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(CTV News)   Woman wins $1.2M after putting her and her nephew's name on lottery ticket. Now she's suing her nephew for his half, claiming she only put his name there for good luck   ( atlantic.ctvnews.ca) divider line
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whither_apophis [TotalFark]
2018-07-12 01:26:31 PM  
IANACL but unless there's a legal reason the kid can't win, his name on the ticket means he shares in the winnings.
 
ecmoRandomNumbers [TotalFark]
2018-07-12 02:09:30 PM  

whither_apophis: IANACL but unless there's a legal reason the kid can't win, his name on the ticket means he shares in the winnings.


Why do you have to put names on tickets?

I guess I just live in a much less lawful state.

If you win the lottery in Arizona, you put the ticket in your bra and drive immediately to Phoenix.
 
RJReves [recently expired TotalFark]
2018-07-12 02:09:59 PM  
Guess what? It worked. Your nephew was very lucky. Also you were. Now stop being a hateful bitter woman and enjoy your half.
 
snowjack
2018-07-12 02:16:03 PM  
Looks to me like the nephew really is lucky. Not only is he gonna get $600K, but he gets to see his Aunty for who she really is.
 
edmo [TotalFark]
2018-07-12 02:20:00 PM  
Money + relatives = assholes
 
brantgoose [TotalFark]
2018-07-12 02:21:34 PM  
Karma, ma'am. Karma. He brought the luck, he takes away half the lucky money. Name's on the ticket and there is no way to prove he doesn't deserve his cut.
 
Prank Call of Cthulhu
2018-07-12 02:23:16 PM  
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You can see her already plotting in this photo. And the nephew has no idea yet...
 
This text is now purple
2018-07-12 02:23:28 PM  
Sounds like he fulfilled his half of the bargain.
 
Creepy Lurker Guy [TotalFark] [BareFark]
2018-07-12 02:23:59 PM  
So, he gets a 50% commission for supplying luck.
 
jpo2269
2018-07-12 02:24:19 PM  
And just like that, she became a "great" aunt.
 
sunderland56
2018-07-12 02:24:46 PM  
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NephilimNexus
2018-07-12 02:25:30 PM  
I mean, really, who can get by on a measly $600,000 anyway?
 
ChipNASA
2018-07-12 02:27:06 PM  

Prank Call of Cthulhu: [img.fark.net image 850x475]
You can see her already plotting in this photo. And the nephew has no idea yet...


Shoot, for half a million now, you can go get a fkcking proper haircut
 
grimlock1972
2018-07-12 02:27:53 PM  
Hope she loses , then the nephew still gets his half and auntie gets less than half after legal expenses.   Hopefully she will have to pay her nephew's legal expense as well.
 
rocker5969
2018-07-12 02:29:00 PM  

ecmoRandomNumbers: whither_apophis: IANACL but unless there's a legal reason the kid can't win, his name on the ticket means he shares in the winnings.

Why do you have to put names on tickets?

I guess I just live in a much less lawful state.

If you win the lottery in Arizona, you put the ticket in your bra and drive immediately to Phoenix.


Costanza Bro.jpeg
 
GungFu
2018-07-12 02:29:42 PM  
Stupid @unt.
 
vtstang66
2018-07-12 02:31:38 PM  

NephilimNexus: I mean, really, who can get by on a measly $600,000 anyway?


Some quality court time, for starters.
 
Harry Freakstorm [TotalFark]
2018-07-12 02:31:40 PM  
Should have formed a LLC with the ticket as the sole asset and then voted him out.

What color is your parachute? Don't Give a Crap Brown, that's the color of your parachute
 
sunderland56
2018-07-12 02:32:15 PM  

NephilimNexus: I mean, really, who can get by on a measly $600,000 anyway?


They're in atlantic Canada. She could pay off her house and car, and buy a 24 every day for the rest of her life.... and still have a half million dollars left over.
 
