TODD/BILLYLOCO-WHATS WRONG WITH THIS PICTURE?Prev Topic Next Topic

New Topic New Poll

Guest

United States
Member #0
May 31, 2000
0 Posts
Offline

Jun 15, 2001, 10:05 pm

A man has a ticket that with the cash-option minus taxes is worth about $17 million dollars.He puts this one ticket with one set of the winning numbers in a drawer with junk under some tools...2 days minus a year...he takes the ticket out puts it in his pocket...goes to work all day..then,remembers that he has the ticket...Put it in an envelope 2 days before it expires and mails it with a 34 cent stamp to the lottery office..knowing that they are closed on the weekend...Something is going on here that is not meeting the eye..What kind of computer technician job took precident overs $17 million cash?What kind of wife does he have that knows about it and says nothing for a year?..When willwe find out the real story????
Todd

50

Chief Bottle Washer

New Jersey
United States
Member #1
May 31, 2000
27,962 Posts
Offline

Jun 16, 2001, 5:08 am

It's a pretty strange story, but here's how I understand it:

The guy put the ticket in his pocket after finding it in the drawer, he then went to work. At that point he didn't know it was a winner because he hadn't checked the numbers. If he had any sense he would have gone to BigGameLottery.com in the morning before going to work. ;-)

Anyway, he takes the ticket with him and later realizes that he still hadn't checked the numbers. So he takes the ticket to a lottery retailer and the retailer tells him he's the big winner. The retailer gives him the claim form.

I'll hold my comments about the general lack of intelligence about the next move, but at that point he fills out the claim form and not only sticks it (and the ticket) in the mail -- but dropped it in a mailbox on the street. As far as I can tell, the NJ Lottery found the claim in their mail sometime Tuesday (6/12).

There's a couple of problems I have with this:

1. Why the heck didn't the retailer call a news agency or something to say that they validated the winning ticket?? Especially after all the stories about the winning ticket expiring! They certainly would be front-page news, and their store would be talked about, and lottery players always flock to stores that produce a winning ticket.

2. The obvious: how could that guy mail the ticket. I would like to say more on this, but I'll try to be somewhat respectful of the winner.

But, no matter what I or anyone thinks about this, the fact is that the guy had the winning ticket, it was sent to the lottery in time, and he's now worth a heck of a lot more than when he woke up in the morning.

Despite the odd set of circumstances, it appears that everthing that ocurred was feasible and above-board.

I personally am glad that someone walked away with the money, rather than sending it back to the states.

-Todd

Check the State Lottery Report Card
What grade did your lottery earn?

Sign the Petition for True Lottery Drawings
Help eliminate computerized drawings!
Guest

United States
Member #0
May 31, 2000
0 Posts
Offline

Jun 16, 2001, 5:38 am

I agree that the bottom line is that he got the money....who am I to comment...However...I dont believe that story...Somebody knows the real story...I have never heard anything anywhere mailing a ticket just as long as the date on the envelope is prior to the expiration date...This is the kind of thing that makes lotteries lose their integrity.....His wife knew that the ticket was a winner and told him that he had better find it...Then he goes to work...I need to let it go...but it is bugging me...Sure is a lot of strange happenings around The Big Game in general...
Todd

50

Chief Bottle Washer

New Jersey
United States
Member #1
May 31, 2000
27,962 Posts
Offline

Jun 16, 2001, 11:51 am

Row,

You know what gets me? It's not the strange happenings as much as it is the lack of communication on the lottery's part. Maybe if they took a more active and communicative role with their "customers" there wouldn't be all the grumblings. Not just about this issue, but about any issue, and it's not just one lottery, it's most of them.

-Todd

Check the State Lottery Report Card
What grade did your lottery earn?

Sign the Petition for True Lottery Drawings
Help eliminate computerized drawings!
billyloco

Buford. GA
United States
Member #4
April 19, 2001
853 Posts
Offline

Jun 16, 2001, 12:14 pm

Hey Row & Todd,
Yeah this whole scenario has a strange flavor to it...but ya know I believe this fellow had somebody watching out for him...I for one am very happy that anyone won so as not to forfeit the millions back to the states.

