Florida pensioner who lost his winning lottery ticket
August 2, 2009 by admin
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Here at Online-Lotto we bring you stories of unlucky people losing their prizes for one reason or another but you can’t help but feel sorry for the Florida pensioner who lost his winning lottery ticket on the way to claim what would have been a life-changing $500,000 prize.
Last Wednesday Louis Tolentino, a 69-year-old pensioner from Wellington, Florida went to his local Gold Coast Liquor store as usual to buy Gold Rush scratch off tickets, which are run by Florida Lottery who also operate Powerball. He was amazed when he scratched off the panels and saw a five with five zeroes following it, he rushed to the store owner to confirm he was reading it correctly as he was overcome with excitement. The store owner scanned the ticket and sure enough, it was a $500,000 winning lottery ticket!
Tolentino quickly stashed the ticket in his back pocket, jumped in his car and headed for the Florida Lottery office. The unlucky lottery winner had difficulty finding the office so he stopped at a convenience store to ask for directions. As he furthered his journey he realized that his winning lottery ticket was missing. He panicked, and then injured his hands while furiously searching under the driver seat of his car. He hurriedly rushed back to the store where he bought the ticket but there was no sign of it anywhere. Was the winning ticket stolen? Did it fall out his back pocket? The unfortunate pensioner says he has no idea. ‘The worst part about it’ says Tolentino is that in his excitement he forgot to sign the winning ticket meaning that anyone who finds it can turn it in and claim the half a million dollar prize.
Don’t be like the Florida pensioner who lost his winning lottery ticket, let this be a warning to you. Sign you tickets. Or better still play online lotto where there’s no chance of losing your tickets.
1 million EuroMillions prize has gone unclaimed
August 1, 2009 by admin
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A massive £1 million EuroMillions prize has gone unclaimed and as of 5:30pm on Thursday the money can no longer be claimed because the 90 day window to collect EuroMillions prizes has now passed.
The National Lottery comes to the aid of another threatened British institution
July 31, 2009 by admin
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Once again the National Lottery has come to the aid of another threatened British institution. £12.8 million grant from the National Lottery Arts Council secures the future of Haworth Tompkins’ proposed redevelopment and renovation of Liverpool’s Everyman Theatre. The National Lottery payout comes after lengthy talks between the National Lottery Arts Council and Liverpool City Council.
Homer Wins the Lottery and Books Coldplay
July 30, 2009 by admin
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Following in the footsteps of music mega-stars Sir Paul McCartney, U2, Sir Elton John, The Rolling Stones, Ringo Starr and many others, Coldplay are to appear in the latest series of the Simpsons TV show. In this 20th anniversary edition of the long-running comedy Homer wins the lottery and books Coldplay to perform at the family home in Springfield.
New York subway worker named as the Mega Millions jackpot winner
July 29, 2009 by admin
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Yesterday saw a New York subway worker named as the Mega Millions jackpot winner who grabbed the $133 million jackpot on July 7th. In his job Audrey Boyce would travel from station to station with an armed guard while he collected bundles of cash from token booths and MetroCard machines but his latest pick-up was to collect a check for a staggering $54,648,351.