WTP 2
2018-07-12 02:33:13 PM  
money for nothing, they are the same all around the world...
 
arcgear
2018-07-12 02:34:34 PM  
Ah. People are wonderful, aren't they 💛
 
Mugato [TotalFark]
2018-07-12 02:35:54 PM  
That's farking sick. My dad was an alcoholic asshole and after the divorce my mom paid his monthly bills and looked out for his sorry ass. My uncle and is s certifiable lunatic and my mom and I both help him out financially even though neither of us is rich. My mom supported me for a year when I was an alkie loser.

I'm not running for Pope or anything but you don't try to screw over your family, especially for money you fell ass backwards in and will probably be gone in six months.
 
gameshowhost
2018-07-12 02:36:57 PM  

snowjack: Looks to me like the nephew really is lucky. Not only is he gonna get $600K, but he gets to see his Aunty for who she really is.


Fark is not your personal Desi porn... wait
 
Mugato [TotalFark]
2018-07-12 02:37:31 PM  
..,I forgot to put in when my dad was sick.
 
uncleacid [TotalFark]
2018-07-12 02:41:59 PM  
The kid's lucky she didn't hire a hitman.
 
TheAlgebraist
2018-07-12 02:43:17 PM  
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shiat, first he steals her hair, then he steals her $600k......
 
SiriusClown
2018-07-12 02:43:37 PM  
What a piece of garbage.
 
fanbladesaresharp
2018-07-12 02:44:10 PM  

brantgoose: Karma, ma'am. Karma. He brought the luck, he takes away half the lucky money. Name's on the ticket and there is no way to prove he doesn't deserve his cut.


Yup. She should just be happy with the 600 grand she didn't have last week. Yeesh, one check and her inner biatch comes out to play.
 
Samfucious
2018-07-12 02:46:41 PM  
Man, money makes people ugly.

This is why I plan on never having any.
 
ArcadianRefugee
2018-07-12 02:47:54 PM  
Womp womp.
 
SwiftFox
2018-07-12 02:59:38 PM  
And when did she decide this? If she didn't tell anyone before the checks were cut, I would say too late, ma'am.
 
SBinRR
2018-07-12 03:00:36 PM  
Sometimes I wish judges could apply the "You fail at being a decent human being" penalty and give it all to someone else.
 
RJReves [recently expired TotalFark]
2018-07-12 03:02:08 PM  

SwiftFox: And when did she decide this? If she didn't tell anyone before the checks were cut, I would say too late, ma'am.


It was too late, as soon as he signed the ticket.
 
JunkyJu
2018-07-12 03:03:20 PM  
That kid is a little shiatstain if he even tries to take the money.
If you know damn well that you didn't buy the ticket, and it isn't yours, then you're just being an unethical, opportunistic little ass.
 
Russ1642
2018-07-12 03:04:48 PM  

GungFu: Stupid @unt.


I think you meant this symbol: ©
 
whither_apophis [TotalFark]
2018-07-12 03:05:03 PM  

SBinRR: Sometimes I wish judges could apply the "You fail at being a decent human being" penalty and give it all to someone else.


that has happened

http://articles.latimes.com/1999/nov/​1​7/news/mn-34537
 
puffy999 [TotalFark]
2018-07-12 03:06:56 PM  
He looks like a teenage Adam DeVine with glasses and Sideshow Bob hair.
 
Big_Doofus
2018-07-12 03:09:36 PM  

JunkyJu: That kid is a little shiatstain if he even tries to take the money.
If you know damn well that you didn't buy the ticket, and it isn't yours, then you're just being an unethical, opportunistic little ass.


Ha! Wow!

That's some super weak trolling.
 
RJReves [recently expired TotalFark]
2018-07-12 03:09:54 PM  

JunkyJu: That kid is a little shiatstain if he even tries to take the money.
If you know damn well that you didn't buy the ticket, and it isn't yours, then you're just being an unethical, opportunistic little ass.


