1-6-2003 $162M Mega Millions Ticket Turned In
CLEVELAND - Someone turned in a valid ticket for the $162 million Mega Millions multistate lottery jackpot, the Ohio Lottery said Tuesday, a day after a Cleveland woman claimed she lost the winning ticket outside the convenience store where it was sold.
Battle intended to make a case that the winning ticket from the 11-state game is her lost property, said her lawyer, Sheldon Starke.
"This is a question of lost property, not abandoned property," he said earlier Tuesday. "If there is one type of property that is not presumed to be abandoned, it's money ... Anyone who finds it is not the owner."
Police had said Battle was in tears when she filed her report Friday and did not hesitate when asked to write down the winning numbers.
"We don't believe that she's fabricating it, but there's no real way of knowing other than going on her word," Police Lt. Kevin Nieter said.
Nieter had said information Battle knew about when the ticket was bought and how the numbers were picked make her story credible. She told police that the numbers ? 12, 18, 21, 32 and 46 and Mega Ball 49 ? represented family birthdays and ages.
The Ohio Lottery said the winning ticket was sold to someone who chose the numbers rather than letting the computer make the choices.
Edit: What an idiot, she admitted to lying about the ticket. Jail time is in order.
CLEVELAND - Someone turned in a valid ticket for the $162 million Mega Millions multistate lottery jackpot, the Ohio Lottery said Tuesday, a day after a Cleveland woman claimed she lost the winning ticket outside the convenience store where it was sold.
Battle intended to make a case that the winning ticket from the 11-state game is her lost property, said her lawyer, Sheldon Starke.
"This is a question of lost property, not abandoned property," he said earlier Tuesday. "If there is one type of property that is not presumed to be abandoned, it's money ... Anyone who finds it is not the owner."
Police had said Battle was in tears when she filed her report Friday and did not hesitate when asked to write down the winning numbers.
"We don't believe that she's fabricating it, but there's no real way of knowing other than going on her word," Police Lt. Kevin Nieter said.
Nieter had said information Battle knew about when the ticket was bought and how the numbers were picked make her story credible. She told police that the numbers ? 12, 18, 21, 32 and 46 and Mega Ball 49 ? represented family birthdays and ages.
The Ohio Lottery said the winning ticket was sold to someone who chose the numbers rather than letting the computer make the choices.
Edit: What an idiot, she admitted to lying about the ticket. Jail time is in order.