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Post by canadianscrappergirl on Mar 10, 2015 19:06:06 GMT
So if you won a huge prize like this would you wait that long to claim the ticket??
Maybe the winner misplaced the ticket but say you didn't would you wait that long to claim it. I could see waiting a month or so to get things in order like making your phone number unlisted, seeking financial and legal advice but to wait that long on purpose ugh I just keep thinking of the interest I would be losing on that much money!
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Post by jeremysgirl on Mar 10, 2015 19:07:38 GMT
It would be hard for me to wait even a day...lol... And it would probably be smart to get your ducks in a row before you claim the prize. But I know I'd probably be paranoid I'd misplace or lose the ticket.
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Post by sharlag on Mar 10, 2015 19:08:05 GMT
Funny how many people tried to claim it!
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Post by eebud on Mar 10, 2015 19:09:02 GMT
I wouldn't wait that long. I will very rarely buy a lotto ticket so I am not an expert but if I am not mistaken, at least for the state Lotto, a person has one year to claim their prize. After a year, it's too late. I would not want to push it that close. I would probably deal with getting things in order for the money before claiming it though.
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Post by canadianscrappergirl on Mar 10, 2015 19:12:14 GMT
I wouldn't wait that long. I will very rarely buy a lotto ticket so I am not an expert but if I am not mistaken, at least for the state Lotto, a person has one year to claim their prize. After a year, it's too late. I would not want to push it that close. I would probably deal with getting things in order for the money before claiming it though. I know in Canada they have had a few large tickets go unclaimed after a year and the winner lost out on the prizes, I am guessing they lost the tickets or died maybe. Ugh could you imagine finding a winning ticket after the fact that would be so heartbreaking! |
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Post by canadianscrappergirl on Mar 10, 2015 19:13:00 GMT
It would be hard for me to wait even a day...lol... And it would probably be smart to get your ducks in a row before you claim the prize. But I know I'd probably be paranoid I'd misplace or lose the ticket. Haha me too! I would be so paranoid too, I think until I claimed it I would put it in a safety deposit box for safe keeping! |
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Post by gloryjoy on Mar 10, 2015 19:13:27 GMT
Langley isn't far from me, that is where the winning ticket was bought.
I do most of my shopping there. Sadly it wasn't my winning ticket!
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Post by canadianscrappergirl on Mar 10, 2015 19:15:55 GMT
Langley isn't far from me, that is where the winning ticket was bought. I do most of my shopping there. Sadly it wasn't my winning ticket! Oh darn I know when I read an unclaimed ticket was still out there I went to see where it was bought because I am bad at misplacing tickets lol. I live in Alberta though so it wasn't me haha! |
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Post by annabella on Mar 10, 2015 19:17:51 GMT
Maybe he was dating someone and wanted to see where it was going first.
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Post by canadianscrappergirl on Mar 10, 2015 19:18:59 GMT
Maybe he was dating someone and wanted to see where it was going first. LOL maybe but if that was my situation I would have dumped them if we weren't already engaged haha! |
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Post by Deleted on Mar 10, 2015 19:21:29 GMT
Maybe he was dating someone and wanted to see where it was going first. OR going through a divorce and wanted to get that over with so the former spouse couldn't claim half of it. |
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Post by NoWomanNoCry on Mar 10, 2015 19:22:00 GMT
Maybe he was married and wanted to be divorced before he claimed it. Lady I worked with said she would do exactly that if she ever won lol.
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Post by bianca42 on Mar 10, 2015 19:22:00 GMT
Maybe they wanted to get divorced first so the winnings wouldn't have to be split.
ETA - looks like many of us were thinking the same way...
