UPDATE: Florida winner whose ticket was lost in mail gets her prize

Comment #14

PrisonerSix — Fri, 09 Oct 2020 20:49:44 GMT

I find their claim that they suddenly found the ticket suspect as well. Perhaps the national publicity made them do it. If someone is going to send a ticket through the mail, they should keep a scan or a photocopy of it so they have proof they actually had the winning ticket. I wonder if she did this.

It's good that she got her prize. The negative publicity probably helped.

Comment #13

Bleudog101 — Sun, 04 Oct 2020 12:07:42 GMT

The media figured the average Joe Schmoe knows nothing about the lottery so didn't bother to mention key points.

Comment #12

Vergie6 — Sun, 04 Oct 2020 11:03:14 GMT

I'm so very glad she finally got her $1,000 check...BUT I do believe that if she had not

had the press coverage she would not have gotten it....It pays to keep at it when you

know you are right

Comment #11

DELotteryPlyr — Sun, 04 Oct 2020 10:46:28 GMT

Amazing the power of BAD press!!

AND.. since it was a 2nd chance winning ticket, wasn't it 'registered' on their web site already

Comment #10

cottoneyedjoe — Sun, 04 Oct 2020 03:07:28 GMT

I agree. It's a wee bit too convenient. But I am happy the FL lottery did the right thing and paid her claim.

Comment #9

hlamb — Sun, 04 Oct 2020 00:06:59 GMT

Mucho Gracias

Comment #8

hlamb — Sun, 04 Oct 2020 00:06:09 GMT

I don't believe them either. They didn't find the envelope in some bundle of mail as I'm quite sure they empty their box daily. There's no way that tracking said it never showed, but it was there unless the mail carrier didn't scan it upon delivery and if he did why hadn't they run across it in all this time, but miraculously found after it made national headlines.

Comment #7

PHIL85 — Sat, 03 Oct 2020 17:26:17 GMT

Don't believe for a moment that the lottery suddenly found her ticket sitting in their mail. The national exposure likely forced their hand and they paid out the claim to make it go away. There should be a formal review by an outside agency.

Comment #6

gr8ter — Sat, 03 Oct 2020 02:56:58 GMT

Goodness Always Happens. You have to have FAITH!! Way to go Florida Lottery for doing the right thing!!

Congrats to the Winner

Comment #5

Big Joey — Sat, 03 Oct 2020 00:47:23 GMT

Go in person, put in lottery office's drop box, or send Registered Mail in a white padded bubble mailer. White bubble mailers have a different postal classification than the manila color bubble mailers. White is delivered one day earlier than manila. I learned this trick decades ago with a mail order company.

Comment #4

Long Odds — Fri, 02 Oct 2020 17:38:48 GMT

I find it hard to believe that Florida Lottery is telling the truth. They knew the winner had enough compelling evidence and was undoubtedly entitled to the second chance winnings but had no legal way to pay her so they made up, Oh, we have the ticket after all , to bring about a just, but non-legal result. $1,000 is a small price to pay to avoid the negative backlash as well as screw a rightful winner. I believe- as another has indicated- that a postal employee stole the envelope, realized they... [ More ]

Comment #3

Think — Fri, 02 Oct 2020 17:02:28 GMT

IT really does make you wonder how many other people were cheated out of rightful prizes by the Florida Lottery...

This can't be the first or last time that the Florida Lottery has tried to pull something like this.

Comment #2

Raven62 — Fri, 02 Oct 2020 16:13:40 GMT

All's Well That Ends Well

Comment #1

hearsetrax — Fri, 02 Oct 2020 15:39:01 GMT

someone needs to be fired

UPDATE: Florida winner whose ticket was lost in mail gets her prize

Lottery Post — Fri, 02 Oct 2020 14:47:57 GMT

Florida Lottery did receive the ticket after all; USPS tracking still shows undelivered

By Kate Northrop

Every lottery player's worst nightmare came true for a Florida woman whose ticket was supposedly lost in the mail by the United States Postal Service over a month ago. After telling her she would have to forfeit her $1,000 prize and then awarding it to another player, the Florida Lottery looked again and discovered the winning ticket was in their possession after all.

Sue Burgess, 62... [ More ]