judging from a few of the responses in this thread i suppose that some of you would give the ticket back to it's original owner? the only loser in this thread is the chick who lost the ticket. it clearly states on the back (i know they do in georgia anyway, but i'm sure other states too) that you are the sign the back of the damn ticket.
She never owned it to begin with so she never lost it. And to answer your question, hell no I wouldnt give it back. You snooze you lose. You could never tell who was the original owner anyway.
I dont think it was hers to begin with. According to the report I just saw, the lady that won has the sheet that you run into the machine with the winning numbers marked off on it...she uses the same numbers everytiume she played. All the other lady has is what she says she had.. and then talk about a sore loser...she is hiring a damn lawyer!! even if she did indeed have a ticket with the right numbers on it...she should have held on to...if you lose it, too bad..them's the breaks.
She said she got one of the numbers (49) because her husband (with whom she is currently seperated) is about to turn 49. Problem is they're not on speaking terms...and he's 44...
I would have picked 49 also because that was how old my dad was a year before he died. Also 6 years ago I was 20 and if you subtract 20 from my favorite number 69, you get 49.
Just saw this on CNN. Lets see: One lady has proof that she has played those #s before. Has proof, in the form of a receipt, that shes the one that bought the winning ticket. Has proof, in the form of another lottery ticket she bought at the same time and location. And to top it all off, she has the actually winning lottery ticket itself. The other lady has her word and a lawyer. Cases like these are what make a mockery out of our legal system.
Nobody lost a ticket! Oh, and I agree with codell. ----------------------------------------- Strange News - AP Woman Suing Over Lottery Has Past Charges By M.R. KROPKO, Associated Press Writer CLEVELAND - A woman who's suing to block payment of a $162 million lottery prize to the validated winner has a criminal record that includes convictions for misuse of a credit card and criminal trespassing. When asked about past run-ins with the law in Cleveland suburbs, Elecia Battle said she was charged but not convicted, even though court and police records show convictions. "I'm done with that," said Battle, 40. "I paid the fine. That's end of story. It makes me look like I'm a bad person. Everybody has bad in the past. I'm not even worried about that, really. I never did any jail time for that." While working at a Richmond Heights pharmacy in 1999, Battle used a customer's credit card number to make purchases, police said. She paid a $450 fine for misuse of a credit card, and a 10-day jail sentence was suspended. Battle was convicted in 2000 in Cleveland Heights of assault for grabbing a drug store clerk's hair and scratching her, according to police records. Battle got a six-month suspended sentence. She was convicted of criminal trespassing in 2002 and paid restitution of about $1,250, according to South Euclid court records. Fines were suspended because she was indigent. Her lawyer, Sheldon Starke, said he knew nothing about his client's criminal history, which occurred under her former married name, Elecia Dickson. "It's irrelevant," he said. Starke said at a news conference that he planned to ask a judge to force the lottery to give him access to the winning ticket, which was turned in by Rebecca Jemison, 34, of South Euclid. "We would want this tested by an outside expert, such things as testing for prints or DNA," Starke said. Ohio Lottery spokeswoman Mardele Cohen referred calls to the Ohio Attorney General's office, which did not immediately return a phone message. The Ohio Lottery on Tuesday declared Jemison the winner of the 11-state Mega Millions drawing of Dec. 30, qualifying her for a lump-sum payment of $67.2 million, after taxes. Later Tuesday, Battle sued, asking a judge to block the lottery from paying Jemison. Battle claimed in a police report that she dropped her purse as she left a convenience store after buying the ticket and only realized after the drawing that the ticket was missing. "My ticket was lost. I do recall all the numbers. They are all somehow family related. No one can tell me what I did and did not play. I did it honestly and I have no doubt," Battle told The Associated Press. Authorities are investigating whether Battle lied in the police report — a misdemeanor punishable by 30 days to six months in jail. Dennis G. Kennedy, director of the Ohio Lottery, said the lottery was confident Jemison bought the winning ticket. She provided another lottery ticket bought at the same time and had a ticket from a previous drawing with the same numbers, Kennedy said. Jemison, who handles telephone calls and paging at a hospital, said she was looking forward to buying a new home, taking a vacation and sharing her prize with her family. She and her husband, Sam, have a 12-year-old daughter.
