Lottery Lawyers Tell Duped Winner "Too Bad"

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Lesson learned the hard way"},{"anonName":null,"pathToMedia":"396489_68815852","adminTags":null,"views":711,"createdBy":9220988,"createdByPathToPhoto":"116995/icons/defaultMember_116995_portrait160X120.jpg","assocMediaId":null,"mediaName":"Lottery Lawyers Tell Duped Winner \"Too Bad\"","parentThreadId":null,"mediaId":2629305,"tags":null,"anonSiteUrl":null,"assocMediaType":null,"createdAt":"3 Nov 2009 13:57:23 GMT","anonEmail":null,"isVisible":true,"approved":true,"numComments":10,"reviewed":true,"createdByUsername":"Fishflinger","pathToPreview":"","mediaType":"EXTERNALMEDIA","commentId":"1172403","subject":"","averageRating":0,"body":"The lawyers need to go back and read their Business Law books with regards to Bearer Instruments. <br />"},{"anonName":null,"pathToMedia":"396489_68815852","adminTags":null,"views":711,"createdBy":7918844,"createdByPathToPhoto":"116995/icons/defaultMember_116995_portrait160X120.jpg","assocMediaId":null,"mediaName":"Lottery Lawyers Tell Duped Winner \"Too Bad\"","parentThreadId":null,"mediaId":2629305,"tags":null,"anonSiteUrl":null,"assocMediaType":null,"createdAt":"3 Nov 2009 14:31:10 GMT","anonEmail":null,"isVisible":true,"approved":true,"numComments":10,"reviewed":true,"createdByUsername":"anonymous_user","pathToPreview":"","mediaType":"EXTERNALMEDIA","commentId":"1172713","subject":"","averageRating":0,"body":"The old saying - &quot;Possession is 90% of the law&quot; - certainly applies here. I agree with poster above. This guy needs to learn his lesson, lick his wound and move on."},{"anonName":null,"pathToMedia":"396489_68815852","adminTags":null,"views":711,"createdBy":7918844,"createdByPathToPhoto":"116995/icons/defaultMember_116995_portrait160X120.jpg","assocMediaId":null,"mediaName":"Lottery Lawyers Tell Duped Winner \"Too Bad\"","parentThreadId":null,"mediaId":2629305,"tags":null,"anonSiteUrl":null,"assocMediaType":null,"createdAt":"3 Nov 2009 16:45:18 GMT","anonEmail":null,"isVisible":true,"approved":true,"numComments":10,"reviewed":true,"createdByUsername":"anonymous_user","pathToPreview":"","mediaType":"EXTERNALMEDIA","commentId":"1173951","subject":"","averageRating":0,"body":"So if Joshi has been indicted on claiming a lottery prize by fraud, then the commission agrees that the money does not belong to him. They've seized Joshi's account so that the money cannot be spent, but they are refusing to give anything to Willis, the rightful owner. So basically, the Lottery Commission gets to keep the remaining prize money. This sounds to me like another case of the government being greedy pigs. At this stage of the game, Willis should know that nothing the government does with money is fair or just and they will do anything to take it from you. I feel very sorry for this man. This is why I don't play the lottery. They are all a bunch of bottom feeding, greedy leeches who would let you starve to death if it meant making a penny for themselves. "},{"anonName":null,"pathToMedia":"396489_68815852","adminTags":null,"views":711,"createdBy":7918844,"createdByPathToPhoto":"116995/icons/defaultMember_116995_portrait160X120.jpg","assocMediaId":null,"mediaName":"Lottery Lawyers Tell Duped Winner \"Too Bad\"","parentThreadId":null,"mediaId":2629305,"tags":null,"anonSiteUrl":null,"assocMediaType":null,"createdAt":"3 Nov 2009 17:45:04 GMT","anonEmail":null,"isVisible":true,"approved":true,"numComments":10,"reviewed":true,"createdByUsername":"anonymous_user","pathToPreview":"","mediaType":"EXTERNALMEDIA","commentId":"1174778","subject":"","averageRating":0,"body":"Actually if you re-read the article it says that the &quot;Travis County District Attorney's Office has frozen an account believed to belong to Joshi&quot; not the Texas Lottery Commission. It sounds to me like law enforcement is trying to help him, but the Texas Lottery Commission isn't. Sorry. I guess your rant on how the government is trying to steal everyone's money was pointless. "},{"anonName":null,"pathToMedia":"396489_68815852","adminTags":null,"views":711,"createdBy":7918844,"createdByPathToPhoto":"116995/icons/defaultMember_116995_portrait160X120.jpg","assocMediaId":null,"mediaName":"Lottery Lawyers Tell Duped Winner \"Too Bad\"","parentThreadId":null,"mediaId":2629305,"tags":null,"anonSiteUrl":null,"assocMediaType":null,"createdAt":"3 Nov 2009 17:50:30 GMT","anonEmail":null,"isVisible":true,"approved":true,"numComments":10,"reviewed":true,"createdByUsername":"anonymous_user","pathToPreview":"","mediaType":"EXTERNALMEDIA","commentId":"1174831","subject":"","averageRating":0,"body":"The lottery is a tax on people who suck at math. Not only does he suck at math, now he wants to blame others for his own stupidity. I will guess that he trusts his lawyer too."