Current Events > Woman forced to forfeit lotto prize after USPS loses mail with ticket inside

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https://www.ksn.com/news/national-world/woman-told-to-forfeit-second-chance-lottery-prize-after-usps-loses-certified-mail-with-ticket-inside/

Sue Burgess was overjoyed to learn last month that she won $1,000 in a Second Chance Lottery drawing. But that joy quickly disappeared when, weeks later, the Florida Lottery informed her shell have to forfeit the prize and her winnings will go to an alternate winner. Thats because the U.S. Postal Service did not deliver the ticket to lottery headquarters in Tallahassee, even though Burgess sent the package through certified mail. A Second Chance Lottery winner has a limited window of time in which to turn in a ticket to claim winnings. Because of the pandemic, all local lottery offices were closed after Burgess won on July 29. To claim her prize, Burgess followed the Florida Lotterys instructions and sent in her ticket through certified mail through the U.S. Postal Service. She could have also dropped the ticket in a dropbox at a local office, but she felt certified mail would be safer. Tracking information shows the ticket arrived at 7:12 a.m. on Aug. 12 at a Tallahassee post office, but the journey ended there. The online postal service tracking shows the ticket was never delivered to the lottery office, as required to claim a prize.

They said, No ticket, no prize,' Burgess recalls being told when she called to inquire about the missing ticket. Unlike other lottery games, the Florida Lottery has records of all Second Chance winners because players register their tickets and contact information. Burgess was notified that she was a winner after a lottery employee called her. Typically, lotto winners of more than $600 can submit winning tickets in person at their local lottery office. But that was pre-COVID-19. Burgess says she was told she could send the ticket via certified mail or leave the ticket in a dropbox at a local lottery office. Burgess said there was a one-week timeframe to submit the ticket, but she missed an email about being a winner, and by the time the office called her, she had days to get the ticket postmarked, so she chose certified mail. Thats why you choose certified mail, Burgess said. With COVID, I understand the mail is a little bit slow. But for safety sake, certified mail usually has priority. A spokeswoman for the Florida Lottery said this is an unusual situation and agreed to bend a little, saying the lottery is not responsible for mistakes made by the postal service but if this package shows up postmarked by the original deadline, the lottery will pay Burgess her $1,000. Burgess worries that will never happen since it has already been six weeks since the package arrived at the Tallahassee post office.



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More blood on DeJoy's hands

that's why i lost all trust with the USPS now.
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messed up

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Sounds like the post office should be on the hook here. 6 weeks is unreasonable

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The Trump administration purposefully fucked up USPS for political reasons and this is some of the collateral damage.

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Trumps America.

The McDonalds of the first world.

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Trump should reimburse her since he deliberately hurt the post office and could have caused this

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End USPS's letter-carrying monopoly.

Questionmarktarius posted...

End USPS's letter-carrying monopoly.

The USPS doesn't have a letter-carrying monopoly. You can send letters through UPS, FedEx, or any other shipping company. USPS is just way cheaper, generally.

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Have USPS pay her 1K

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CableZL posted...

You can send letters through UPS, FedEx, or any other shipping company.

If you stick it in a box, sure. The only other workaround is something "extremely urgent".

Lebronwon posted...

Sue Burgess

So dats what burgess has been up to
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Questionmarktarius posted...

If you stick it in a box, sure. The only other workaround is something "extremely urgent".

Both UPS and FedEx have envelopes for letters. When I bought my car, paperwork was sent back and forth with FedEx envelopes.

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