$83.5 million Lotto Texas winner sues Texas Lottery for unpaid jackpot

Comment #15

KY Floyd — Wed, 28 May 2025 23:01:07 GMT

To the best of my knowledge, there is no intent on the part of the Texas legislature and the TLC to design lotteries that can be won by the brute force and power of deep-pocket money sunk in, to buy up all the combinations.

I'm 99.999% certain that they made no attempt to design it in such a way that an entity couldn't try as hard as they can to make a jackpot win certain by buying as many of the combinations as possible, even though there are plenty of simple steps they could have taken to... [ More ]

Comment #14

Artist77 — Wed, 28 May 2025 17:29:53 GMT

Exactly. I do not follow these crazy and irrelevant legal terms and theories some are invoking. A junior high student could understand things better.

The Public accommodations law has no relevancy here and is being cited incorrectly. Bizarre. There is no case for negligence. Someone is really misusing some basic legal concepts. Yet the same member references equal protection of the law yet claims he did not mean the 14th amendment.

Comment #13

play4shekels — Wed, 28 May 2025 16:59:26 GMT

No brainer for the ticket holder. Unless the courier broke some sort of procedural rule, i.e. subcontracting overflow demand to non-courier agents, etc. I hope the plaintiff gets her money, though- no need for this to become a bigger s**tshow that it has already.

Comment #12

Participant — Wed, 28 May 2025 16:40:23 GMT

I did not make an argument that lesser winners were not paid or claimed that Courier services were illegal.

To the best of my knowledge, there is no intent on the part of the Texas legislature and the TLC to design lotteries that can be won by the brute force and power of deep-pocket money sunk in, to buy up all the combinations. That is not the intention of the state law-makers who legislated the lottery into existence and reserve the power to take it out of existence, if it is deemed to no... [ More ]

Comment #11

Artist77 — Wed, 28 May 2025 12:43:19 GMT

What???? There is no proof that lesser winners were not paid out. There is no cause of action here for the other players since courier services were legal at that time.

And the 14th amendment to the Constitution addresses equal protection of protected classes such as race, gender, etc. Lottery players are not a protected class and the other players were not discriminated against in any manner. There was no injury suffered.

Comment #10

Participant — Wed, 28 May 2025 11:33:12 GMT

Should the TLC be compelled to pay Jane Doe the $83 million prize, I see no reasons why the rest of the players who participated in the run of the game that resulted in the prize to Jane Doe not sue the TLC in a class action lawsuit, for possibly breach of implied contracts, equal protections of the law or other laws because the TLC had allowed by oversight of a loophole in the Lottery-Retailers relationship and/or contractual business agreements and arrangements to breach the players' rights to... [ More ]

Comment #9

ShagE3 — Wed, 28 May 2025 03:45:59 GMT

Yoo No Wut Stinx?

I'll tell you what stinks.

Texas Lottery STINKS!

Now back to my liverwurst sandwich with .......

ShagE has spoken

Comment #8

Artist77 — Tue, 27 May 2025 21:34:43 GMT

I am glad they filed the lawsuit finally.

There is no basis for emotional distress and interest will not be paid. Perhaps attorney fees.

Emotional distress requires psychological and medical records and one should not go there lightly. Not being paid for months does not qualify as emotional distress.

The US Constitution prohibits ex post facto laws by states.

Get your money and disappear.

Comment #7

mypiemaster — Tue, 27 May 2025 19:26:07 GMT

Actually, they should pay her for the jackpot that she won, plus interest, plus emotional distress. These lawmakers are just behaving like a bunch of big cry babies. Everything is bigger in Texas.

Comment #6

Powerball765 — Tue, 27 May 2025 18:42:30 GMT

if you previously accepted money for Losing tickets then you should pay for winning tickets Unless there is sufficient evidence of Fraud not Gossips then let the trial proceed innocent till proven guilty not guilty till proven innocent lol

Comment #5

Tony Numbers — Tue, 27 May 2025 18:32:34 GMT

If the courier service was legal and she has the ticket she should get paid. It looks like Texas is trying to exploit a loophole with the legality of the courier service

Comment #4

NJPiney — Tue, 27 May 2025 17:52:25 GMT

Shame on the Texas Lotto for this unfair move

Comment #3

noise-gate — Tue, 27 May 2025 16:37:15 GMT

* If an individual from Houston TX can sue a burger joint for nearly $1 million because they added onions to he's meal despite him telling them not to, this woman can sue for $83 million. Her case is airtight

Comment #2

Stat$talker — Tue, 27 May 2025 16:35:23 GMT

Motto of the Story...az uzual...

We can screw You, but you can't screw Us

Comment #1

rcbbuckeye — Tue, 27 May 2025 16:31:08 GMT

Pay her.

$83.5 million Lotto Texas winner sues Texas Lottery for unpaid jackpot

Lottery Post — Tue, 27 May 2025 16:10:52 GMT

Lottery winner demands court intervention for withheld prize payment

By Kate Northrop

The unidentified winner of the $83.5 million Lotto Texas jackpot, whose prize is being withheld amid ongoing state investigations, is suing the Texas Lottery more than three months after being denied a payout.

The woman who purchased the sole jackpot-winning ticket for an $83.5 million Lotto Texas jackpot in February made good on her promise to pursue legal action against the Texas Lottery after the... [ More ]