},{"anonName":null,"pathToMedia":"396489_68815852","adminTags":null,"views":711,"createdBy":10253972,"createdByPathToPhoto":"116995/icons/defaultMember_116995_portrait160X120.jpg","assocMediaId":null,"mediaName":"Lottery Lawyers Tell Duped Winner \"Too Bad\"","parentThreadId":null,"mediaId":2629305,"tags":null,"anonSiteUrl":null,"assocMediaType":null,"createdAt":"3 Nov 2009 18:45:13 GMT","anonEmail":null,"isVisible":true,"approved":true,"numComments":10,"reviewed":true,"createdByUsername":"planochick","pathToPreview":"","mediaType":"EXTERNALMEDIA","commentId":"1175401","subject":"","averageRating":0,"body":"The problem with this is that they can prove Joshi illegally claimed the prize. They cannot prove that Willis is the rightful owner. "},{"anonName":null,"pathToMedia":"396489_68815852","adminTags":null,"views":711,"createdBy":13299650,"createdByPathToPhoto":"116995/icons/defaultMember_116995_portrait160X120.jpg","assocMediaId":null,"mediaName":"Lottery Lawyers Tell Duped Winner \"Too Bad\"","parentThreadId":null,"mediaId":2629305,"tags":null,"anonSiteUrl":null,"assocMediaType":null,"createdAt":"3 Nov 2009 21:12:37 GMT","anonEmail":null,"isVisible":true,"approved":true,"numComments":10,"reviewed":true,"createdByUsername":"screenwall","pathToPreview":"","mediaType":"EXTERNALMEDIA","commentId":"1176879","subject":"","averageRating":0,"body":"Hey Anonymous...I love your sarcastic little quirp about my rant being &quot;pointless&quot;. I would assume by your defensive remark that you must work for and support the bureaucracy. It's my belief that our differences are the spice of life. The fact that I was able to express my opinion in what's left of our free country makes it not &quot;pointless&quot; for me. In the end, you know as well as I do that it is morally wrong for that man not to get his money regardless of what red tape prevents him from doing so. Hope you wake up on a nicer side of the bed tomorrow morning."},{"anonName":null,"pathToMedia":"396489_68815852","adminTags":null,"views":711,"createdBy":7918844,"createdByPathToPhoto":"116995/icons/defaultMember_116995_portrait160X120.jpg","assocMediaId":null,"mediaName":"Lottery Lawyers Tell Duped Winner \"Too Bad\"","parentThreadId":null,"mediaId":2629305,"tags":null,"anonSiteUrl":null,"assocMediaType":null,"createdAt":"4 Nov 2009 10:11:18 GMT","anonEmail":null,"isVisible":true,"approved":true,"numComments":10,"reviewed":true,"createdByUsername":"anonymous_user","pathToPreview":"","mediaType":"EXTERNALMEDIA","commentId":"1180143","subject":"","averageRating":0,"body":"Wait a minute what happen to the monies they got from Joshi bank accounts that they froze when they found out Joshi fled the Country?"},{"anonName":null,"pathToMedia":"396489_68815852","adminTags":null,"views":711,"createdBy":14067392,"createdByPathToPhoto":"116995/icons/defaultMember_116995_portrait160X120.jpg","assocMediaId":null,"mediaName":"Lottery Lawyers Tell Duped Winner \"Too Bad\"","parentThreadId":null,"mediaId":2629305,"tags":null,"anonSiteUrl":null,"assocMediaType":null,"createdAt":"4 Nov 2009 11:54:48 GMT","anonEmail":null,"isVisible":true,"approved":true,"numComments":10,"reviewed":true,"createdByUsername":"JD24","pathToPreview":"","mediaType":"EXTERNALMEDIA","commentId":"1180363","subject":"","averageRating":0,"body":"While I feel for Mr Willis, I also believe that this whole incident was partly his fault. If I remember correctly, Mr Willis, who is a regular lottery player using the same numbers every week, just gave the clerk his ticket and relied on the clerk to tell him if he won. Anyone who has played the lottery knows that stores give free print outs of the winning numbers, along with the numbers being printed in newspapers and online. Mr Willis should have taken it upon himself to look up the numbers, rather than rely on the clerk to do it for him. When I play the lottery (which is not very often), I make sure that I hold onto that ticket (and immediately sign it!) until I know for sure whether I've won or not. That ticket doesn't go anywhere until I know if it's a winner. The clerk should be charged with whatever charges are applicable too. Mr Willis should accept whatever money the Lottery Commission has offered to give him and let it go with that. He should not be allowed to sue the Commission. They're in a tough spot on this - lessons to be learned all the way around on this."}],"error":"","totPages":2}

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