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Indiana Man Cheated Out of $11.5 Million Dollar Jackpot
Indiana Man Cheated Out of $11.5 Million Dollar Jackpot
Charles Andrews, a 70 year old retired chemist, is suing a convenience store chain for over $11 million dollars claiming he was cheated out of a huge lottery jackpot after an employee at the store refused to sell him a lottery ticket. In his lawsuit Andrews claims he picked the winning numbers for a Hoosier lottery drawing in February 2008. He states that a clerk at the store refused to sell him a lottery ticket minutes before the official sales cutoff at 10:40 PM. Andrews said that the clerk told him the lottery terminal was not working and later printed out a list of winning numbers which proved the lottery terminal was actually working. The clerk told Andrews that the manager did not like to sell any lottery tickets after 10 PM and said that other store employees also refused to sell him a ticket. One of Andrew’s lawyers, Bob Burkett, stated, “They had an obligation to issue him a ticket because he was there before 10:40.”
Andrews is disabled and as a result could not get to another store on time and signed his play slip and left it at the store so he would have proof in case his numbers were winning ones. Andrews stated, “I knew if I walked out the door with the pay slip and I won any money at all with those numbers I couldn’t prove that was the pay slip I left with the employees.” Andrew’s lawyers are arguing that the store was legally obliged to sell him a ticket up to the official cutoff time. The suit was originally filed in Marion County Indiana but was transferred to federal court at the insistence of the Speedway Corporation, the owners of the store. Andrew’s suit accuses the Speedway store of breach of contract and negligence and seeks damages of $11.5 million dollars, the size of the jackpot, and punitive damages.
Speedway SuperAmerica LLC is arguing that they were under no obligation to sell the lottery ticket and are questioning Andrew’s version of events. Andrew’s attorneys are trying to access store security videos. A Hoosier lottery spokesman said that lottery retailers can set their own hours for selling tickets as long as they stop selling by the 10:40 PM cutoff time. Lottery spokeswoman Lucia Anderson stated, “It’s up to the individual retail location.” One of Andrew’s lawyers said the law is not clear and stated, “There is no statute addressing the retail hours and whether they can set it or not set it.” One of Andrew’s lawyers, Josh Brown said that the agreement between the lottery and retailers requires stores that sell lottery tickets to post game and date lists and believes that it should include hours of play.
This will be an interesting case to follow. The results of this case may force lottery retailers to clearly state their hours of operation. Hopefully Mr. Andrews will be awarded the jackpot he was cheated out of by an indolent clerk.
Myths That Stop You From Winning The Lottery
It is not an overstatement to say that very few people have the right idea about winning the lottery. As opposed to adopting the right lottery winning strategy or system, many believe that winning a lottery is purely a matter of luck, blessing from the ancestors etc. Naturally, these are the few myths which prevent one from winning.
One of the myths is that winning a lottery is impossible, let alone winning the lottery prize for multiple times. What happened in the real world proves that this is merely a myth. There are plenty of reported cases where a lottoprize winner won more than one prize in the same year. A woman who won $1 million playing a Pennsylvania Lottery won another million on the same game in June that year. A grandfather in Australia who had already won $1 million in Lotto won the game’s First Division prize of half million.
Another myth is that lottery winners are not happy people. A recent survey showed that lotto winners were among the happiest people in the world. The reason is obvious isnt it? Will you be happy being rich or poor? Needless to say, its the former.
The 3rd myth which stops people from winning a lottery is, people do not believe that hope and wish to win will win them the lottery. The fact is, it does. Law of attraction plays a crucial part here. Wish together with persistence, determination, coupled with the right lottery system and strategy would bear fruits to your effort. Whether you believe you can win or you will lose, either way, you are right.
The 4th and biggest myth is, people believe that winning the lottery is purely a matter of luck. While we could not dismiss the role of luck, luck plays a very minor role in this aspect. The way you play, the system you use, the strategy you adopt, your playing-to-win-the-lottery attitude, is more important. You can create “luck” by adopting the right lottery system, strategy and attitude. Increase the number of tickets and the number of games you play will help increasing your luck to win the lottery as well.
The last myth that prevent one from winning a lottery is one believes that he/she will win more if he/she sticks to one “lucky” lottery store. First of all, there is no such thing as a “lucky” lottery store. A lottery store is simply a place where people buy their tickets. The store will not improve one’s chances of winning the lottery. The system, strategy and attitude in playing the games plays a more important role to your lottery winning, than the place where you buy your tickets.
Instead of blinded by the myths above, you should learn the right way of winning the lottery. To win the lottery, it is important that you get the right guidance and advice from experts who are really experienced in playing and winning lottery. How to identify such experts? Check out their sites. If they have lots of testimonial, they could probably the right and genuine lottery experts.