A man is unable to collect his price cos he forget where he bought the ticket.

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Quote from: GxSTxV on June 28, 2024, 11:46:07 AM

For someone with a strong memory, I think it will be easy to recall the place where you have purchased a ticket, however, it depends on how many times you do such things like buying random tickets, if you buy them frequently then maybe it will be hard for you to remember which sucks, because you will fall in the same case like this guy.

It is so unfortunate to win the lottery and not be able to prove it because you have forgotten where you bought that exact ticket. I don't see why they stated such rule to begin with? I mean if you already have the ticket in hand shouldn't it be enough as a proof to win? Why should there be more rules?
This made me thinks of those scenes in cartoons or movies where the winning lottery ticket flies off somewhere far and falls into the hands of a random lucky person.

There's nothing unfortunate here, because the guy received his prize in the end. And regarding the rules, I think there can't be such rules for a lottery that don't receive your honestly won prize because you can't remember where you bought the ticket. Such rules can't exist. What comes to mind is that some clerks were thinking at first that the lottery ticket was forged, but after a thorough inspection Ontario Lottery paid out everything to the guy.

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For someone with a strong memory, I think it will be easy to recall the place where you have purchased a ticket, however, it depends on how many times you do such things like buying random tickets, if you buy them frequently then maybe it will be hard for you to remember which sucks, because you will fall in the same case like this guy.

It is so unfortunate to win the lottery and not be able to prove it because you have forgotten where you bought that exact ticket. I don't see why they stated such rule to begin with? I mean if you already have the ticket in hand shouldn't it be enough as a proof to win? Why should there be more rules?
This made me thinks of those scenes in cartoons or movies where the winning lottery ticket flies off somewhere far and falls into the hands of a random lucky person.

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But if he has bought this ticket like it was nothing? And later showed little care about it, why should he get his prize for? When you buy a lottery ticket, you expect to win, right? What that guy did? Bought ticket and did not care about it. And it was this mans friend who was seeking for justice. Suppose you have placed a bet and walked away, return in 2 months and ask if you have won? And you would put effort to collecting prize, only if you would win. Do you think this is a serious approach?

I think it's irrelevant whether his approach was serious or not. Since the guy won, he should've received his prize. If it was stated in the rules of the lottery: "You must be serious about your intentions to win, when buying a lottery ticket. Otherwise, you will nor receive your prize if you win one." Then, in a universe where your seriousness can be checked by an AI through satellite surveillance or something, you, rightfully, wouldn't receive your prize in the case you weren't serious. But, fortunately, we are not living in that universe.

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Its fraud security, in past history the lottery employees (from top to bottom) have arranged for 'winners' known to them to be given the numbers and collect winnings. That should never even be possible but apparently the system is far from perfect. Its same reason why they want full id given and you must go public and I'd never want that personally.

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Quote from: Cantsay on June 13, 2024, 05:19:28 PM

I noticed on the news that a man won a lottery and when he arrived to claim his prize, he was requested to state or provide information about where he purchased the lottery ticket, which he couldn't do because he didn't know where he obtained it. It drew my interest, and I wondered if forum users could still tell where they purchased all of their lottery tickets in the previous six months (For those who still engage if physical tickets).

If you’re interested in the news you can read it here: https://toronto.ctvnews.ca/ontario-man-can-t-collect-lottery-prize-after-he-forgets-where-he-bought-ticket-1.6924708

This is a very strange rule, as it creates the feeling that they just don't want to give him the prize. What difference does it make where he bought the ticket, if he has this ticket in his hands and it's not a fake? There is no such stupid rule in the country where I live. You can buy a ticket even in the capital, even at a gas station. Moreover, if someone gives me a lottery ticket, then I can still get a win on it. In general, this guy has a strange story.

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Quote from: Cantsay on June 13, 2024, 05:19:28 PM

I noticed on the news that a man won a lottery and when he arrived to claim his prize, he was requested to state or provide information about where he purchased the lottery ticket, which he couldn't do because he didn't know where he obtained it. It drew my interest, and I wondered if forum users could still tell where they purchased all of their lottery tickets in the previous six months (For those who still engage if physical tickets).

If you’re interested in the news you can read it here: https://toronto.ctvnews.ca/ontario-man-can-t-collect-lottery-prize-after-he-forgets-where-he-bought-ticket-1.6924708

Why is this the case? In most cases customers who won lottery games are able to cash in their tickets at any branch, would be even better if they could take it to the main office and have it be authenticated there. That's how it works in the Philippines anyway, even when you win a multimillion lottery game.

