Willis is a sixty-seven year old man from Texas who had a winning Texas lottery ticket in the amount of one million dollars taken from him by a local convenient store clerk. Willis, who had played the Texas lottery for ten years at the Lucy Food Store simply wanted the local clerk to check to see if he had the winning numbers. The clerk lied and said the ticked was only worth two dollars. Former clerk Pankaj Joshi cashed in the winning million dollar ticket at the Texas Lottery Commissions office, and fled the country taking 750,000 dollars.
After Joshi was charged claiming the lottery prize by fraud, Willis went with his attorney to the Texas Lottery Commission with high hopes of claiming his stolen prize. When he walked away minutes later with nothing he decided to sue the Texas Lottery Commission unless he gets his well deserved money. He is currently unemployed because of medical problems and needs the money to pay the medical bills and send his daughter to college.
I believe the Texas Lottery Commission is being stubborn and not very smart by claiming that the man Joshi charged with fraud was the one who cashed in so he deserves to keep the money. He is nothing but a dirty thief who took advantage of an old man. A loyal customer non the less. I believe the Texas Lottery Commission should pay Willis what he deserves. He was lied to and basically robbed of his rightfully owned one million dollars. This situation is making the Texas Lottery Commission look bad and I wouldn't be surprised if more people will stop playing the lottery for fear of things going wrong. Willis opens a lot of eyes to the kind of people behind the Texas Lottery Commission. The kind who after giving money to a criminal refuse the money to the rightful owner.
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I agree that this is a very frustrating and anger provoking situation, not only to those directly involved but also to those who play the lottery. It is easy to think that since a crook like Pankaj Joshi took the ticket from Mr. Willis under false pretenses and was paid, then Mr. Willis should be given what he rightfully and fairly deserves. However, who is truly responsible? I believe that there are many questions that should be answered before telling the Texas Lottery Commission to dish out another million dollars. For instance, was Joshi affiliated or employed by the Texas Lottery Commission just because he sold and cashed their tickets? Who is truly responsible for identifying winning tickets: purchaser, cashier, Texas Lottery Commission? What I'm trying to say is if you had a winning ticket in your pocket but failed to recognize it, is the Texas Lottery Commission supposed to give you a phone call and tell you to come get your money? No! It's your fault if you can't look up the numbers and tell whether they match are not. I feel sorry for Mr. Willis but I don't believe the Texas Lottery Commission is to be held responsible for the actions of Joshi and pay out another million dollars to Mr. Willis. That is unless he can prove that the ticket was in fact his and the Texas Lottery Commission has some sort of insurance for these types of situations.
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