I just read the headline and ran from that - I’ve read similar stories on how people tried to scam ....
The guy seemed on the up and up and he was the only person to control the winning peices. He got upset that McDonald’s wasn’t allowing any big winnings tickets to be distributed to Canada. After that he pretty much it figured it was fair game to do what he wanted. He would just meet folks and after a conversation, would ask if they needed money. He would give them a $1 million ticket for $40,000.
All of this happened in the 90’s and the trial started on 9/10/01. It was forgotten about very quickly as a result of the events of 9/11...