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Illinois lottery winners to get IOUs instead of checks
Winners of more than $600 will just have to wait to buy that big house or fancy car. The cash-starved Illinois lottery lowered the boom even harder on its players on Wednesday, saying anyone with a winning ticket worth $600 or more will face delays collecting prizes until the state’s long-running budget impasse ends. Since July, the state has not been making timely payments to players who have won $25,000 or more, triggering a class-action lawsuit...
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I can think of no greater ultimate troll, then winning the lottery and then not being able to collect on it. Everyone slowly losing faith you even won it. As you try to find small jobs since you already quit your good job 1 day in...
We won't be paying you, but we also won't stop selling the tickets because we're 4th in the Nation at playing... so basically they are robbing the customers. You have something like 180 days to turn in your ticket before it becomes invalid, what are they doing about that? Are you required to turn in your ticket and just hope they don't "lose or misplace" it while they hold the money hostage?