Lottery

“I've represented in lawsuits 6 lottery 'losers' who lost their winnings to various investment scams and whoever wins tomorrow's drawing will immediately be ...

By forcing winners to have their names released, this puts a massive target on the winners and allows the lottery to use the winners as defacto salespeople. - Winners Should Be Allowed To Be Anonymous: Unfortunately, in most states lottery winners are required to have their names disclosed publicly. Some of the nastiest legal lottery fights involve office pool winners and who was, or was not, involved in the pool; and Draft up a BASIC agreement as to who is in the pool and how much is invested. If the ticket is lost or destroyed, the winner is, as a matter of law, out of luck; “Friends” and others seeking to help will come out of the woodwork;

A person is contacted by mail, email or phone call by someone claiming to be a lottery prize winner. The scam artist tells the person they will share their ...

If the person agrees, the scam artist convinces them to mail a cashier’s check, make an electronic funds transfer, or even arranges a meeting to get the money in cash. If the person agrees, the scam artist convinces them to mail a cashier’s check, make an electronic funds transfer, or even arranges a meeting to get the money in cash. The scam artist tells the person they will share their prize if the person sends money to them.