I don't know why this particular lottery game makes it hard for customers to claim their prizes that they rightfully own, but this certainly will paint them in a bad light and might even cause their downfall. No one wants to bet on a casino, or a lotto that makes it hard for their players to claim their money in the off chance to win. It's stupid, and if they still have a business after this I would suspect some manipulation and divine intervention lol, cause shit like this wouldn't slide in the Philippines.

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Quote from: Cantsay on June 13, 2024, 05:19:28 PM

I noticed on the news that a man won a lottery and when he arrived to claim his prize, he was requested to state or provide information about where he purchased the lottery ticket, which he couldn't do because he didn't know where he obtained it. It drew my interest, and I wondered if forum users could still tell where they purchased all of their lottery tickets in the previous six months (For those who still engage if physical tickets).

If you’re interested in the news you can read it here: https://toronto.ctvnews.ca/ontario-man-can-t-collect-lottery-prize-after-he-forgets-where-he-bought-ticket-1.6924708

I find the regulations to claim your prize to be a little bit overbearing, but those are the rules and people need to be aware of them whenever they participate in those kind of lotteries, as I cannot imagine anything more frustrating for a gambler than winning some money and being unable to claim it.

Fortunately this story has a good ending and the gambler is receiving his money, but things could have easily gone the other way, so if this is a requisite where you live, always make sure you remember the details surrounding that purchase.

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Quote from: Cantsay on June 23, 2024, 04:44:41 AM

Quote from: michellee on June 23, 2024, 01:26:39 AM

The man should have remembered where he bought his lottery ticket so he could collect his prize. In those six months he should keeps his ticket by labeling it with where he bought his lottery ticket. But there should be no need to ask about that because he clearly bought and has the ticket.

Imagine buying ticket for more than 3 months and not winning up to the price that requires you to state the place you bought the ticket from (this one has a price that need you to know where you bought it) and also the fact that you don’t just patronize one outlet but different ones so it would be difficult for you to keep labeling them - he never knew that one of those tickets would be the winning tickets so he could have just treated them like he has been doing and hoping to get a little price from them - probably to win back the money he spent on them and then it turned out to be the real deal.

That’s just my personal guess, for me I won’t be able to keep up with the labeling stuffs most especially when others doesn’t require me to do it.

Maybe that is right that difficult to keeps all of those tickets and label it one by one. But that is the only way for him to keeps reminds where he bought all of those tickets. We don't knows when we can wins on the lottery so we should have a way to reminds ourselves.

I will be difficult to keep up with labeling the tickets but I will try it for myself. Every people will have their own way to reminds the place the bought the tickets. We just needs to do that for ourselves.

But that will strange if the store asking that because they will knows where the place when they see the tickets. If their verification is just show the identity of the winners, that will be no problem. Besides that, with the lottery belong to us, that shows that we are the owner of the ticket lottery.

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Quote from: Cantsay on June 13, 2024, 05:19:28 PM

I noticed on the news that a man won a lottery and when he arrived to claim his prize, he was requested to state or provide information about where he purchased the lottery ticket, which he couldn't do because he didn't know where he obtained it. It drew my interest, and I wondered if forum users could still tell where they purchased all of their lottery tickets in the previous six months (For those who still engage if physical tickets).

If you’re interested in the news you can read it here: https://toronto.ctvnews.ca/ontario-man-can-t-collect-lottery-prize-after-he-forgets-where-he-bought-ticket-1.6924708

I'm surprised that Ontario's way of verifying ownership is through a series of questions, here in our country; we have no problem with verification because the lotto ticket owner can sign his ticket at the back of his ticket. There is a blank space where it is specified that you can sign as a proof that you are the rightful of the ticket.

And our lotto system always assumes the ticket holder is the owner, and if you forget the exact location, you can specify the city or region where you purchased it, and the system will trace it, lotteries companies in our country make it easy for lotto owner to claim his winnings, this is to attract more bettors.

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Quote from: Cantsay on June 13, 2024, 05:19:28 PM

I noticed on the news that a man won a lottery and when he arrived to claim his prize, he was requested to state or provide information about where he purchased the lottery ticket, which he couldn't do because he didn't know where he obtained it. It drew my interest, and I wondered if forum users could still tell where they purchased all of their lottery tickets in the previous six months (For those who still engage if physical tickets).

You'd have to live a pretty hectic lifestyle and travel to a lot of places not to have a good idea of where you bought a lottery ticket. I'm sure that they must have allowed him to give a list of locations that it could possibly have been bought in or it's a pretty lousy lottery - but I guess they are trying to make sure that it is paid out to the correct person. Maybe it is in the terms that you must give this piece of information or they are just trying to create a small barrier to claiming. If he paid by card he could possibly look back through account statements to figure out a rough location and work from there. I bet a challenge by a lawyer would probably help to push it through and show he is seriously contesting this request.

