I cannot for the life of me understand why this story was ever posted on this site. I am speaking for myself when I say I do not know these people from Adam's house cat.
After all we are talking about postings on the Internet. Hundreds of postings all over the Internet are embellished on a daily basis. I have never heard of these people before nor have I ever met them. If the story is true it is unfortunate that it happened. However, there are disclaimers all over Lottery tickets as well as thousands of dollars in advertising spent every year that plainly spell out the rules. (No ticky no payee) period.
Finally, I cannot conceive of what purpose is served by the post. This is not a forum for grief nor are we or at least I am not a grief counselor. The Church was mentioned more than once in the posting and I feel that this issue is better suited to that environment. The Churches have professional grief counselors and help thousands of people every year get through hard times with many success stories.
I hope we will put this incident behind us and proceed with what Lottery Post is all about and that is winning the Lottery by hard work and winning strategies.
Wishing all your picks are winners and your winners are monsters
Floridian