11-14-2012, 02:50 PM
(11-14-2012, 02:32 PM)QueenBee Wrote:(11-14-2012, 01:30 PM)heartbreaker6713 Wrote:(11-14-2012, 01:10 PM)Maggot Wrote: I think they need to be cashed within a year.
I was thinking the same thing when I read this. I thought that was an excessive length of time to hold the ticket.
In an earlier story on the local news, they said they held onto it because they wanted to be sure they were "mature" enough to handle that sum of money. And supposedly one had a girlfriend who he wanted to marry, and he wanted to make sure she did not say yes just because he had money.
Right now they are not releasing the name of the real winner..he is just being referred to as "John Doe"
It's an interesting story, QB. A year does seem like a more prudent redemption dead-line.
The real winner is a 49 year old maintenance worker and father of two. His friend had told him he won 5 million, but the winner couldn't believe that was true and thought it was 5 thousand, which is what he told the scamming store clerk.
That's when the winner agreed to take 4 thousand in cash to "avoid taxes and complications". That last part may give the Lottery Commission just cause not to payout on the ticket, imo. That's gotta be a crime. But, Fitzpatrick says he's gonna push "to get this guy his dough".
Because the payout is in installments of $250,000 annually for 20 years, Fitzpatrick said, the winner may be entitled to $1.5 million right away for the six years that have passed since he bought the ticket.
I think the winner acted foolishly 6 years ago, but he's reportedly decent and hard-working, so I hope he gets the pay out.
P.s. can't believe the scamming brothers aren't twins; look exactly alike to me but they're 3 years apart.
Ref:
http://www.businessweek.com/ap/2012-11-1...ery-ticket