Aren't you precious
 
Hoblit [TotalFark]
2018-07-12 03:09:55 PM  
So both are going to lose a 3rd to lawyers?
 
trialpha
2018-07-12 03:13:02 PM  

ecmoRandomNumbers: Why do you have to put names on tickets?


I believe the reason was due to an issue where store employees were cheating people out of their winnings. ie. this scenario:

Customer: "I think I have a winning ticket. Can you check?"
Employee: "Sure...." <pretends to check> "Nope, not a winner"
Customer: "Damn. Well, toss it then"
Employee: "Sure." <pockets winning ticket>

If the customer signs their name to the ticket when they buy it, the employee can't do this. It's also the reason that the checker machines now have screens facing the customer, and loudly declare if the ticket is a winner or not.
 
EasilyDistracted
2018-07-12 03:13:43 PM  

ecmoRandomNumbers: whither_apophis: IANACL but unless there's a legal reason the kid can't win, his name on the ticket means he shares in the winnings.

Why do you have to put names on tickets?

I guess I just live in a much less lawful state.

If you win the lottery in Arizona, you put the ticket in your bra and drive immediately to Phoenix.


Not a lottery....more of a fundraiser for local fire departments...kind of like the fundraisers your kid brings home for school, only with a bigger payout.
 
shut_it_down
2018-07-12 03:16:24 PM  

JunkyJu: That kid is a little shiatstain if he even tries to take the money.
If you know damn well that you didn't buy the ticket, and it isn't yours, then you're just being an unethical, opportunistic little ass.


I was at a graduation party where one of the cheap uncles bought the new grad like 5 scratch-off lottery tickets. She ended up winning $100 off one of them. Most everyone laughed and cheered, but I don't think cheap uncle said anything else the whole party.
 
booger42
2018-07-12 03:17:44 PM  
biatch!
Bitch
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durbnpoisn
2018-07-12 03:25:24 PM  
In a perfect world, no lawyer would take this case, and any reasonable judge would throw it out as frivolous.

If the rule clearly states that his name being on the ticket means he owns half, then that is that.  It matters not if it was only there for some arbitrary reason, that was clearly made up after the fact.

But the real reason the judge should toss the case - and he/she should say this much; "Save your money.  You cannot win.  You will waste our time, your money, AND your nephew's money for nothing."
 
bucket_pup
2018-07-12 03:31:11 PM  
Reaches back, opens dictionary......yup, that's what I thought:

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born_yesterday [TotalFark]
2018-07-12 03:35:06 PM  

shut_it_down: JunkyJu: That kid is a little shiatstain if he even tries to take the money.
If you know damn well that you didn't buy the ticket, and it isn't yours, then you're just being an unethical, opportunistic little ass.

I was at a graduation party where one of the cheap uncles bought the new grad like 5 scratch-off lottery tickets. She ended up winning $100 off one of them. Most everyone laughed and cheered, but I don't think cheap uncle said anything else the whole party.


I knew a family that would buy sets of fake lottery tickets, with each set having a guaranteed big winner near the end.  People would get so excited, then realize the deception, and become the center of mockery, disgust, and contempt.  Made for a hell of a Christmas.
 
davynelson
2018-07-12 03:42:07 PM  
gee i was gonna give it to you gramma but since you put it THAT way...
 
abhorrent1 [TotalFark]
2018-07-12 03:44:00 PM  

edmo: Money + relatives = assholes


My brother was the executor of our grandfathers will. Our loser uncle sued him because he didn't think he was getting enough even though he exactly what the will said he should. He didn't even have a lot of money when he died. Maybe a hundred grand or so to split between all his kids and grand kids.

not even sure what his rational was. Guess he thought he deserved more for being a crack head loser that spent 20 years stealing anything from his family that wasn't nailed down or something.
 
rikkidoxx
2018-07-12 03:53:08 PM  
Lawyers will win - she'll get less if she would have just let it alone.
 
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