Having some personal ties to the Postal Authorities in Kansas City, I spoke to a person Friday morning who is 3rd in command there A N D he became almost hysterical with laughter when I told him how the USPS was involved...his best comment to me was this, "shows he has never worked for the Post Office"!...scary thoughts enter my mind when I think what could have happened.

ps Row how is your cash 3 picks doing ? I am so disgusted with Georgias cash3 I haven't played in about 4 weeks!

"as long as you win more than you lose...gamblins' not a problem"
Guest

United States
Member #0
May 31, 2000
0 Posts
Offline

Jun 16, 2001, 6:08 pm

I can't get over how some of you are trying to find some kind of wrong doing here (especially with the lottery)You don't even have your facts right and yet you go off posting about something is not right when you don't even know what the hell your talking about...

Guess you don't live in NJ but the fact of the matter is everyone should be tipping their hat to the New Jersey Lottery Commission because it was the Lottery who contacted the media to make it public that a winning ticket worth that much money was Never claimed and they even went so far as to have the media publish the town where the winning ticket was sold last June...

Now, the winner read that and he realized that town is where he buys his lottery tickets and so thanks to the Lottery commission contacting the media, he decided to check any old tickets laying around and sure enough, one of them matched....Now as far as you saying something is not right before the deadline, the gentleman realized the numbers on his ticket were the same that was publicized in the newspapers as well as on TV and he took the ticket to where he bought it and after they ran it through the machine, they realized that it was indeed the one and only winning ticket and because there were only 2 days left before expiration for claiming the prize, the store owner told him he would validate it right there on the site with the lottery computer and then it would be official...Regardless when the lottery office received it in the mail...This is why he mailed it regular first class mail...While most of us would have sent it registered mail he was told at the store that it was a done deal and he could just mail it in as it was already verified and even if it got lost in the mail, he would have been payed...Would have been a hassle but the bottom line here is your all shooting at straws here and your wrong with your information...
If anyone in this entire story deserves credit, it is the New Jersey Lottery Commission for appealing to the public about the un-claimed ticket....Just think about it, after he had it validated BEFORE the deadline at the store, it was a done deal that is why the lottery employee who opened the regular first class envelope and saw the ticket didn't stick it in their pocket which I am sure many would be tempted to do..
End Of Story....
Todd

50

Chief Bottle Washer

New Jersey
United States
Member #1
May 31, 2000
27,962 Posts
Offline

Jun 16, 2001, 6:19 pm

While much of your story is true, it is a fact that the ticket can ONLY be claimed at lottery headquarters. A signed ticket is a bearer document. If the ticket was lost in the mail, then the prize would have been lost. Validating the ticket at the store is not the same thing.

However, I do agree with the general idea of your post that there was no wrong-doing.

-Todd

Check the State Lottery Report Card
What grade did your lottery earn?

Sign the Petition for True Lottery Drawings
Help eliminate computerized drawings!
Guest

United States
Member #0
May 31, 2000
0 Posts
Offline

Jun 16, 2001, 8:55 pm

I understand your feeling on cash-3....In order for me to win..I have to take all the lottery experts on monday morning..combine them..and then..I can come up with a set of about 10 numbers that have to be played every mid-day and every evening drawings..It takes a considerale amount of time...John at maybells has set it up so that using that site cuts down on doing some of the manual calculations..but still...there is a considerable amount of time to complete the whole process...If I dont get in the right frame of mind...It wont work...
Guest

United States
Member #0
May 31, 2000
0 Posts
Offline

Jun 16, 2001, 9:03 pm

SURE..Got that bridge in your neighboring state of new york that you want to sell?...I am through with it!!!
mark

