Such luck: Two men who won the New Jersey state lottery are now suing the local lottery company, claiming that the tickets were thrown in the trash by them, as the company's website misled them, Sky News reports.
The two New Yorkers, Salvatore Cambria and Eric Aningo, purchased a New Jersey Lottery ticket in March. The two checked the company's website on the drawing day, March 23, for the winning numbers, and when they realized their numbers didn't match, they threw the form in the trash.
But the next day, the couple discovered that their numbers had won, and the website simply hadn't updated in time. They dug through the trash cans, but the container had already been shredded and the form was lost. Now the two claim that the lottery is to blame for this, and that it must pay them the full winnings.
The two men's claim is given significant support in light of the fact that they were left with two additional forms, with a serial number sequence that matches the winning ticket. In other words, the couple purchased three tickets with a sequence of serial numbers, but the relevant ticket was thrown in the trash.
The lawsuit was filed recently, and the Lottery Office has not yet issued any public response.
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