RIGHTFUL LOTTERY WINNER CASHES IN.Byline: Dana Bartholomew Staff Writer VAN NUYS - When Bob Sehested went to scan a lottery lottery, scheme for distributing prizes by lot or other method of chance selection to persons who have paid for the opportunity to win. The term is not applicable when lots are drawn without payment by the interested parties to determine some matter, e.g. ticket he bought on Valentine's Day Valentine's Day: see Saint Valentine's Day. Valentine's Day Lovers' holiday celebrated on February 14, the feast day of St. Valentine, one of two 3rd-century Roman martyrs of the same name. St. - his 50th birthday - a liquor liquor /li·quor/ (lik´er) (li´kwor) pl. liquors, liquo´res [L.] 1. a liquid, especially an aqueous solution containing a medicinal substance. 2. store clerk told him he'd won only ``a few bucks.'' He had no idea he had rightfully won $530,858. But after he watched an Internet video Video material obtained from the Internet. It may refer to streaming video from real time broadcasts, streaming archival material or downloading video files for watching later, all of which are viewed on the computer. of the ticket exchange released by the California Lottery following a bogus bo·gus adj. Counterfeit or fake; not genuine: bogus money; bogus tasks. [From obsolete bogus, a device for making counterfeit money. claim for the cash, Sehested knew he'd hit gold. ``It's a dream,'' said Sehested, 50, of Camarillo, flanked by his wife and son Thursday during a press conference at the state lottery A game of chance operated by a state government. Generally a lottery offers a person the chance to win a prize in exchange for something of lesser value. Most lotteries offer a large cash prize, and the chance to win the cash prize is typically available for one dollar. office in Van Nuys. ``I was looking to see if it was someone that I knew. When I clicked on the video on the Web site, I was surprised to find that it was me.'' California Lottery officials have launched a criminal investigation into a false claim for the 5-of-5 Mega Millions Mega Millions is a multi-state US$1 lottery game in the United States. Twelve U.S. states currently license Mega Millions as a provider of multistate lotteries in those states (29 states, the District of Columbia, and the US Virgin Islands license Powerball, Mega Millions' main ticket sold Feb. 14 at Crossroads Liquor in Camarillo. It was Sehested's 50th birthday. With no plans for a birthday bash, the hardware store owner dropped $50 on lottery tickets hoping to score the $120 million jackpot. When he returned to Crossroads Liquor the next morning, he said a familiar clerk told him someone had won $500,000 in the store. Scanning his tickets, one popped up that said ``Congratulations - see the retailer.'' ``I handed my ticket to the clerk,'' said Sehested. ``He told me I'd won a few bucks. So I just rolled it back into the lottery hoping to hit the big one. ``So I walked out of there with my cigarettes and four or five dollars worth of lottery tickets - I thought it was over.'' It wasn't. That same day, a man other than the clerk walked into the state lottery office in Van Nuys with the winning $530,858 ticket. When the man couldn't explain how he got it, lottery officials refused to pay. Instead, they released a store surveillance video of Sehested making his purchase to local news media. ``We were able to locate him and find the right person,'' declared James Dumelle, a lottery agent in charge of the investigation. ``It's his ticket, and he's the winner.'' Dumelle declined to say whether the now-suspended store clerk knew the person in the false lottery claim. Charges, if filed, could range from potential grand theft to misappropriation misappropriation n. the intentional, illegal use of the property or funds of another person for one's own use or other unauthorized purpose, particularly by a public official, a trustee of a trust, an executor or administrator of a dead person's estate, or by any of found property. Two hours after claiming their winnings from the California Lottery, Sehested and his wife, Wendy, who runs the family-owned B&B Hardware in Culver City Culver City, city (1990 pop. 38,793), Los Angeles co., S Calif., a residential suburb of Los Angeles; inc. 1917. It is a center of the U.S. motion-picture industry, whose roots in the city date to c.1915. Its chief manufactures are rubber products and computers. , said they're not sure what to do with their new-found bonanza Bonanza saga of the Cartwright family. [TV: Terrace, I, 111–112] See : Wild West . Perhaps they'll spend it on a scuba-diving trip. ``I don't play the lottery because I expect to win,'' said the glassy-eyed winner who said he's dropped ``thousands'' playing the state numbers game. ``I play for the what-if - the dreams that you have while you wait for the drawing.'' His $500,000 advice: ``If you go to check your (lottery) ticket and it says, 'See the retailer,' sign the ticket, put your phone number on the ticket, then hand it to the clerk. ``Don't trust anyone.'' Dana Bartholomew, (818) 713-3730 dana.bartholomew(at)dailynews.com CAPTION(S): photo Photo: Lottery winner Robert Sehested, center, is flanked by his son, Shane, 22, and his wife, Wendy, during the Thursday press conference at the state lottery office in Van Nuys, where he claimed his $530,858 prize. John Lazar/Staff Photographer |
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