Pa. woman can't keep $4.15M winning lottery ticket, state court rules

[TexasTowelie]

A Pennsylvania woman can’t keep a $4.15 million winning lottery ticket because she employed a ruse to get it from the supermarket where she worked, a state Superior Court panel ruled Tuesday.

Instead, the judges found the Acme store that Beverlie Seltzer worked for is the rightful owner of that ticket and the riches it entails.

The case hinges on how the Acme store in Doylestown handles Pennsylvania lottery tickets that are printed by mistake from the automated terminal the state Lottery Commission placed in the business, Judge Mary Jane Bowes noted in the state court’s opinion.

Acme must pay the lottery commission for each mistake ticket, but it also can keep the winnings from any of those tickets that pays off, the judge noted.

Read more: https://www.pennlive.com/news/2020/12/pa-woman-cant-keep-415m-winning-lottery-ticket-state-court-rules.html

[Ferryboat]

1. This the reason i always buy the mistake the cashier makes.

Never paid off, and you would never know if you left it behind.

[Sneederbunk]

2. Ruse isn't what it used to be.

[Laelth]

3. This sounds like a good judgment to me. n/t

-Laelth

[mercuryblues]

4. She deserved to lose

that case. She only bought the ticket after she found out it was a big winner.

[northlake9]

5. Still no bread on shelves

Even with this infusion of funds the bread isle will be empty as the snow storm bears down.