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Quote from: Reid on June 23, 2024, 12:26:33 AM

This is a problem that only the lottery outlet could answer. Also, I don't think there's an expiration date on the ticket. As long as the ticket is not damaged or anything, the winner could still claim his prize.
There are circumstances where a winner don't want to claim it yet for his own security. As I look at the link provided, the winning prize is not that much but I don't know why the lottery is not giving it to him. Only them could check the legitimacy of the ticket and I think they should've given it and didn't let the news came out. That's just stupid.

Maybe this was the meaning of this whole story - a black PR? So that the news about this spreads online. Black PR is also PR. Let's try to understand the essence of this story: a man won the lottery (this is primary), but could not pick it up because of such nonsense as he forgot the place of purchase (this is secondary). Anyone who reads this news will first of all perceive that you can win in this lottery (even if not millions, but only ~$1000, but that’s also money). And everyone will believe that the truth is on the side of the winner, and problems with indicating the place of purchase are a temporary obstacle (nonsense) that will definitely be overcome. Anyone who reads this story will hope for a favorable outcome, because a win is a win.

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Quote from: michellee on June 23, 2024, 01:26:39 AM

The man should have remembered where he bought his lottery ticket so he could collect his prize. In those six months he should keeps his ticket by labeling it with where he bought his lottery ticket. But there should be no need to ask about that because he clearly bought and has the ticket.

Imagine buying ticket for more than 3 months and not winning up to the price that requires you to state the place you bought the ticket from (this one has a price that need you to know where you bought it) and also the fact that you don’t just patronize one outlet but different ones so it would be difficult for you to keep labeling them - he never knew that one of those tickets would be the winning tickets so he could have just treated them like he has been doing and hoping to get a little price from them - probably to win back the money he spent on them and then it turned out to be the real deal.

That’s just my personal guess, for me I won’t be able to keep up with the labeling stuffs most especially when others doesn’t require me to do it.

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Quote from: STT on June 15, 2024, 07:39:52 PM

Always play your tickets online is the lesson to learn from this, I hear way too often people losing tickets.

I don't play the lottery much but the few tickets I do buy have been online for a long time now. I get them in my email and when I log on to the lottery website they are there too along with my history of tickets purchased. They can't be stolen or lost.

Buying lottery tickets, usually in cash, and potentially losing them, is very 20th century.

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The man should have remembered where he bought his lottery ticket so he could collect his prize. In those six months he should keeps his ticket by labeling it with where he bought his lottery ticket. But there should be no need to ask about that because he clearly bought and has the ticket.

As long as the ticket was undamaged and still clean and not expired, he can claim his prize. Maybe not many people can remember where they bought their lottery tickets. When they win and have to say where they bought the ticket, they will difficulty remembering and tells it.

That rule shouldn't be necessary because if someone has his lottery ticket and he actually wins it, the ticket shop should gives him the prize. There is no need to ask where he bought the ticket because there must be a certain code that shows the location where the ticket is sold. And each connected ticket shop should be able to knows where he bought his lottery tickets.

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This is a problem that only the lottery outlet could answer. Also, I don't think there's an expiration date on the ticket. As long as the ticket is not damaged or anything, the winner could still claim his prize.
There are circumstances where a winner don't want to claim it yet for his own security. As I look at the link provided, the winning prize is not that much but I don't know why the lottery is not giving it to him. Only them could check the legitimacy of the ticket and I think they should've given it and didn't let the news came out. That's just stupid.

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Quote from: Cantsay on June 13, 2024, 05:19:28 PM

I noticed on the news that a man won a lottery and when he arrived to claim his prize, he was requested to state or provide information about where he purchased the lottery ticket, which he couldn't do because he didn't know where he obtained it. It drew my interest, and I wondered if forum users could still tell where they purchased all of their lottery tickets in the previous six months (For those who still engage if physical tickets).

If you’re interested in the news you can read it here: https://toronto.ctvnews.ca/ontario-man-can-t-collect-lottery-prize-after-he-forgets-where-he-bought-ticket-1.6924708

I spent a lot of money on winning the lottery thinking that it could change my luck but the results never came in my favor. So far I have not won even the smallest prize from all the lotteries I have been playing so now I have completely stopped playing the lottery. There is no guarantee that another part of the lottery I bought will even make it to the raffle draw. Bought with lottery money and sitting on straight luck it only shows that I'm losing money periodically. In order not to lose money periodically, I choose something that I can rely on my skills in gambling. If I apply my skills and get defeated then I will have no regrets

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Quote from: TopTort777 on June 14, 2024, 05:47:05 AM

My opinion on that story - that man should not get his prize, because his intentions on gambling wasnt serious. He has got that ticket without any hope to win a price, that is why I think, if he gets his prize in the end, he wont use it wise. Probably waste it in few days on bs. How much was that prize? A bit more than 1k? Add it to a next jackpot, give that man several lottery tickets and close that case.

