I’m sure you could find 5 people to testify to just about anything for $15 million each. They may well be telling the truth, but I don’t know how much weight the testimony of people with that much motivation to lie would carry in court.
I’ve always thought these pooled lottery ticket deals are idiotic. It’s almost like you have to beat the odds TWICE to win. First you need to beat the 10 million to 1 or more odds and win the lottery, then you need to beat similar odds that the guy holding the winning ticket will actually share the prize.
Just buy your own tickets, and if you win and are feeling generous towards your co-workers, give them some cash.
Irrelevant in this case, as there was already a pattern of 5 co-workers playing lotto pool together.
In fact, Lopes was the organizer of a lottery pool at the construction company.
Another glaring fact is, it's already been established Lopes is GD a liar.
Lopes will split voluntarily, or be forced to by a court to split, with the money held in an account until trial.