I Fail at Win

[andrewducker]

Waking up to an email from the national lottery telling you to check your account: Exciting!
Logging in to find that you've won a tenner: Somewhat less exciting!

I set up a subscription _ages_ ago, and 99% of the time I forget I even play the thing (I don't even know what my numbers are), but it potters away in the background anyway. It strikes me as the only sensible way to play (if you're going to).

Comments

[accordingly.livejournal.com]

Congrats :P
I found a lottery ticket on the ground yesterday. It wasn't a winner but it made me wonder what would happen if you found a big winning lottery ticket, if Camelot {is it still Camelot?} would let you keep it or if the other person would say they bought it. DILEMMA.

I like your icon. Penguins are my favourite thing ever.

[andrewducker]

It is still Camelot. And I think whoever owns the ticket gets to keep the money - so if someone was able to prove that you found it then they'd probably get the cash. Best keep it a secret :->

Glad you like the penguin. So long as you obey him too.

[a-pawson.livejournal.com]

There is no record of who purchases any particular ticket if it is bought in a shop. So the finder of said ticket would presumably be entitled to keep the winnings, unless the person who bought it could prove the bought that exact ticket.

I suppose if the shop had time-stamped CCTV that might be possible, but other than that I imagine it would be very hard to prove it was yours.