This is why you have to take the cash payout if you win, you could never count on 20 years of payments
State lottos are a rip off (except for those who run them).
What exactly is the alleged problem with the use of couriers?
The ticket purchase was illegal because they have to be purchased in person and not through a courier service.
I believe Illinois stopped paying/suspended payments for a while a few years ago.
Pay whoever possesses the ticket. If the ticket is stolen, that’s another issue. If she gave the ticket away as a gift and it hit, the recipient couldn’t claim the prize?
The state government is like this:
The “Naked City” episode “A Run for the Money” Season 2, Episode 22 which aired on March 14, 1962.
It features a woman who wins a large amount of money on the numbers, but the man who took her money doesn’t pay up.
She bought the ticket from what was considered a legitimate source. Apparently the Texas Lotto agreed and accepted the money. SHE WON!
SHE WON. PAY HER TODAY!
Anyone still playing the lottery’s, well... Losers.
What’s the difference between the State Lottery and the Mafia run numbers game? The Mafia is more honest.
It seems to me Texas sold a ticket to someone. Whoever they sold the ticket to should be paid. If that person negotiated a separate contract with a third party, any subsequence enforcement of that particular contract is between them and not Texas.
Controversy over the use of third-party couriers for buying ticket.
Sounds justified
Is the Texas lottery a government operated venture, or has it been farmed out and privatized to a for profit company?