Calif. man claims winning $2.04 billion Powerball ticket was stolen from him

NY Post ^ | 02-23-2023 | Snejana Farberov

[ChicagoConservative27]

A California man has filed a lawsuit claiming that a winning Powerball ticket worth $2.04 billion had been stolen from him.

The plaintiff, Jose Rivera, argues that he bought the lucky lottery ticket from Joe’s Service Center in Altadena on Nov. 7 — the day before the historic drawing, as TMZ first reported, citing court filings,

According to Rivera, a man identified by him only as “Reggie” somehow swiped the Powerball ticket from him that same day. The complaint reportedly does not explain the circumstances of the alleged theft.

After the drawing, Rivera said he approached “Reggie,” seeking to get his ticket back, but the man allegedly claimed that the ticket did not match all six numbers — but even if it did, he would agree to only split the prize 50-50.

[Veto!]

And there is the answer.

When Altadena was announced as the place big ticket was sold, I was happy because that’s a wealthy suburb, or at least it was 40 years ago when I left CA. So people would know how to manage money Guess I was wrong,

[xp38]

There was a case here in Ontario Canada where a winning ticket was lost so no claim for most of the claiming period. However the lottery corp. knew where and when the ticket was issued. It was at a drug store which had cameras and it turned out the ticket was bought with a credit card. They tracked down the person who bought the ticket and gave her the winning jackpot. She had lost the ticket for good and IIRC had no idea she had won. Didn’t matter the evidence the lottery people had plus the credit card record was enough.

[skr]

If Reggie hasn’t turned the ticket in and claimed the prize, chances are that neither Reggie nor the ticket exists.

[I-ambush]

I don’t think you can buy lottery tickets with a credit card in the US.