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Post by canadianscrappergirl on Mar 10, 2015 19:28:56 GMT
Maybe he was dating someone and wanted to see where it was going first. OR going through a divorce and wanted to get that over with so the former spouse couldn't claim half of it. Yes or that too but would you be able to do that because if you purchased the ticket while still married (not separated legally or otherwise) wouldn't your spouse have a claim towards the money won? Not sure on this legally. |
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Post by rainangel on Mar 10, 2015 19:58:52 GMT
Over here you have to be registered to play. Mainly to ensure that players are over 18 years of age I think. But the Lottery KNOWS who wins, and will actually call you on the phone to inform and congratulate. Everyone is hoping for that call  But there was a story that came out about an older gentleman who won some money. Not a LOT of money, but probably close to $1 million. So he gets the call from the Lottery people, and he says he's got enough money. Don't need it. And his only heir, a son, sure as hell wasn't getting the money. Bad blood. So the winner and the Lottery people made arrangements to donate the money to charity. But if this winner wanted to get a divorce before claiming the prize, are you sure the spouse wouldn't be entitled to some money if the actual WIN happened during the marriage? I wouldn't have been able to contain myself for almost a year to claim  But it's probably the smarter thing to do, because a lot of the hype would have died down after the initial media frenzy that happens when there is a big winner. |
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Post by bianca42 on Mar 10, 2015 20:31:49 GMT
OR going through a divorce and wanted to get that over with so the former spouse couldn't claim half of it. Yes or that too but would you be able to do that because if you purchased the ticket while still married (not separated legally or otherwise) wouldn't your spouse have a claim towards the money won? Not sure on this legally. I'm not saying they'd be right. I'm sure that the ex would have a case to claim some of the money...but I could see that being the thought process. |
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Post by anxiousmom on Mar 10, 2015 20:35:59 GMT
OR going through a divorce and wanted to get that over with so the former spouse couldn't claim half of it. Yes or that too but would you be able to do that because if you purchased the ticket while still married (not separated legally or otherwise) wouldn't your spouse have a claim towards the money won? Not sure on this legally. Nope, the ticket would have been bought and the monies won during the time when they were legally married and it becomes marital property. The only way it could possibly work is that you could hand the ticket off to someone else to claim, but then you run the risk of trying to prove the ticket was yours in the first place. |
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Post by papersilly on Mar 10, 2015 20:36:24 GMT
I would wait long enough to get a financial and legal team together. I would want all that in place instead of just plunking all that cash into a bank account. I don't know if i'll wait as long as 6 months but certainly a month or two.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 10, 2015 20:57:43 GMT
I don't know the legalities of whether or not it would count if the ticket was bought while married. But I do know once the court papers are final it gets very time consuming and costly to fight any changes after things have been deemed "final". So if the spouses learns of the winnings they don't have the money to fight for a proper re-division of assets.
So if he does not claim it while married he stands a much better chance of keeping it all instead of having to give half to a spouse even though the law says he has too. The lottery board isn't going to go looking to make sure he distributes the winnings legally/ethically and the divorce courts aren't going to get involved unless the ex hires a lawyer. Look how many divorced women here are barely making ends meet much less have the money to fight another court battle.
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Post by ametallichick on Mar 10, 2015 22:03:06 GMT
OR going through a divorce and wanted to get that over with so the former spouse couldn't claim half of it. Yes or that too but would you be able to do that because if you purchased the ticket while still married (not separated legally or otherwise) wouldn't your spouse have a claim towards the money won? Not sure on this legally. I was thinking the same thing. I would assume that the spouse would have the rights to half being that the ticket was purchased while they were still married. |
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Post by papersilly on Mar 10, 2015 22:47:44 GMT
waiting out a divorce would have been worthless if it is an asset that was purchased during the marriage with community funds. that's what I'm thinking at least. I think another lottery winner had done that and the judge did not look kindly upon that. if I'm not mistaken, he gave a lot of the money to the spouse the money was being hidden from as punishment for trying to pull a fast one.
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But it's probably the smarter thing to do, because a lot of the hype would have died down after the initial media frenzy that happens when there is a big winner.
