Abovethefold@lemmy.ml to Not The Onion@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 months agoOntario man can't collect lottery prize after he forgets where he bought ticketptv-news.com.pkexternal-linkmessage-square6fedilinkarrow-up189arrow-down118
arrow-up171arrow-down1external-linkOntario man can't collect lottery prize after he forgets where he bought ticketptv-news.com.pkAbovethefold@lemmy.ml to Not The Onion@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 months agomessage-square6fedilink
minus-squareEdanGrey@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up15·3 months agoSurely the lottery could tell him?
minus-squareBradleyUffner@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up24arrow-down1·3 months agoIt’s part of the security test to make sure you are the actual owner of the ticket.
minus-squarecordlesslamp@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·3 months agoWhere I live, there’s place on the lottery ticket for you to fill in your name, ID number, and phone number. If you leave it blank and lost the ticket, then whoever posses the ticket have legal claim to the price.
minus-squarecriitz@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up20arrow-down1·3 months agoLooks like they asked him as a method of identity verification.
Surely the lottery could tell him?
It’s part of the security test to make sure you are the actual owner of the ticket.
Where I live, there’s place on the lottery ticket for you to fill in your name, ID number, and phone number.
If you leave it blank and lost the ticket, then whoever posses the ticket have legal claim to the price.
Looks like they asked him as a method of identity verification.