Cashier Cashes in on Rejected Lotto Ticket

cnn.com ^ | 12/10/03

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NEW MILFORD, Conn. (AP)- Courtesy counts in dealing with customers, but it also has paid off for a supermarket cashier who says a rude customer turned out to be worth $25,000.

A grumpy customer was the source of luck for Loretta Morris who works at the Northville Market.

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doh!

[ChewedGum]

That's why I'm an optimist. (Well, that and other reasons.)

Gum

[ladyjane]

We have a policy in our store to ask for a driver's license when someone buys lottery tickets, cigarettes or alcohol,''

Is that standard in Connecticut. Sounds odd.

[Michael.SF.]

Is that standard in Connecticut. Sounds odd.

'You must be 18 to play.'

If the grump looked like he might be 17, nothing odd about it.

Policy may vary from store to store though.

[sirchtruth]

...and returned with a check for $17,501 after federal and state taxes.

36% tax on your winnings...When are we gonna wake up in this country concerning the theft our money by the gov't?

[CGASMIA68]

Read it...... We have a policy in our store to ask for a driver's license when someone buys lottery tickets, cigarettes or alcohol,''

[GnL]

$17,501 after federal and state taxes

So the original prize was, what, $100,000?

[trussell]

So the original prize was, what, $100,000?

>>>turned out to be worth $25,000.

[GhostofWCooper]

The federal taxes, I expected.. But the state tax is a crock of double-dipped horse s---.

The state keeps all the money earned by the sale of lottery tickets, other than the prizes, a tiny percentage.

Then the crumbs take part of those, too.

What a bunch of willing slaves we are.

[ladyjane]

Well aren't you the grumpy one! : )