Fujishima v. Games Management Services

OPINION OF THE COURT

Sidney Leviss, J.

Plaintiff maintains that she holds the $250,000 winning Lotto ticket for the week of August 30, 1980. Plaintiff claims that her son purchased the ticket in question on her behalf while employed at a stationery store. It is asserted that, after filling in his game choices, he presented the ticket to his employer who took the required payment and told plaintiff’s son to validate the ticket himself. On validating the ticket, plaintiff’s son allegedly placed the original portion of the ticket in a receptacle maintained for that purpose and kept the player’s…