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Ohio Woman Admits Lying in Lotto Case
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Posted on 01/08/2004 10:02:49 AM PST by AppyPappy

Edited on 04/29/2004 2:03:40 AM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]

CLEVELAND (AP) - A woman said through tears Thursday that she lied about losing the winning ticket for a $162 million lottery prize awarded to another woman.

Elecia Battle, 40, of Cleveland, is dropping her lawsuit to block payment of the Mega Millions jackpot to the certified winner, said her lawyer Sheldon Starke.


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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; News/Current Events; US: Ohio
KEYWORDS: gambling; lazy; lottery
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To: GodBlessRonaldReagan
$5 as week for the lottery versus how much you have won over that time?

$100 once. Im 26. I think thats a pretty good history. Its better than tobaccy

41 posted on 01/08/2004 10:16:35 AM PST by smith288 (Secret member of the VRWC elite forces)
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To: AppyPappy
A true piece of work, this lady. Her story was questionable from the start, but as soon as the real winner came forward she should have simply said "Oops, never mind" and faded into the background. Instead she had her lawyer file to prevent the lottery commission from awarding the winnings.

Charge her with the false report, brand her forever as an idiot and let her get on with raising her 7 lovely children. I'm sure they've learned a valuable lesson from this. (yeah, sarcasm)
42 posted on 01/08/2004 10:16:38 AM PST by tongue-tied
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To: mystery-ak
Getting prepared for the *I wanted to win defense*.....or if that fails *I wanted to help the laid-off police officers defense*.....so far I only see a charge of filing a false police report.

I don't know how about conspiracy to steal 60 million dollars?

43 posted on 01/08/2004 10:16:56 AM PST by Naspino (Exodus 22: 28 Thou shalt not revile the gods, nor curse the ruler of thy people.)
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To: GodBlessRonaldReagan
$5 as week for the lottery versus how much you have won over that time?

Oh, and Mrs Jemison sure don't look stupid now, does she? ;)

44 posted on 01/08/2004 10:17:34 AM PST by smith288 (Secret member of the VRWC elite forces)
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To: AppyPappy
What a wretch.
45 posted on 01/08/2004 10:17:56 AM PST by biblewonk (I must try to answer all bible questions.)
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To: AppyPappy
Lottery = a tax on the poor if you endorse the Nanny State.
46 posted on 01/08/2004 10:17:56 AM PST by freedumb2003 (Okay, who stole their tin foil hats? I demand they return them!)
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To: GodBlessRonaldReagan
When playing the lottery, a person is shelling out $1 for the privilege to daydream and hope for a whole day. So the proper equation is:

Net= -money spent +money earned +fun had while losing oneself in dreams of yachts and scantily clad... -disappointment of loss

It's when you trade your welfare check for 200 scratch-offs that your net is negative.
47 posted on 01/08/2004 10:19:05 AM PST by Flightdeck
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To: Kenton
Hairstyles provided by Don King.
48 posted on 01/08/2004 10:19:37 AM PST by cjshapi
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To: smith288
Assume you've been playing $5 a week for a year. 52 x 5 = $260. You've won $100. You're $160 in the hole!

A better ruse - take the $5 weekly and invest in comic books. Sit on them 10 years then resell - much better return.
49 posted on 01/08/2004 10:19:52 AM PST by GodBlessRonaldReagan (where is Count Petofi when we need him most?)
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To: Kenton
She cried. She's sorry. She did it for the children AND the Cleveland policeman.

If I were the judge, I'd give her 4000 hours of community service. (That's 2 years of work) (40 hrs x 50 weeks).

Her rap sheet is all we know but I'm sure she has had other run-ins based on fraud that she "cried" her way out of.

50 posted on 01/08/2004 10:20:32 AM PST by Sacajaweau (God Bless Our Troops!!)
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To: GodBlessRonaldReagan
I play $5 only when its over 50 million and I have the urge...so I would guess I have played around 7 times last year. Im in the whole...but so are you when you paid $45 to go see a football game...i mean, what VALUE did you walk away with that is physical?
51 posted on 01/08/2004 10:21:54 AM PST by smith288 (Secret member of the VRWC elite forces)
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To: Saundra Duffy
It's a disgusting way to run a country.

If I'm not mistaken, it's a state thing, not a national thing.

52 posted on 01/08/2004 10:21:58 AM PST by bankwalker (If you want to reap in the fall, then you must sow in the spring.)
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To: Saundra Duffy
Ah yes, the 'something for nothing' attitude is alive and well in this country. Lotto tears at this countries fabric that was founded on hard work and ingenuity.
53 posted on 01/08/2004 10:22:03 AM PST by mlbford2
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To: GodBlessRonaldReagan
I remember one time my grandfather and I were fishing near Corpus Christi. We stopped at a gas station where, on a whim, my grandfather purchased 3 lotto tickets. Prior to that he never played, noting that it really didn't make any sense since the chances of winning were slim at best. As it turned out, his $3.00 whim won him $5,000.00! We blew off the fishing trip and spent the money on beer and women. Just kidding. After that he never purchased another ticket, noting that it really didn't make any sense since the chances of him winning again were even lower than before.
54 posted on 01/08/2004 10:24:29 AM PST by new cruelty ("But there are also unknown unknowns — the ones we don't know we don't know." You know?)
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To: IYAS9YAS
Lottery = a tax on the poor greedy but lazy.
55 posted on 01/08/2004 10:25:15 AM PST by StrictTime ("Stupid, stupid Rat creatures!")
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To: Kenton
"I can only presume she will be charged for filing a false police report."

At a minimum.

56 posted on 01/08/2004 10:25:58 AM PST by blam
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To: mabelkitty
Here Kitty Kitty Kitty.....!
Here Kitty....


57 posted on 01/08/2004 10:28:12 AM PST by hobbes1 ( Hobbes1TheOmniscient® "I know everything so you don't have to" ;)
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To: AppyPappy
Lottery = a tax on the poor.

Lottery = a tax on the willing.

At least that's the way Thomas Jefferson saw it.

58 posted on 01/08/2004 10:31:08 AM PST by Moonman62
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To: new cruelty
chances of him winning again were even lower than before.

Uhhhhh.......never mind.

59 posted on 01/08/2004 10:33:21 AM PST by AppyPappy (If You're Not A Part Of The Solution, There's Good Money To Be Made In Prolonging The Problem.)
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To: new cruelty
After that he never purchased another ticket, noting that it really didn't make any sense since the chances of him winning again were even lower than before.

Well, actually, his odds of winning again are not in any way affected by his previous winnings. Each drawing is an independent event with its own odds. Just like spins on a roullette wheel.
60 posted on 01/08/2004 10:33:26 AM PST by 303george
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