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Lottery Winners: Check Your Tickets; Sign the Back of Your Tickets

Jackpot and lottery winners: Did any of you happen to catch the report on Aug. 2′s DATELINE TV program about a lottery scam pulled off by a lottery clerk?

It may have been news to the TV audience, but I’ve been talking about it for years.

Briefly, California man matched 5 of 6 numbers playing the Mega Millions game and that ticket he bought was worth about $500,000.

He didn’t know it.

He went to the store (his regular store) where he knew the lottery winning ticket was sold.

He asked the clerk to verify the ticket. It was a winner, the clerk said. A $4 winner. Man took the the $4.

Months later, the clerk cashed in a winning $500,000 lottery ticket.

He was eventually caught for his crime.

But it is a cautionary tale.

If you play the lottery, check your ticket numbers. I know a lot of you don’t, right away.

It’s a good policy to sign the back of your ticket.

If you win, it’s your money. Don’t let anyone else steal it from you.

LOTTERY GAMES I PLAY:

The August 4 Mega Millions game has an $84 million jackpot.
The August 5 Powerball game carries a $138 million jackpot.
The August 5 Canada Lotto 6/49 offers up a $35 million (Canadian dollars, $32 million, U.S.) jackpot.
And the August 7 Euro Millions jackpot has risen to 42 million euros, or about $59 million, in U.S. dollars.

Good luck to every lottery player around the world.

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