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You mean all the winnings, right?

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[–] chicken@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 14 hours ago

Couldn't the lottery operators refuse to pay at all on the basis of the purchase not being legal?

[–] Darkassassin07@lemmy.ca 20 points 18 hours ago* (last edited 18 hours ago) (1 children)

Lmao; great bait, hope the thieves take it.

They can't cash in the ticket without ID, and there's going to be a hold on it even if they tried getting a fake ID made. But if they take the ticket to the CC owner, there's no reason he wouldn't just have them arrested and keep the winnings.

0 sum game either way.

[–] Maeve@kbin.earth 1 points 18 hours ago

Just because homeless men had the card doesn't mean they stole it or didn't. Perhaps someone wanted something to trade the dboy, knowing the risks of CC fraud and tossed the bag, homeless guys happened upon it and decided on a whim to try the card. Maybe after shock and excitement wore off, or they thought it through or a buddy pointed out their dilemma, they said bump it.

Maybe some random finds the discarded ticket and takes it to the guy, asks for a cut, which they may or not get, maybe the victim doesn't get any money either and the money goes back in the pot.

[–] TacoButtPlug@sh.itjust.works 2 points 14 hours ago

Always Sunny did an episode about this