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Australian man accuses fishing buddy of stealing $3.5M lottery ticketNews Story
A dispute between two former fishing buddies who destroyed their friendship over a missing lottery ticket claimed to be worth $3.5 million (US$2.7 million) has ended up in an Australian court. Preston man Ismet Porcic claims he bought and subsequently lost a winning Tattslotto ticket from an Essendon newsagent in September 2014 that ended up winning a one-sixth share of the $21 million (US$16.2 million) division one prize pool. Mr. Porcic has filed an affidavit in the Supreme Court against
Apr 14, 2016, 12:44 pm - Todd - Lottery News

Florida Supreme Court orders new trial in $1M lottery disputeNews Story
Howard Browning is a guy who does not give up. In 2008, he sued his live-in sweetheart, a Seminole County schoolteacher, after she refused to give him half of the $1 million lottery jackpot she won. They had a deal, he insisted, although it was unwritten: If he won the lottery, he'd give her half and if she won, she'd give him half. A judge in Sanford threw out his case in 2012 after a jury had begun to hear evidence, and an appeals court later agreed. But on Thursday, the Florida Supre
May 29, 2015, 11:18 am - Todd - Lottery News

Winner sues Colorado Lottery 12 years after rigged drawingReply
If a UPS driver deliberately runs over a pedestrian UPS my be financially responsible as the owner of the delivery truck, but they're probably not responsible for the driver's actions in any other sense, so long as they had no indication that the driver might do such a thing. Tipton was taking advantage of his job, not doing his job, when he installed whatever code allowed him to know what numbers would be generated. As such I don't see the lottery as being responsible for what he he did, and un
Oct 9, 2017, 1:05 am - KY Floyd - Lottery News

Two workers in lottery pool sue over $118 million ticketReply
All I know, based on the common sense of Property Ownership It's not about property ownership . It's a contract dispute that's governed by contract law. If the claims in the article are true the two people suing were members of the pool and participated in the winning drawing. As members they're entitled to share in the winnings under the same rules as all other members. If those rules are that prizes are shared equally they're entitled to equal shares. A party (or parties) to a contract
May 19, 2012, 1:16 am - KY Floyd - Lottery News

Maryland Mega Millions winner already in pool disputeNews Story
Says $105M is all hers; McDonald's workers say it's theirs Mega Millions mania has plunged a Maryland McDonald's into a bubbling cauldron of controversy hotter than a deep-fried apple pie. Workers at the fast-food joint who pooled their cash for tickets are furious at a colleague who claims she won with a ticket she bought for herself and has no intention of sharing. We had a group plan, but I went and played by myself. [The 'winning' ticket] wasn't on the group plan, McDonald's winner
Apr 2, 2012, 9:59 am - Todd - Lottery News

Professional lottery player wins tax disputeNews Story
Big winnings, tiny taxes Several times a week, Clarance W. Jones does something most people can only dream of: He cashes in bunches of winning lottery tickets. And even better, he has found a way to pay barely any taxes on the massive take. Over the past decade, the 73-year-old from Lynn has redeemed more than 10,000 tickets from the state lottery more than any other person worth a total of more than $18 million. He has also long fought efforts by the state to collect considerable ta
Nov 5, 2011, 9:45 am - Todd - Lottery News

Casino says no way to $62 million slot machine payoutNews Story
It seemed too good to be true a slot-machine jackpot of almost 43 million euros. And maybe it was. Austrian state broadcaster ORF reports that Behar Merlaku is going to court over the refusal of the Bregenz casino to give him what he considers his win on March 26. Casino officials do not dispute that the gaming machine showed a payout of nearly 43 million euros almost US$62 million. But they say that a malfunctioning computer chip was responsible for what they say was the faulty display.
Aug 16, 2011, 9:49 pm - Todd - Lottery News

Disputed $50M lottery jackpot partially paid outReply
I doubt a dispute would occur within the friends I'm planning on doing this with While you know your friends and I dont, and you certainly could be correct with your assumption, you should never forget money (especially large amounts of it) will make even the most loving of family members turn against one and another. I witnessed that very thing happen in my own family. I saw every ugly bit of it, including the lawyers for each side. I live in the state of New York. The NY Lottery offer
Feb 15, 2011, 9:36 pm - GiveFive - Lottery News

Sisters' lottery jackpot trial begins todayNews Story
The lottery numbers that sisters Theresa Sokaitis and Rose Bakaysa had played together for years finally paid off in 2005, yielding a $500,000 Powerball jackpot. But for whom? Sokaitis, 84, of Middletown, Connecticut, claims she never saw a dime of that money and sued her older sister. This morning, their dispute over the jackpot will go to trial before a judge at Superior Court in New Britain. I love my sister and I feel bad this is all getting dragged into court, but I have children
Mar 23, 2010, 9:36 am - Todd - Lottery News

DOJ says privatizing state lotteries illegalReply
Geez, If I bought a Lotto ticket, would I have to confer with the Feds before I went an Leased my ticket to someone else?? When we sign the back of a ticket we establish ownership and the worth of the ticket is determined by the state's lottery rules and regulations. We've heard about many court cases where the ownership of tickets was in dispute but I don't think any of them disputed the state's lottery rules and regulations. A legal contract to lease your ticket should conform to federal
Oct 29, 2008, 2:17 pm - Stack47 - Lottery News