Isn’t there a time limit on claiming a winning lottery ticket? I’m pretty sure it’s a lot less than 6 years.
The best way to combat frauds like this is to immediately sign the back of the ticket at purchase.
Same goes when buying tickets for a group-—have each person who put money into the pool sign the back of the ticket(s).
Keep photocopies of the signed tickets.
scratch offs must have a longer shelf life. When major prize are won the remainder need to be returned... Did People kept buying believing the $5M ticket was out there! ?
That's exactly what I was thinking.I'm 99% certain that at least some states set time limits on prize redemptions.However,I'm less certain that *all* states do and less certain that such limits apply to *all* forms of "wagers".That is,limits could apply to Powerball,a mult-state game,but not to scratch tickets,which are issued by individual states.