***’We had a group plan, but I went and played by myself.***
Interesting. I’ve heard that before about big winners. They seem to always buy the winning ticket separate from the group buy.
Group pools money. Sends Joe to the store to buy ten tickets.
Joe buys 11 tickets. Joe wins, then claims the “extra” ticket was not part of the group’s buy.
That’s how it works.:)
In my local lottery, all people who are part of the group play are supposed to sign off on it before the ticket fan be redeemed.