2 Lotto winners unable to collect prize

I don't think this is an unreasonable request by the Ontario Lottery and Gaming Commission. Keep a list, make a note on your computer, or note pad. Or buy from the same local store each time, which is what my Wife and I do. JIM.
 
IMO ... that doesn't even make sense . What difference does it make where they bought ? I mean isn't it a bearer certificate ? / a bearer note ?
Besides can't the lottery commission run the 'serial' number and find where it was sold ?

Are we sure we are getting the whole story on this ?
 

rgp said:
IMO ... that doesn't even make sense . What difference does it make where they bought ? I mean isn't it a bearer certificate ? / a bearer note ?
Besides can't the lottery commission run the 'serial' number and find where it was sold ?

Are we sure we are getting the whole story on this ?
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Ticket may have been lost or stolen, that is why when a person wins and goes to collect the prize they must answer a bunch of security questions to verify they are the rightful owner.
 
Can you buy a ticket with a credit card? That would be one way to record when and where the ticket was bought.

So what happens to the winnings?
 
GoneFishin said:
Ticket may have been lost or stolen, that is why when a person wins and goes to collect the prize they must answer a bunch of security questions to verify they are the rightful owner.
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But there is no name attached to the ticket @ purchase. So if is lost , and you find it, it's yours. Now if someone steals it from you, how do you prove that ?
 
If you lose/stolen ticket you contact the lottery corporation. Its not finders keepers when it comes to the lottery here in Canada. The rules/laws may be different where you live.

You prove it by again answering a series of security questions. I don't know how to make it any clearer than that
 
GoneFishin said:
If you lose/stolen ticket you contact the lottery corporation. Its not finders keepers when it comes to the lottery here in Canada. The rules/laws may be different where you live.

You prove it by again answering a series of security questions. I don't know how to make it any clearer than that
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Can’t you just write your name on the back of the ticket when you buy it? I would think that would make it difficult for some thief to cash it in.

Or take a port rate photo of yourself holding the ticket. Perhaps tape it on your forehead.
 
rgp said:
IMO ... that doesn't even make sense . What difference does it make where they bought ? I mean isn't it a bearer certificate ? / a bearer note ?
Besides can't the lottery commission run the 'serial' number and find where it was sold ?

Are we sure we are getting the whole story on this ?
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It matters because the place that sold the ticket gets a cash prize, too.

Calif lottery ticket bar codes include the location of where the ticket was sold. The state does that record-keeping, not the ticket-buyer.
 
Brookswood said:
Can’t you just write your name on the back of the ticket when you buy it? I would think that would make it difficult for some thief to cash it in.

Or take a port rate photo of yourself holding the ticket. Perhaps tape it on your forehead.
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yes you can and yes it would make it impossible to claim by someone else
 
chic said:
Is that all your Jackpots are worth?
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That’s not a jackpot. Those were just winning tickets.

Brookswood said:
Can’t you just write your name on the back of the ticket when you buy it? I would think that would make it difficult for some thief to cash it in.
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We are told to do that in BC and I’m sure I’ve never heard of those Ontario rules here.

There are people who are prolific ticket purchasers. Here, there and anywhere.
 
Brookswood said:
Can’t you just write your name on the back of the ticket when you buy it? I would think that would make it difficult for some thief to cash it in.

Or take a port rate photo of yourself holding the ticket. Perhaps tape it on your forehead.
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No need. Each ticket and scratcher has a number on it that tells lottery officials where they were bought/who sold them....at least in Calif, they do.
 
Murrmurr said:
It matters because the place that sold the ticket gets a cash prize, too.

Calif lottery ticket bar codes include the location of where the ticket was sold. The state does that record-keeping, not the ticket-buyer.
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That's what I have been saying .... the state knows where it was sold, the buyer need not remember.
 
rgp said:
That's what I have been saying .... the state knows where it was sold, the buyer need not remember.
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Here you do. And yes the lottery corp knows exactly where/time/date the ticket was bought but a thief wouldn't know where it was purchased and if it was a found ticket that person wouldn't know either. Which means the thief or the founder are NOT the rightful owner!
 
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GoneFishin said:
Here you do. And yes the lottery corp knows exactly where/time/date the ticket was bought but a thief wouldn't know where it was purchased.
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Apparently, the winners got their prize, but I don't get why a winner would be denied their winnings *in case it's a stolen ticket*.

So I assume the winnings are held only until the person's purchase is verified somehow. In Calif, they only do that if someone claims they bought the winning ticket and the winner that was announced stole it from them.
 
Murrmurr said:
Apparently, the winners got their prize, but I don't get why a winner would be denied their winnings *in case it's a stolen ticket*.

So I assume the winnings are held only until the person's purchase is verified somehow. In Calif, they only do that if someone claims they bought the winning ticket and the winner that was announced stole it from them.
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Because the OLG expects the winner should know where they purchased the ticket.

I won a little over 2 grand a while back and one of the first questions they asked me is "Where did you purchase the ticket" along with other security questions to confirm I was the rightful owner.
 
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