I can't believe I'm reading this. Are you serious? I guess, we are lucky you don't run a lottery, mate!

It doesn't matter whether someone is going to use his prize wisely or not, if he won it he must receive it. Besides, this guy from this particular story received his prize in the end with just a little delay. That's how it should be. Kudos to Ontario Lottery for that.

But if he has bought this ticket like it was nothing? And later showed little care about it, why should he get his prize for? When you buy a lottery ticket, you expect to win, right? What that guy did? Bought ticket and did not care about it. And it was this mans friend who was seeking for justice. Suppose you have placed a bet and walked away, return in 2 months and ask if you have won? And you would put effort to collecting prize, only if you would win. Do you think this is a serious approach? The guy was reckless about gambling, reckless about receiving prize. You think he would use money wise ? Cheesy

On the moment that you would really be buying up tickets for long time then you would really be coming into this kind of point that you are buying as if just like nothing since you do
know that it would really be still have that loses. Sounds absurd but it do really happen and i can attest to that on which there would really be that moment that you wouldnt really be caring
about on the result of such draw of numbers specially if you've been long time betting on lottery and it would really be just that a normal reaction that you would really be having on the moment that
be caring about on where those tickets been bought specially that we have won something big then it would really be just that a normal reaction to have. The only impossible to believe
that if you cant be able to remember on where you have bought those tickets on on which you would really be able to think up of it specially if you've been that buying tickets
on the same place or whatsoever.

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Quote from: Betwrong on June 20, 2024, 07:00:55 AM

Quote from: TopTort777 on June 14, 2024, 05:47:05 AM

My opinion on that story - that man should not get his prize, because his intentions on gambling wasnt serious. He has got that ticket without any hope to win a price, that is why I think, if he gets his prize in the end, he wont use it wise. Probably waste it in few days on bs. How much was that prize? A bit more than 1k? Add it to a next jackpot, give that man several lottery tickets and close that case.

I can't believe I'm reading this. Are you serious? I guess, we are lucky you don't run a lottery, mate!

It doesn't matter whether someone is going to use his prize wisely or not, if he won it he must receive it. Besides, this guy from this particular story received his prize in the end with just a little delay. That's how it should be. Kudos to Ontario Lottery for that.

But if he has bought this ticket like it was nothing? And later showed little care about it, why should he get his prize for? When you buy a lottery ticket, you expect to win, right? What that guy did? Bought ticket and did not care about it. And it was this mans friend who was seeking for justice. Suppose you have placed a bet and walked away, return in 2 months and ask if you have won? And you would put effort to collecting prize, only if you would win. Do you think this is a serious approach? The guy was reckless about gambling, reckless about receiving prize. You think he would use money wise ? Cheesy

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Quote from: TopTort777 on June 14, 2024, 05:47:05 AM

My opinion on that story - that man should not get his prize, because his intentions on gambling wasnt serious. He has got that ticket without any hope to win a price, that is why I think, if he gets his prize in the end, he wont use it wise. Probably waste it in few days on bs. How much was that prize? A bit more than 1k? Add it to a next jackpot, give that man several lottery tickets and close that case.

I can't believe I'm reading this. Are you serious? I guess, we are lucky you don't run a lottery, mate!

It doesn't matter whether someone is going to use his prize wisely or not, if he won it he must receive it. Besides, this guy from this particular story received his prize in the end with just a little delay. That's how it should be. Kudos to Ontario Lottery for that.

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regarding the title of the thread, after quickly reading through the article, while he had issues claiming his winnings, in the end, he was able to claim them because a news media took interest in his story and reported it on TV. but sadly if the news media didn't run his story I have a feeling he would still have trouble claiming his winnings to this day.

Quote from: Cantsay on June 13, 2024, 05:19:28 PM

It drew my interest, and I wondered if forum users could still tell where they purchased all of their lottery tickets in the previous six months (For those who still engage if physical tickets).

yeah, currently I only buy lottery tickets at two lottery booths, because they are in an area I always go to, coincidentally this makes it easier to remember where I bought my lottery tickets. also, me only buying lottery tickets from two lottery booths is not some kind of superstition, they are just a convenient area.

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