I sued lottery bosses over $63million winning ticket but they refused to pay out – it was the biggest loss ever recorded
A MAN sued the state of California after he claimed he was told his $63 million jackpot lottery ticket was too damaged to be accepted.
Brandy Milliner, a Los Angeles resident, came forward in August 2015 claiming that he had won the huge jackpot.
Milliner had purchased what he said was the winning ticket from a 7-Eleven.
In a lawsuit brought against the state of California, Milliner claims to have been sent a letter by lottery officials congratulating him on the win.
However, he said that he was then contacted months later with a note saying the ticket was “too damaged to be reconstructed.”
Thus, he would not receive the $63 million prize.
Milliner attempted to sue the state of California in 2018, but failed.
Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Yvette Palazuelos dismissed the case based on evidence provided by the state.
Officials who investigated his claim found that Milliner’s ticket didn’t match the winning ticket.
Court documents obtained by CNN show that his ticket had been brought at a different date and location than where the winning ticket was located.
The $63 million dollar prize was left unclaimed, as no credible winner ever came forward.
The sum is the largest unclaimed lottery prize in California.
However, winning the lottery might not be all it’s cracked up to be.
A number of lucky lottery winners have lost their money shortly after winning it.
Lisa Arcand, a single mom from Lawrence, Massachusetts, bought a lottery ticket in 2004.
Within days, her purchase had paid off; she had won $1 million dollars.
Excited by her luck, Arcand reportedly began to splurge her cash.
She quickly hosted a party for friends and family, who ordered several bottles of $200 wine at the event, according to the Eagle Tribune.
Arcand’s son was then said to have been enrolled in a private school with a $10,000 annual tuition.
She went on a few vacations and bought a brand-new furnished house.
Arcand then embarked upon her ‘dream’ of buying and operating a restaurant in her hometown.
However, due to financial difficulties, she was ‘forced‘ to shut her business.
She lost the majority of her money.
One man who won the Powerball lottery in the early 2000s spent all of his winnings and lived in a storage shed before his death.