A man is unable to collect his price cos he forget where he bought the ticket.

[michellee]

The man should have remembered where he bought his lottery ticket so he could collect his prize. In those six months he should keeps his ticket by labeling it with where he bought his lottery ticket. But there should be no need to ask about that because he clearly bought and has the ticket.

Imagine buying ticket for more than 3 months and not winning up to the price that requires you to state the place you bought the ticket from (this one has a price that need you to know where you bought it) and also the fact that you don’t just patronize one outlet but different ones so it would be difficult for you to keep labeling them - he never knew that one of those tickets would be the winning tickets so he could have just treated them like he has been doing and hoping to get a little price from them - probably to win back the money he spent on them and then it turned out to be the real deal.

That’s just my personal guess, for me I won’t be able to keep up with the labeling stuffs most especially when others doesn’t require me to do it.

Maybe that is right that difficult to keeps all of those tickets and label it one by one. But that is the only way for him to keeps reminds where he bought all of those tickets. We don't knows when we can wins on the lottery so we should have a way to reminds ourselves.

I will be difficult to keep up with labeling the tickets but I will try it for myself. Every people will have their own way to reminds the place the bought the tickets. We just needs to do that for ourselves.

But that will strange if the store asking that because they will knows where the place when they see the tickets. If their verification is just show the identity of the winners, that will be no problem. Besides that, with the lottery belong to us, that shows that we are the owner of the ticket lottery.

[wxa7115]

I noticed on the news that a man won a lottery and when he arrived to claim his prize, he was requested to state or provide information about where he purchased the lottery ticket, which he couldn't do because he didn't know where he obtained it. It drew my interest, and I wondered if forum users could still tell where they purchased all of their lottery tickets in the previous six months (For those who still engage if physical tickets).

If you’re interested in the news you can read it here: https://toronto.ctvnews.ca/ontario-man-can-t-collect-lottery-prize-after-he-forgets-where-he-bought-ticket-1.6924708

I find the regulations to claim your prize to be a little bit overbearing, but those are the rules and people need to be aware of them whenever they participate in those kind of lotteries, as I cannot imagine anything more frustrating for a gambler than winning some money and being unable to claim it.

Fortunately this story has a good ending and the gambler is receiving his money, but things could have easily gone the other way, so if this is a requisite where you live, always make sure you remember the details surrounding that purchase.

[Casdinyard]

I noticed on the news that a man won a lottery and when he arrived to claim his prize, he was requested to state or provide information about where he purchased the lottery ticket, which he couldn't do because he didn't know where he obtained it. It drew my interest, and I wondered if forum users could still tell where they purchased all of their lottery tickets in the previous six months (For those who still engage if physical tickets).

If you’re interested in the news you can read it here: https://toronto.ctvnews.ca/ontario-man-can-t-collect-lottery-prize-after-he-forgets-where-he-bought-ticket-1.6924708

Why is this the case? In most cases customers who won lottery games are able to cash in their tickets at any branch, would be even better if they could take it to the main office and have it be authenticated there. That's how it works in the Philippines anyway, even when you win a multimillion lottery game.

I don't know why this particular lottery game makes it hard for customers to claim their prizes that they rightfully own, but this certainly will paint them in a bad light and might even cause their downfall. No one wants to bet on a casino, or a lotto that makes it hard for their players to claim their money in the off chance to win. It's stupid, and if they still have a business after this I would suspect some manipulation and divine intervention lol, cause shit like this wouldn't slide in the Philippines.

[summonerrk]

I noticed on the news that a man won a lottery and when he arrived to claim his prize, he was requested to state or provide information about where he purchased the lottery ticket, which he couldn't do because he didn't know where he obtained it. It drew my interest, and I wondered if forum users could still tell where they purchased all of their lottery tickets in the previous six months (For those who still engage if physical tickets).

If you’re interested in the news you can read it here: https://toronto.ctvnews.ca/ontario-man-can-t-collect-lottery-prize-after-he-forgets-where-he-bought-ticket-1.6924708

This is a very strange rule, as it creates the feeling that they just don't want to give him the prize. What difference does it make where he bought the ticket, if he has this ticket in his hands and it's not a fake? There is no such stupid rule in the country where I live. You can buy a ticket even in the capital, even at a gas station. Moreover, if someone gives me a lottery ticket, then I can still get a win on it. In general, this guy has a strange story.

[STT]

Its fraud security, in past history the lottery employees (from top to bottom) have arranged for 'winners' known to them to be given the numbers and collect winnings.   That should never even be possible but apparently the system is far from perfect.  Its same reason why they want full id given and you must go public and I'd never want that personally.

[Betwrong]

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But if he has bought this ticket like it was nothing? And later showed little care about it, why should he get his prize for? When you buy a lottery ticket, you expect to win, right? What that guy did? Bought ticket and did not care about it. And it was this mans friend who was seeking for justice. Suppose you have placed a bet and walked away, return in 2 months and ask if you have won? And you would put effort to collecting prize, only if you would win. Do you think this is a serious approach?

I think it's irrelevant whether his approach was serious or not. Since the guy won, he should've received his prize. If it was stated in the rules of the lottery: "You must be serious about your intentions to win, when buying a lottery ticket. Otherwise, you will nor receive your prize if you win one." Then, in a universe where your seriousness can be checked by an AI through satellite surveillance or something, you, rightfully, wouldn't receive your prize in the case you weren't serious. But, fortunately, we are not living in that universe.

[GxSTxV]

For someone with a strong memory,  I think it will be easy to recall the place where you have purchased a ticket, however, it depends on how many times you do such things like buying random tickets, if you buy them frequently then maybe it will be hard for you to remember which sucks,  because you will fall in the same case like this guy.

It is so unfortunate to win the lottery and not be able to prove it because you have forgotten where you bought that exact ticket. I don't see why they stated such rule to begin with? I mean if you already have the ticket in hand shouldn't it be enough as a proof to win? Why should there be more rules?
This made me thinks of those scenes in cartoons or movies where the winning lottery ticket flies off somewhere far and falls into the hands of a random lucky person.

[Betwrong]

For someone with a strong memory,  I think it will be easy to recall the place where you have purchased a ticket, however, it depends on how many times you do such things like buying random tickets, if you buy them frequently then maybe it will be hard for you to remember which sucks,  because you will fall in the same case like this guy.

It is so unfortunate to win the lottery and not be able to prove it because you have forgotten where you bought that exact ticket. I don't see why they stated such rule to begin with? I mean if you already have the ticket in hand shouldn't it be enough as a proof to win? Why should there be more rules?
This made me thinks of those scenes in cartoons or movies where the winning lottery ticket flies off somewhere far and falls into the hands of a random lucky person.

There's nothing unfortunate here, because the guy received his prize in the end. And regarding the rules, I think there can't be such rules for a lottery that don't receive your honestly won prize because you can't remember where you bought the ticket. Such rules can't exist. What comes to mind is that some clerks were thinking at first that the lottery ticket was forged, but after a thorough inspection Ontario Lottery paid out everything to the guy.