United States
Member #66
October 19, 2000
218 Posts
Offline

Jun 16, 2001, 9:45 pm

I don't think its just Ga. pick three, I work a very successful system for pick three that includes math and astrology, and right now for the past 4 or 5 weeks there has been some very strange results coming up, so I don't think it is the system that your using. Here in Indiana the numbers have been coming up strangly and I know Ky is too.
I know that this has nothing to do with pick three but,,look at the lottery results for 6-12. big game was 8-9-10-18-49, ohio 5 game was 20-21-22-23-37, mass was 3-5-14-24-34, these were just a few for that night, and notice how the numbers had a sequence going !
any ways just wanted to share my thoughts, and let you know I don't think it's just Ga.
RJOh

100

mid-Ohio
United States
Member #9
March 24, 2001
20,272 Posts
Offline

Jun 17, 2001, 10:16 am

I never thought that any thing was wrong with the way the state lottery commission handle the ticket. I thought that maybe an exfriend, exwife or a relative would come forward and say the guy waited so long to claim the prize to keep them from getting their share of the winning. It wouldn't a first.

* you don't need to buy every combination, just the winning ones *
Guest

United States
Member #0
May 31, 2000
0 Posts
Offline

Jun 17, 2001, 12:39 pm

Now...that is something that I can buy into...some relationship that he had with somebody else that he was trying to keep them from getting apiece of the action....like waiting for a divorce to be completed and then claiming the money after the final papers were finalized...Actually..Thanks..I feel much better now...He knew he was a winner the whole time...That other extraneous stuff was just garbage
Guest

United States
Member #0
May 31, 2000
0 Posts
Offline

Jun 17, 2001, 12:51 pm

yea..our lotto last night was 03-05-09-19-39-46ummm....One of the great prognosticators and I have noticed it too....is that systems seemed to work better the last week of the month..Many times I can hit 3 days in a row in the last week of the month and then it dies out...I know a lady who buys 10-$1 straight/box quick pick on the cash-3 every mid-day and every evening---Results..she averages hitting 2 straight boxes for $290 and 1-50 cent box for $40 every week...Now there is a strategy that makes everybody happy and dont take no time...She wins money and the lottery officials are happy that the numbers have not been calculated....
RJOh

100

mid-Ohio
United States
Member #9
March 24, 2001
20,272 Posts
Offline

Jun 17, 2001, 5:59 pm

According to the articles I've read,the guy has been married for seven years, so there is no exwife and probaly not any old girl friend. When I buy tickets at the local store and the prize is large and I know the clerks, they alway say good luck and don't forget me if you win. I don't look at that as a binding contract, but I have heard of people going to court claiming the winner said he would share if he ever won big.

* you don't need to buy every combination, just the winning ones *
Guest

United States
Member #0
May 31, 2000
0 Posts
Offline

Jun 18, 2001, 7:04 pm

I GET A MAGAZINE CALLED "FHM" WHICH STANDS FOR "FOR HIM MAGAZINE">> ABOUT 2 MONTHS AGO THERE WAS A ARTICLE IN IT ABOUT A FELLA WHO WON AROUND 35 MILLION AND I CAN'T RECALL WHAT STATE HE DID IT IN>> I REMEMBER HE DID IT IN 1993>> THIS GUY IS NOW NEARLY BROKE DUE TO BAD BUSINESS VENTURES AND CONIVING, CHEATING RELATIVES & FRIENDS>>BUT THE WORST STORY HE TELLS IS ABOUT A LADY HE PLAYED BINGO WITH FOR ABOUT 5 YEARS PRETTY REGUARLY>>ABOUT 2 YEARS AFTER HAD WON THIS LOTTERY SHE SUES HIM FOR $4 MILLION AND WINS!!!>>SHE CLAIMED SHE HAD A PORTION COMING AS SHE WAS OFFICIALLY HIS GAMBLING PARTNER A N D THE DAMN JUDGE AWARDED HER THE MONEY!!>> GO FIGURE

New Topic New Poll

Subscribe to this topic

TODD/BILLYLOCO-WHATS WRONG WITH THIS PICTURE?Prev TopicNext Topic

TODD/BILLYLOCO-WHATS WRONG WITH THIS PICTURE?Prev Topic Next Topic