California woman destroys $26 million lottery ticket in the laundry

Comment #26

Clarkejoseph49 — Sat, 29 May 2021 07:45:15 GMT

Comment #25

Artist77 — Sat, 22 May 2021 23:15:54 GMT

Wasn't there a Canadian incident where someone misplaced their ticket and the surveillance video was used to give her the win? I would take this case. Video surveillance does not lie and assuming there was a minute and second time stamp, it should match up...unless everyone was buying lottery tickets just before and after her. It seems a bit archaic .

I really would like to know more details here. Rules are made to be broken in certain instances. Video evidence can be used to send someone to... [ More ]

Comment #24

HaveABall — Sat, 22 May 2021 05:58:44 GMT

I wonder if the store owner will feel sorry for her and will instruct the employees to give her free coffee for life?

I would become despondent if in her shoes.

Comment #23

KY Floyd — Thu, 20 May 2021 02:19:48 GMT

Never washed a ticket

I washed at least one, perhaps a couple of years ago. It was in my wallet that I hadn't taken out of my pants pocket. I can say with a fair amount of certainty that if oyu're going to wash a lottery ticket you should do it while it's in a wallet. Mine might have been a bit less flexible afterwards, but other than that it was fine.

Comment #22

sully16 — Thu, 20 May 2021 00:34:48 GMT

Yikes, even a bottle of wine and Pink Floyd can't fix this one.

Comment #21

MsBee18 — Wed, 19 May 2021 14:25:47 GMT

515 million and not a word from Head Dishwasher

Comment #20

winterhug — Wed, 19 May 2021 10:33:24 GMT

I read a story similar to this several years ago. A guy had a set of Mega Millions numbers he played on a regular basis for years. For whatever reason he missed playing his number for a drawing and the numbers came out. The man's son said his father was devastated and was never able to get over it and now has mental problems

Comment #19

hearsetrax — Wed, 19 May 2021 09:38:54 GMT

and $515 for Friday

Comment #18

noise-gate — Tue, 18 May 2021 21:21:38 GMT

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msmillionaire — Tue, 18 May 2021 21:06:11 GMT

I pray she Win again!!!! And keep her ticket in a box or safe

Comment #16

dickblow — Tue, 18 May 2021 20:30:45 GMT

you dont have the tic too bad dum story

Comment #15

Bleudog101 — Tue, 18 May 2021 18:58:13 GMT

Mega Millions jumped to $475 million

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Lucky dogg — Tue, 18 May 2021 16:04:20 GMT

The store should give some of their prize money to her in light of her misgivings. After all they would have got Dudley squat had she not played there. Boy did her luck take a nose dive

Comment #13

loonasee2 — Tue, 18 May 2021 10:55:52 GMT

BUMMER

Comment #12

kao1632 — Tue, 18 May 2021 09:08:42 GMT

Even if they have a digital copy of the photo, that isn't enough on its own to make a successful claim. They will look at CCTV and banking records to check that the person was in the shop at the right time and made a purchase (maybe of just the ticket, maybe a purchase worth at least the price of the ticket.

Comment #11

MzDuffleBaglady — Tue, 18 May 2021 02:09:17 GMT

Sorry for her loss!

The store owner is getting a nice check

Comment #10

rundown99 — Tue, 18 May 2021 01:52:53 GMT

According to the California Lottery, a winner must present their ticket to file a claim, or should a player lose their ticket, they must be able to provide hard proof that they owned it in the first place, like a photo of the front and back of the ticket.

The winner should always be required to present the ticket in order to file a claim. Anyone could have stolen a digital copy of the photo and acted as a legitimate claimant.

Comment #9

Droptop209 — Mon, 17 May 2021 22:04:17 GMT

What a costly mistake. Gonna think about that for the rest of her life.

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MsBee18 — Mon, 17 May 2021 22:02:33 GMT

The Universe said it wasn't her time

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Stack47 — Mon, 17 May 2021 19:17:01 GMT

they reviewed the store's surveillance video footage to identify the woman who bought the ticket.

And why jackpot winners are never 100% anonymous.

Comment #6

billybucks — Mon, 17 May 2021 18:48:02 GMT

Are you another who believes in that lucky state fantasy or that is it fixed for a certain state all the time. It wouldn't be because they sell 20 times more tickets than your state or would it. It does not matter what state you are in. All that matters is if you have the correct numbers nothing else.

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s5thomps — Mon, 17 May 2021 17:05:07 GMT

Literally washed her dreams away! What a shame

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jjtheprince14 — Mon, 17 May 2021 16:23:38 GMT

Oh well, she lives in California, it should be super easy to just win again.

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noise-gate — Mon, 17 May 2021 15:45:11 GMT

If only washing machines were as kind to lottery tickets as they are to paper money...

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Bleudog101 — Mon, 17 May 2021 15:01:11 GMT

Never washed a ticket, but have left some in jacket pockets before.

Now that warmer weather is upon us, make sure you don't leave lottery tickets somewhere where they might get hot and destroy the ticket(s)!

Kind of groggy from my nap, so will Todd or someone please refresh my memory. Wasn't there a time where California paid out a lottery win a couple of years ago with no ticket??? Maybe they copied ticket from and back, IDR

Comment #1

CDanaT — Mon, 17 May 2021 14:51:49 GMT

If that ain't an Oh Fudge moment, I don't know what is.

California woman destroys $26 million lottery ticket in the laundry

Lottery Post — Mon, 17 May 2021 14:00:22 GMT

Clean clothes but a multi-million dollar mistake

By Kate Northrop

An unnamed woman who bought a California Lottery SuperLotto Plus ticket worth a whopping $26 million almost six months ago admitted that she accidentally laundered it immediately after buying it and stuffing it in her pocket.

The woman purchased the ticket at the ARCO am/pm convenience store on East Imperial Highway in Norwalk for a SuperLotto Plus drawing that took place on Nov. 14, 2020 before entirely ruining her chanc... [ More ]