Lottery winner loses his $500,000 ticket
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opfinisticNew MemberOP**Updated** Lottery winner loses his $500,000 ticket
By ANDREW MARRA
Palm Beach Post Staff Writer
Saturday, August 01, 2009
It was a $500,000 answer to his prayers and it was in his back pocket.
And then, suddenly, it wasn't.
Louis and Sandra Tolentino, who live near Wellington, have spent a large portion of their savings on medical bills.
Florida Lottery news.On his way to a Florida Lottery office Wednesday to claim his half-million-dollar prize, Louis Tolentino, a 69-year-old retiree who lives near Wellington, lost the ticket and any claim to the prize of a lifetime.
He says he had it in his pocket when he left for the lottery office. But he had trouble finding the location. He stopped at a convenience store to ask a clerk for directions.
Later, he realized the ticket, a Gold Rush scratch-off, was missing.
He panicked. He tore up his hands groping under the driver seat. He went back to the store where he bought it, Gold Coast Liquors on Lake Worth Road.
Unlikely someone will turn it over to him, I feel horrible for the guy, I can't imagine how pissed I would be at myself if I lost my meal ticket like that. :no:
anlgpNew Memberthis guy wins the dumb **** of the year award.
i would staple that **** to my forehead.
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BigDogsHuntNew MemberBack pocket isnt the place for it...sad, hope the story has a happy ending.
BDH -
"To me, there are three things we all should do every day of our lives. Number one is laugh. You should laugh every day. Number two is think. You should spend some time in thought. And Number three is, you should have your emotions moved to tears, could be happiness or joy.
"If you laugh, you think, and you cry, that's a full day. That's a heck of a day. You do that seven days a week, you're going to have something special."
Jimmy V. (Mar '93)
BuckeyeKingNew MemberOuch well that blows. Should have put it in your shoe.
HardKoreXXXNew MemberSucks for him. In an unrealted story, there was a huge party on Lake Worth Road today. Crack cocaine and 40 oz. Malt Liquors as far as the eye could see. Crazy.
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opfinisticNew Member"HardKoreXXX wrote:
Sucks for him. In an unrealted story, there was a huge party on Lake Worth Road today. Crack cocaine and 40 oz. Malt Liquors as far as the eye could see. Crazy.
Right behind the Movie Theater off 57th ave.
SICKforum_veteran"HardKoreXXX wrote:
Sucks for him. In an unrealted story, there was a huge party on Lake Worth Road today. Crack cocaine and 40 oz. Malt Liquors as far as the eye could see. Crazy.
isnt that every night on LW rd? close to the drive in anyways........
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HardKoreXXXNew MemberThe one thing that keeps coming to mind the more I think about it:
"Tyrone Biggums $500,000 Crack Party"
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slickj101forum_veteranWow, better put this guy on suicide watch.
Silence
It's ******* Golden.
opfinisticNew MemberLottery Commission Opens Investigation into Retiree's Lost $500,000 Ticket
LAKE WORTH, Fla. - WPBF.com
Louis Tolentino and his wife Sandra are the couple scraping by on social security, who for a few sweet hours, were holding a $500,000 dollar scratch off ticket that could have solved all of their financial problems; that is, until Louis lost it on his way to the lottery office.
"You know how devastating that is? I can't tell you how devastating. We're talking half a million dollars, " said Sandra Tolentino.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/32277662/ns/local_news-w_palm_beach_fl/
Interesting development. Fingers crossed for the poor guy.
HardKoreXXXNew Member"opfinistic wrote:
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/32277662/ns/local_news-w_palm_beach_fl/
Interesting development. Fingers crossed for the poor guy.
Can't they confirm by cameras and the scanning of the ticket itself that he is the one who purchased it? You'd think they would and would also know if anyone else tried to redeem said ticket.
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padre31luxury_box"BuckeyeKing wrote:
Ouch well that blows. Should have put it in your shoe.
Nahh, sign the back of the thing that makes it "yours" and non negotiatable.
500k...I'd take -0- chances...
BigDogsHuntNew Member"opfinistic wrote:
LAKE WORTH, Fla. - WPBF.com
Louis Tolentino and his wife Sandra are the couple scraping by on social security, who for a few sweet hours, were holding a $500,000 dollar scratch off ticket that could have solved all of their financial problems; that is, until Louis lost it on his way to the lottery office.
"You know how devastating that is? I can't tell you how devastating. We're talking half a million dollars, " said Sandra Tolentino. .
Man, the more I think about this.....
1) Bad enough you lost the winning ticket
2) Horrific since you know Sandra aint letting you ever forget about it.
3) If this doesnt end with $$$ in their hands....I would off myself and not spend the balance of my life with her in my ear chirpping about that ticket!
:cry:
BDH -
"To me, there are three things we all should do every day of our lives. Number one is laugh. You should laugh every day. Number two is think. You should spend some time in thought. And Number three is, you should have your emotions moved to tears, could be happiness or joy.
"If you laugh, you think, and you cry, that's a full day. That's a heck of a day. You do that seven days a week, you're going to have something special."
Jimmy V. (Mar '93)
opfinisticNew Member"BigDogsHunt wrote:
Man, the more I think about this.....
1) Bad enough you lost the winning ticket
2) Horrific since you know Sandra aint letting you ever forget about it.
3) If this doesnt end with $$$ in their hands....I would off myself and not spend the balance of my life with her in my ear chirpping about that ticket!
:cry:
I can't even imagine the horror of that.
BigDogsHuntNew Member"opfinistic wrote:
I can't even imagine the horror of that.
Seriously, Louis is forever toast.....
He could save an Elderly woman, a Baby, and 3 puppies from a burning building while suffering 2nd degree burns over 2/3rds of his body, and the next day, Sandra will be quoted in the paper saying "yes, Louis is in pain from the burns, but its not as painful as the time he lost that 1/2 Million dollar lottery ticket!":hi5:
BDH -
"To me, there are three things we all should do every day of our lives. Number one is laugh. You should laugh every day. Number two is think. You should spend some time in thought. And Number three is, you should have your emotions moved to tears, could be happiness or joy.
"If you laugh, you think, and you cry, that's a full day. That's a heck of a day. You do that seven days a week, you're going to have something special."
Jimmy V. (Mar '93)
opfinisticNew Member"BigDogsHunt wrote:
Seriously, Louis is forever toast.....
He could save an Elderly woman, a Baby, and 3 puppies from a burning building while suffering 2nd degree burns over 2/3rds of his body, and the next day, Sandra will be quoted in the paper saying "yes, Louis is in pain from the burns, but its not as painful as the time he lost that 1/2 Million dollar lottery ticket!":hi5:
My wife get's mad if I misplace a $20 bill. *shudders*
opfinisticNew MemberLost lottery ticket: No money for Wellington man, report says
Thursday, August 06, 2009
WELLINGTON — There will be no state lottery money for the retiree who claims he had and then lost a $500,000 scratch off Gold Rush ticket, Sun-Sentinel partner WPTV-Channel 5 is reporting.
Louis and Sandra Tolentino, who live near Wellington, have spent a large portion of their savings on medical bills.
Louis Tolentino, 69, bought the ticket last week at Gold Coast Liquors on Lake Worth Road, close to the Wycliffe Country Club community where he lives with his wife, Sandra.
http://www.palmbeachpost.com/localnews/content/local_news/epaper/2009/08/06/0806_no_tickey.html
That sucks. :sad:
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