Wednesday, January 07, 2004

 

Lottery Lawsuit

Talk about frivolous lawsuits! A woman has filed a lawsuit against the Ohio lottery in an attempt to block the lottery from paying out the jackpot in the Mega Millions game.

Elecia Battle claims she bought the ticket that would have made her the sole winner of the $162 jackpot. She said she lost the ticket in the parking lot of the store where she claims she bought the ticket. However, Rebecca Jemison does have the lone winning ticket -- and can prove she bought it.

Ohio Lottery Commission officials said they are confident Jemison is the real winner - in part because she still has the losing Pick 3 game ticket that lottery records show was purchased at the same time as the winning Mega Millions ticket. She also had a ticket for the Dec. 26 Mega Millions drawing for which she picked the same numbers that won the Dec. 30 jackpot. He said the winning ticket Jemison brought to lottery headquarters was in excellent shape and didn't appear to have been lying around in a parking lot.

Battle could be charged by police with filing a false police report.

posted by Anne 1/07/2004 05:13:00 AM