Life in the great state of Illinois
From
CBS/Chicago:
Illinois Lottery Winners Get Stiffed When State Checks Don�t Cash
Eighty-five Illinois Lottery winners last week probably thought they were lucky � until they tried to cash in their winnings, that is.
Their checks, totaling $159,000 in lottery winnings, were no good.
Two days after Christmas, Maureen Furio of Lake Zurich bought an instant scratch-off ticket and won $1000. The next day, she got a check from the lottery.
�I deposited it the same day and went ahead and paid some extra Christmas bills,� Furio says. �And Jan. 3, it bounced.�
The Lottery people are saying that it was a technical glitch and that they would refund any bank fees. Still...
Posted by DaveH at January 8, 2012 6:37 PM