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Lottery Loser's Shady Past
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| 1/6/04
Posted on 01/06/2004 4:16:28 PM PST by saquin
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posted on
01/06/2004 4:16:28 PM PST
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saquin
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posted on
01/06/2004 4:18:15 PM PST
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M.R. KROPKO
Associated Press
CLEVELAND - A hospital worker came forward Tuesday and collected a $162 million lottery jackpot, and another woman who told authorities she bought the winning ticket but lost it has filed a lawsuit seeking to halt any payout to the winner.
Rebecca Jemison, 34, of suburban South Euclid, turned in the ticket for the 11-state Mega Millions jackpot at Ohio Lottery headquarters. The lottery validated it Tuesday as the sole winning ticket for the drawing.
The woman with the competing claim, Elecia Battle, filed a lawsuit later Tuesday asking a Cuyahoga County judge to block the lottery from paying Jemison.
"My ticket was lost. I do recall all the numbers. They are all somehow family related. No one can tell me what I did and did not play. I did it honestly and I have no doubt," Battle told The Associated Press at the office of her attorney, Sheldon Starke.
Earlier, Jemison said the competing claim by Battle, 40, of Cleveland, prompted her to quit stalling and collect the prize from the Dec. 30 drawing.
Police, who originally had said Battle's story was credible, said they were investigating whether she had lied in a police report, a misdemeanor punishable by 30 days to six months in jail.
Dennis G. Kennedy, director of the Ohio Lottery, said the lottery was confident Jemison had purchased the ticket, not found it.
Jemison provided another lottery ticket purchased at the same time and location and had a lottery ticket that showed she had played the same numbers in the prior drawing, Kennedy said.
Ohio Woman Claims $162M Lottery Jackpot
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posted on
01/06/2004 4:18:48 PM PST
by
saquin
To: Protagoras
Here's your "winner."
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posted on
01/06/2004 4:20:31 PM PST
by
sinkspur
(Adopt a shelter dog or cat! You'll save one life, and maybe two!)
To: saquin
From the looks of it if she had won that money there would be a lot of very rich crack dealers in Cleveland in very short order...
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posted on
01/06/2004 4:22:40 PM PST
by
EUPHORIC
(Right? Left? Read Ecclesiastes 10:2 for a definition. The Bible knows all about it!)
To: saquin
Just a few hours ago, many Freepers were feeling sorry for this woman and saying that the legal winner should do the right thing and "split the prize" with her.
To: SamAdams76
The prize should be split with me. I also had the winning numbers but I lost my ticket. Honest.
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posted on
01/06/2004 4:24:03 PM PST
by
PJ-Comix
(Saddam Hussein was only 537 Florida votes away from still being in power)
To: SamAdams76
Just a few hours ago, many Freepers were feeling sorry for this woman not this one....if it stinks like a duck...
To: saquin
Early in the day, when the winner first came forward, I was wondering why she said that the authorities would "handle" this woman. Now I know why...
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posted on
01/06/2004 4:25:41 PM PST
by
WinOne4TheGipper
(The Democratic Party: Without an electoral mandate for almost 28 years.)
To: SamAdams76
I felt sorry for her but really you can't prove lottery ticket winning unless you sign the back. Anyway, she looks like Whitney Houston's worst nightmare.
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posted on
01/06/2004 4:31:40 PM PST
by
cyborg
To: PJ-Comix
Heck, I thought about buying a ticket, but didn't. I deserve a cut too! ; )
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posted on
01/06/2004 4:36:09 PM PST
by
Vesuvian
Comment #12 Removed by Moderator
To: cyborg
Oh well, it was worth a shot. 162 million or 30 days in the slam?
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posted on
01/06/2004 4:50:11 PM PST
by
Holly_P
To: Holly_P
LOL from the sound of her rap sheet, 30 days would be easy.
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posted on
01/06/2004 4:53:48 PM PST
by
cyborg
To: saquin
I figured as much.
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posted on
01/06/2004 4:56:48 PM PST
by
Tempest
To: saquin; dixie sass
Hey dixie see what i mean im still laughing
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posted on
01/06/2004 4:58:40 PM PST
by
ATOMIC_PUNK
(Laziness travels so slowly that Poverty soon overtakes it !)
To: sinkspur
I would hate to be the dumbass attorney who has filed suit to enjoin the winnings from being distributed to the real winner.
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posted on
01/06/2004 5:00:33 PM PST
by
Dog Gone
To: sinkspur
Hey, I had the winning ticket also, yeah that's right. I lost it. Where do I get paid?
To: saquin
Why not give her a call at home. He home number is right there on the police report.
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posted on
01/06/2004 5:05:16 PM PST
by
clamboat
To: SamAdams76
Maybe she should have stuck to reparations as her scam of choice.
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