Lotto (11)

Just been reading in the paper about the worker from Tesco who printed off the wrong lotto ticket for a customer which turned out to be a winning 1 for 500'000 euro. She gave the customer the right ticket and says she put the winning 1 aside and had planned to pay for it the nxt day, now Tesco wont hand it over and shes gonna sue them. Do you think she should have the ticket? Do you think she would have paid for it had it been a losing ticket, personally id like to see it split between all the workers in that store

Tesco have said that it will go to charity, if Tesco own the ticket

yea i agree it should be split between everybody in the store it be a nice bit of money for these hard times.

Not a chance would she have paid if it was a loosing ticket...I agree , I think it should be shared amongst the workers

Another good idea, The Irish Cancer Society is their charity of choice this year, good cause .

awww the poor guy who didnt accept it

It seems to me that this checkout girl is not thinking of the bigger picture. By suing her employer, she is making her position in Tescos untenable. How is she going to be able to go back there after she loses the case?

If she had paid for the ticket, it would be her winnings.

If she had refunded it, the money should be rolled over into the next jackpot.

If she didn’t refund it, it would be the property of Tescos to claim.

To not pay for the ticket and claim it as her own, its theft.

I think it is that simple.

Its terrible what greed does to people. I also think if she does get awarded that money (which i doubt will happen)then she will probably have no luck with it.

I'd prefer to see it go to charity than go to the tesco workers. I know they don't get paid big money but i think with the recession, donations are probably down so charities need the money more....JMO.

if she didnt pay for it stole it and brought it home and kept it could she claim it? would she win it in the courts? probably not?

From what I read she put it in the till. Employees are allowed to buy tickets that have been printed and not sold - however she tried to pay for it the next day and Tescos wouldnt let her as they had cleared the till etc.

My reckoning - tough!