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I'd be pissed, but I can't help but laugh.
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| tennessee_raver |
162M Ticket Turned In, Ohio Lottery Says
3 minutes ago
By JOE MILICIA, Associated Press Writer
CLEVELAND - Someone turned in a valid ticket for the $162 million Mega Millions multistate lottery jackpot, the Ohio Lottery said Tuesday, a day after a woman claimed she lost the winning ticket outside the convenience store where it was sold.
Ohio Lottery spokeswoman Mardele Cohen said the winner would be revealed at an 11:30 a.m. press conference. Cohen would not comment on whether the winner was Elecia Battle, the woman who filed a police report saying she lost the ticket last week.
About 30 people with flashlights searched for the ticket Monday night outside the suburban Cleveland store after a police report Battle filed became public.
The Ohio Lottery says the ticket is a bearer note, which means whoever turns in a valid ticket is legally entitled to the winnings.
Cohen said Monday night that the bearer status makes the ticket "like cash."
But Battle intends to make a case that the winning ticket from the 11-state game is her lost property, said her lawyer, Sheldon Starke.
"This is a question of lost property, not abandoned property," he said Tuesday. "If there is one type of property that is not presumed to be abandoned, it's money. ... Anyone who finds it is not the owner."
Battle, 40, of Cleveland, filed a police report saying she dropped her purse as she left the Quick Shop Food Mart last week after buying the ticket. She said she realized after the drawing last Tuesday that the ticket was missing.
The Ohio Lottery said the winning ticket was sold at the store in South Euclid, about 15 miles east of Cleveland.
Check out Ohio's next millionaire: (well, maybe not actually)
Elecia Battle holds open her purse Monday, Jan. 5, 2004 in Cleveland. Battle told police she dropped the purse and lost the winning $162-million Mega Millions ticket as she left the Quick Shop Food Mart in South Euclid, Ohio. The lottery said last week that the winning ticket was sold at the store.
SURE you lost the ticket, lol |
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| imokruok |
First, I'll state that I think this woman didn't lose the ticket. The person who turned it in is likely the real owner.
If she did truly own the ticket, the smartest thing to do would have been to offer a reward of half the prize. Split it with someone so at least she gets something. Right now, she's just being greedy - she'll likely take this thing to court and not get a damn thing. If someone truly found the ticket, they would have been likely to agree to the reward to keep it out of court. |
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| imokruok |
| quote: | Originally posted by FunkySimon
but she already filed that she lost her ticket with those numbers before they knew which ticket was gonna win the 162M so she might me telling the truth..
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No, she filed the report after the drawing. (The sentence in the article above is poorly constructed).
http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/lottoreport1.html |
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| DigiNut |
| quote: | Prior to her leaving the station I told her to write down how she came up with the numbers.
Comp wrote her Son Keith was born 12/18/03, her other son Rodger in 23 yoa and turned the numbers around to 32. Her sister Angela was born in 1964 and turned the last two numbers around to 46. Her husband turns 49 this year and 21 brings you luck. The winning numbers are 12-18-21-32-46-49. |
Sounds just a tad sketchy... lol :p |
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| imokruok |
| quote: | Originally posted by FunkySimon
but how could you possible trust her, what evidence does she have that it really was her ticket??
no one is gonna give half of that money away to some women who has no evidence at all it was her ticket...
if I would give half of it away I would rather give it to charity then to a person who I do not trust.. |
Assuming someone actually did find it on the street (which I don't believe, by the way), they would probably have themselves quite the moral dilemma, because they'd know it was someone else's ticket. In that case, it would make sense to split it, because you'd get half the money of someone else's ticket, and you wouldn't have to fight the woman in court. Of course, you'd have to believe the woman in the first place, and I don't.
That said, I believe that the current holder is likely the winner of the ticket, so screw this woman. Just go turn it in. I didn't mean to suggest the rightful owner should split it with this woman.
FYI, the announcement is coming up on Fox News - they're showing the lottery officials getting ready.
UPDATE: Announcement is on now. Winner is Rebecca Jamison, will be taking the $94 million cash option. Married, with 12 year old son. Lottery officials state that they are comfortable that they are the real winners. |
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| DigiNut |
| quote: | Originally posted by imokruok
Assuming someone actually did find it on the street (which I don't believe, by the way), they would probably have themselves quite the moral dilemma, because they'd know it was someone else's ticket. In that case, it would make sense to split it, because you'd get half the money of someone else's ticket, and you wouldn't have to fight the woman in court. Of course, you'd have to believe the woman in the first place, and I don't.
That said, I believe that the current holder is likely the winner of the ticket, so screw this woman. Just go turn it in. I didn't mean to suggest the rightful owner should split it with this woman.
FYI, the announcement is coming up on Fox News - they're showing the lottery officials getting ready.
UPDATE: Announcement is on now. Winner is Rebecca Jamison, will be taking the $94 million cash option. Married, with 12 year old son. Lottery officials state that they are comfortable that they are the real winners. |
You also have to ask yourself what person in their right mind would pick up a lottery ticket they found on the floor outside a convenience store. :p And how would they even have noticed it? If I saw a lottery ticket on the ground, I would most likely assume it to be an old losing ticket or just a piece of litter/scrap paper. |
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