What would you do if you found a winning lotter ticket on the floor?

i think that i would cash it..also i feel that the judge was fair enough because we should be careful about our things and if we cant take the care of our things then it is our fault and obviously we will lose something,and also the judge gave her 50%,so the judge did not do injustice to her.and encashing such money is not bad because indirectly you teach that person to be more careful about their things..

To be honest i think i will cash it out too . Of course it's unfair to the person who lost it but if i know whom it belongs to i will certainly return it to her or him. well it's ok for the judge to decide it if no enough evidence to prove that the ticket from.

Well, the lady who lost the ticket did not write her name and address on the back of the ticket per Camelot's guidelines. The proof she had was that the winning numbers were the same numbers she'd been playing week-in, week-out... Camelot does have a lost and found policy whereby found tickets can be returned to them, detailing circumstances surrounding the discovery of the ticket and any efforts made to locate the rightful owner. If after 180 days the ticket/prize has not been claimed, Camelot may offer the prize the the person who found the ticket. However, since the couple knowingly claimed the prize money from a ticket they found, and had spend half of it, they were each given 11 months suspended sentences... that on top of having to pay the remaining half of the prize money to the ticket's owner...

I would cash it in. Its like asking if you found 20$ on the floor, would you keep it or try to find the person who it belongs to? The thing is bringing it to the right place might not be the good choice, If I was a worker paid close to minimum wage store and someone gave me a 30,000 pound lottery ticket, I know I wouldn't hesitate a second to cash it in and win a year of salary, rather than trying to somehow find the person who lost it. I am surprised that the person who it originially belonged to actually got money, losing a winning loto ticket is not a bright thing to do...

Oh, that is so tempting. I will take the ticket for sure. I don't think anybody will take the initiative to take the ticket to the police office. Even if you take it to the police office, the officer over there will take the ticket I think. Anyway, I don't have to think twice to answer this question and I think most of us will think the same way as I think.

I heard about that, but if i found the winning lottery ticket on the floor you best believe that my happy butt would cash that in a freaking heartbeat. Idk how they could trace that in court unless you have to put your name on the ticket in other countries but i know that here in the us I don't think you do. IDK it's been a while since i've done the lottery. I'm thinking of starting again cuz something has been urging me to do it like it's a good time to try. it's weird. but even if i had to give half the money back to the original owner i wouldn't care since the lottery win is for the most part a lot of freaking money lol.

Really? How can they track it though? When I was looking at your topic before I saw the content, I was like CASH IT OUT IMMEDIATELY! but then I realized they can keep it traced so... I think I change my mind an dI mihg tjust put it a right place in order to avoid any problems... too bad :-p I have heard of something like that about a gift card actually, a lady picked up a gift card and used it at the book store then she got a problem with it, the original card holder did something like what you said and fined her...

If by chance I've found a winning lotter ticket...obviously at first there's a big temptation but I would first think of the owner who lost it, I think it is also a fair verdict to split the price, anyway it still a huge amount. (^_^)

If i know the person who lost it, i might give it back to him/her. But if i don't, i will most probably cash it in. The judge's decision was fair enough to both of them. Because the ticket could have been destroyed if the founder did not see it.

I think its just fair judgement everything happens for a reason... maybe the ticket cash out is good enough for them, to be able to get it indicate that somehow the woman needed it too.. also for the real owner its very unfortunate for him to lost it so maybe he's just lucky for him to have it have rather than to receive nothing at all and consider it as lost money too..

i will be very glad !!!

finders, keepers! Lolz!

I think it is fair because that owner maybe wouldn't gotten anything 'cause had lost it. And folks say that finder keeps. But If they wouldn't give half of the money to the one who had paid for that ticket and set those lottery numbers, I think it would have been unfair too. Well, If I found one, I would cash it in and if someone is looking for it, then split the money as they did in a court. As I think this, both of them were very lucky. How possible is that you find a lottery ticket that even doesnt have price? And its really unprobable to win with that. Odds are like 1/10000000000000000000000

I think the judgment was fair. The lady wouldn't have gotten anything if somebody hadn't picked it up, and I really think she should be grateful that she got anything at all. Interesting tidbit: if you find a check that had the "Payable To" line blank and the check was already signed, you can cash it in, and the owner won't be able to get his money back. A lesson learned for the careless. And on another note, seeing how she's suing for the full amount, I bet she wouldn't have even rewarded the other girl who found the ticket.

I think it was unfair. And I think that if the person who found the ticket had been the one who lost it, shen woulodn't think it was right, either. I would hate to, but would turn it in. I would hope that the person would give me something for finding it. I would have no problem giving $1000 to a person who find MY ticket if I lost it. But it was that person's ticket. That person either picked the right numbers or scratched off the right areas, whichever it was. and of course, that person paid for the ticket in the first place.

I would definitly cash it in but at another location from where I found it. Have a good night

If i found the ticket on the floor and did not see the person who dropped it. yes i would keep it, and i would cash it .

If I found a winning lottery ticket on the floor, I would cash it in. I do think that the judge ruled the case right. If they had the right evidence that the buyer bought the ticket then lost it I think that the person should get half of it. It should've been a lesson to that person to not lose a lottery ticket.

I think the safest thing to do is to find out from the lottery company what their policy is on lost tickets and if it is possible to locate the owner of a lost ticket. I would keep it in my possession until I could determine if I could locate the owner and if not; I would be clear from any legalities if I cash the ticket in. It would be easy to just go cash it but obviously from this case the owner did have rights to the ticket and the finder is very lucky not to have paid it all back. Perhaps that should be a lesson for us all.

i dont know, the best to do I think is to ask God if it was a gift from Him, or somebody might have really lost it. for sure God would give a sign if it's not yours, and I believe keeping something that is not yours is just soooo bad..