woman claims she lost $162 million lottery ticket

[ringmastery]

http://www.mansfieldnewsjournal.com/news/updates/3184.html

CLEVELAND (AP) — A Cleveland woman has told police she picked the winning numbers for the $162 million Mega Millions lottery jackpot but lost the ticket before the drawing, according to a police report.
Elecia Battle told police she dropped her purse as she left the Quick Shop Food Mart in suburban South Euclid last week after buying the ticket. She said she realized after the drawing last Tuesday that the ticket was missing.

The Ohio Lottery said last week that the winning ticket was sold at the store, about 15 miles east of Cleveland.
“I feel like crap right now,” said Battle, who cried while speaking to The Associated Press at her home Monday night.
Police say Battle also was in tears when she came to the station Friday to file the report and did not hesitate when asked to write down the winning numbers.

“We don’t believe that she’s fabricating it, but there’s no real way of knowing other than going on her word,” Lt. Kevin Nieter told Cleveland’s WEWS-TV on Monday.
Nieter said information Battle knew about when the ticket was bought and how the numbers were picked make her story credible. She told police that the numbers — 12, 18, 21, 32 and 46 and Mega Ball 49 — represented family birthdays and ages.

[whirlygigspin]

1. time to rummage

How many people are running off to the garbage dump now in
South Euclid? I bet the whole town is digging

[La_Serpiente]

2. I can already see

a mass migration to the place where that woman is.

[Webster Green]

3. I bet the old man is pissed

jeez!

[SlavesandBulldozers]

4. I did too!

hey, I lost my 162 million dollar ticket too!

[BiggJawn]

5. She's lieing!

*I* had that ticket! Left it in my pocket when I ran my laundry...It's a little cardboard pill at the landfil now...

[Wonk]

6. TSG is all over it: "Lottery Loser's Shady Past "

Ohio woman has fraud, assault convictions, uses alias
http://thesmokinggun.com/archive/elecialotto1.html

[OldSoldier]

7. I believe the other woman

The one who turned it in. After all, she did bring other tickets where she played those same numbers.

[Muddleoftheroad]

8. Wow

Talk about a good reason for being anal retentive. Saving your old lottery tickets. Who ever thought THAT would be helpful. I think that bit of evidence along with the other woman's past will make this easier to sort out.