Long Beach man wins $5 million scratch off but is denied because his 16 yr old son bought the ticket

[yardman]

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[dap-man]

That's cold blooded.
No more people should make this type of mistake.
Now they have to go to court and fight for the money.

 

[newworldafro]

Welp

 

[EndDomination]

Stop sending your kids in
People may have been doing it for years, but you never know when you might get caught up

 

[4-Rin]

I never knew they looked at the video of when the ticket was bought.

They should pay up. Someone would have won it either way so why are they trying to weasel out of it.

 

[BaileyPark31]

Dayum. And they probably will loose the lawsuit too.

 

[SUAJCS*93*]

A good lawyer would eat this shyt up by saying if the age requirement was that serious to the point it could disqualify you from winning then proof of age should be required at purchase but yet it's not.

 

[Lakerman0834]

A good lawyer would eat this shyt up by saying if the age requirement was that serious to the point it could disqualify you from winning then proof of age should be required at purchase but yet it's not.

Or they can go after cal lottery for selling to minors or Mobil for not getting proof of age

 

[Boolean]

cant even express how heated i'd be if some shyt like this happened to me

 

[FSP]

I never knew they looked at the video of when the ticket was bought.

They should pay up. Someone would have won it either way so why are they trying to weasel out of it.

Nope. Dad works for our Lottery. That's par for the course for jackpot winnings. No they don't want you to win.

That is so so fukked up. There isn't even any legal discourse around it. That ticket is DOA

 

[Cabbage Patch]

I thought lottery tickets were bearer instruments. Whoever signs the back of the ticket gets to claim it.

 

[JayGatsby]

L

you cant win that in court

 

[FSP]

I thought lottery tickets were bearer instruments. Whoever signs the back of the ticket gets to claim it.

You can kinda get away with this with the lesser winnings. Like ones less than 10k

 

[Cabbage Patch]

L

you cant win that in court

I don't know.

So nobody can buy tickets as gifts anymore? If Donovan bought it, Sebastian has to give Donovan the ticket back if the gift is a jackpot winner?

It shouldn't matter who bought it, only who claims it -- unlesd they're strict across the board.

 

[Cabbage Patch]

A good lawyer would eat this shyt up by saying if the age requirement was that serious to the point it could disqualify you from winning then proof of age should be required at purchase but yet it's not.

I agree.