set up herself to be taken advantage of. Her clerks could buy tickets and claim they were mistakes and if after the drawings they found out they were winners they could buy them or else let the owner pay for them.

Reply #4

wander73 — Tue, 07 Mar 2017 03:23:13 GMT

I never heard of such a thing. However when the games were first introduced I recall at one retailer that it was wrong and they let me get a different one.

Reply #3

grwurston — Tue, 07 Mar 2017 03:07:45 GMT

PB and MM tickets cannot be refunded if the customer decides they don't want the ticket. If the ticket sat on the counter and no one bought it, the clerk had the right to buy it.

As it says on the back of any lottery ticket. This ticket is a bearer instrument. Anyone possessing a winning ticket may claim the prize.

Once the clerk signed it, it was hers.

Reply #2

Stack47 — Mon, 06 Mar 2017 21:40:00 GMT

What you didn't say is how did the store owner knew one of the mistakes was a jackpot winner and did the clerk go to lottery headquarters to validate the ticket.

I felt that clerk had no right to that ticket

First you said if the ticket was unsold the store owner has to pay for them and then said the clerk bought the ticket meaning that ticket was no longer unsold. From your story it's obvious mistakes are sold to other customers and if the clerk sold the jackpot winning ticket to an oth... [ More ]

Reply #1

MaximumMillions — Mon, 06 Mar 2017 17:53:02 GMT

I have read a few stories about this situation.

http://www.independent.ie/irish-news/tesco-claims-500000-prize-at-centre-of-lotto-ticket-sale-row-26748770.html

There is also one where some cashier printed a mistake ticket, customer refused, cashier drew a frowning smiley on it, then came in next day claiming she wanted o buy the ticket but didn't have money and the smiley was her signature or something to that effect. Don't remember the outcome.

Contested lottery winner

GeneralMac — Mon, 06 Mar 2017 16:02:49 GMT

I was wondering if any of you have heard of lottery winners being contested.

I have (twice)

A real complicated one happened in South Dakota .

When mistakes are made selling PowerBall tickets and the buyer refuses, they are set aside and sold to other customers. If they do not get sold, the owner of the store has to pay for them and they are his/her's

One morning after the lottery a young clerk came to work and found out there was a winner from South Dakota.

She then scanned... [ More ]