False Lottery Claims Could Land You In Prison

[Mike]

False Lottery Claims Could Land You In Prison.

Nobody has claimed the £33m from last weeks National Lottery yet
When Camelot, or whoever runs it now, exposed that the winning ticket was sold in Worcester, there was hundreds coming forward to say they won it but their ticket was lost or destroyed.

People who genuinely believe they have won in the past have came forward and it was up to the organisers to decide if they really did buy the winning lottery ticket.
As long as you could prove you had a genuine claim to the winnings you could stake your claim and they would quite rightly investigate.

Now, the National Lottery people have said it will "take action" against "fraudulent" claims
This could put people off from claiming because they risk losing their liberty for up to 10 years

Obviously it would have to be proved that any claimants "intentionally attempted to defraud".
Maybe its just a scare tactic by the National Lottery in order to keep the claimant numbers down while they look into things.

My personal view is that the Lotto people are being heavy-handed.
Many people are forgetful, and the older you get the more forgetful you become, their response to the high numbers of claimants may put the genuine winner off now.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstop ... arges.html

[Crab]

I agree 100% here.
They could put the genuine winner off.
I don't think anyone will go to court over it all though because it has to be proved that the intent to defraud was there.
If you really think you had the winning ticket then you are not really attempting to defraud.

[Rodders]

While they can take you to court I doubt if there is any chance of a successful conviction. All you need to say is that you thought you bought the winning ticket.

They are a bit heavy handed but even though they have possibly done it before I wouldn't let their that put anyone off if they have mislaid the "lost" ticket.

Go for it!

[Zero]

There is no problem with telling them you think you may have won the lottery if your ticket was destroyed.
I think the fraud is where you are obviously taking the pi$$.
How could you possibly know that you had the winning ticket if you have no other means of checking.
All you need to do is say you have reasonable grounds to think you may have won, tell them what time and what shop you bought the lottery ticket.
They will be obliged to check out the information.
Remember also that you will be on CCTV at the time and date - simple.
They can't do you for fraud unless you were blatantly lying!

[Zombie]

Fraud is fraud after all.
I couldn't do it but if I thought I had a claim, I would.

[Rodders]

Nobody has claimed the £33m from last weeks National Lottery yet

They have now - three weeks after the lottery ended
There was no disputing the ticket it was clean and valid.
Mystery surrounds the winners though because they have chosen to remain anonymous.
It seems strange that someone who has won £33m ($47m USD) would sit on their winning lotto ticket for three whole weeks.
What would have happened had they died and the lottery ticket was never found.
I would have thought anyone winning would claim the money straight away to make sure the cash is safely in their estate.
Maybe over the next few weeks we will get an idea of who won.
After all, you can't go on as normal with that amount of money.


http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-35432234

[Mike]

At the time a woman tried to claim the outstanding £33m and produced a ticket she claims went through the washing machine.
She has spoke out now that the prize has been claimed with an undisputed ticket.
The woman is gutted and says she will never enter the lottery again.
Better luck next time missus

http://www.aol.co.uk/news/2016/01/31/il ... d%3D425429

[Milkman]

Well, fraud is fraud!
Its one of the common laws so if the lottery people decide to act then its only right.
However, saying that, if you really believe you bought the winning ticket you should have the right to put a claim in.
Camelot should have said that.

[Zero]

The woman is gutted and says she will never enter the lottery again.

Ha ha ha.
She lost and that's the end of it ..... or is it
If Camelot stick by their word and she continues to complain all hell could kick off.
Anyway I don't think the National Lottery will mis her money somehow.

[Zombie]

That woman genuinely thought she had won the lottery and the fact that she is speaking out like this means her claim was right in her eyes.

What about the £33m anonymous winner?
Do we really know that the money has gone to a winner?