A woman in Texas accuses the state’s lottery committee of blocking the Grand Prix of 83.5 million dollars three months after the numbers match their ticket with the winning figures in a drawing, according to a new lawsuit.
The lawsuit, which was filed on May 19, says that the Montgomery County woman, who was determined as Jin de, bought a lottery ticket on the night of February 17 in the game “Lotto Texas” using the Counter Service.
The third -party service provides Texas to purchase lottery tickets online from accredited retailers on behalf of the customer. Lottery ticket companies are not organized in Texas. They work by taking tickets for the lottery from the players over the phone or online, and the purchase of tickets agreed from the licensed retailers in the lottery and shipping fees to buy and manage tickets.
The lawsuit of the Ministry of the case says that its winning ticket was obtained on its behalf by the winners of Corner, a licensed retail dealer company in Austin. On the same night of the purchase, numbers tickets for the award for the Grand Prix of $ 83.5 million were drawn, according to the lawsuit.
One week later, the Texas lottery announced that it would be Blocking the unorganized lottery ticket curtains “Effectively effectively.”
The governor of Texas Greg Abbott as well Declare The state will investigate the victory.
“The spread of transport companies in the state has sparked serious concerns that integrity, security, honesty and fairness of the lottery games are undermined through the continuous activity of quick postal services,” said former CEO Ryan Mendel in the announcement. Mindel to resign In April amid the ongoing investigations, Sergio Rey – who was named in the lawsuit – is now as a temporary executive director.
November report from Texas house I found only three states – New York, New Jersey and Arkansas – organizes fast mail services.
The lawsuit states that the committee “is not allowed to change the rules after drawing” and is trying to refuse to pay the win from Doe by a retroactive impact.
The Ministry of Energy claims that it had submitted its ticket to the Lottery Committee in Texas on March 18 and was not advised that it is not valid in any way.
A spokesman for the committee told NBC News. “The agency does not have additional information to provide, because it does not comment on litigation and suspended investigations.”
