Another $50 million lotto dispute

[askMeSomething]

Just imagine walking to the OLG office to pick up your millions and Bang.
Sorry no dice :bad:

http://www.thestar.com/news/article/930878--another-50-million-lotto-dispute?bn=1

When a group of 24 Bombardier employees showed up at the OLG prize centre on Monday to cash in their winning $50 million ticket, they had a sinking feeling their lottery parade was about to get rained on. And then it did. Several hours into the prize claim process, group members learned their Lotto Max payout is on hold because others have come forward to claim a share. This is the second $50 million group lottery dispute in the Toronto area in a month.

The dejected Bombardier winners chatted in small groups throughout the afternoon at the Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation office, where they were being interviewed as part of standard prize payout procedure. Chris Dale, one of the Bombardier lotto pool members, said his group suspected someone else was planning to claim a share of the winnings.

“We’re kind of upset because we have to work with this coworker for I don’t know how long it’s going to take,” the 53-year-old said. “And he doesn’t have a leg to stand on so I don’t know what he’s trying to do. ”They wouldn’t name the coworker, but members of the group said he was away on vacation when they bought the ticket.

OLG spokesperson Sarah Kiriliuk confirmed that several additional claimants came forward on Monday and said therewill be a rigorous review process before any money is paid out. “There was a bit of disappointment in the room,” Kiriliuk said. “We have to investigate every claim on the prize.”

The process could take weeks or longer. A group of 19 employees from a Bell Canada call centre in Scarborough have been waiting for their payout since early January after several co-workers came forward to claim a stake in that $50 million jackpot.
Members of the Bombardier group didn’t play the lottery every week, one group member said, but they pooled for big jackpots.

He said it was always a different group of workers who threw $5 into the pot and the winning ticket was actually a free one the group had won from the previous week’s draw. Group leader Serif Morsi collected the money, had everyone sign a group play form and gave out photocopies of the winning tickets.

 

[Wire & String]

We have a rule at work. If one of us is sick or on vacations the head man has to ante up the $5 and would get reimbursed later.

 

[i gotta question]

What a pain in the ass it must be. Technically they are rich, can smell the money but have to keep going into work, work beside the other claimants and not pop them one right in the bugle. :

 

[karim120292]

The problem here is that the group captian allows different players in and out of the group and when they win the big jackpot someone will always come forward to claim. The group captain should be consistant with the same names in the group from day 1 and not allow anymore people to join the pool. If they want to play tell then to start their own pool.

 

[Jill Kim]

The bottom line is who has their name in the back of the winning ticket, no?.

 

[cleverbutdumb]

Isn't it humorous that money is stronger than friends:shock:

 

[Amaretta]

To make matters more complicated is the winning ticket was a free ticket won from the previous week's draw. So if the claimant coming forward was part of that draw, but not the current one, he rightfully has a stake in the winnings...whether he signed a paper or not.

If his name was on the draw that won the free ticket, he's good to go.

Then you have that BS about "having more players for large prizes" oh man, what a headache. it should be: you're in or you're out.

 

[whay????]

Since the Roman days Jag.