If you’re in a lottery pool hoping to share a piece of the $1.6 billion Mega Millions jackpot, you’d better get it in writing.
Attorney Michael Haugh represented several workers at the Pita Pan Bakery in Chicago who did not get it in writing and ended up in court. He says you have to lock down the agreement in advance.
”The beginnings of the problem is when there is some uncertainty in the terms of your agreement. The most important term in a lotto-type situation is: Who are the participants? So you should have some paper and in the days of email and stuff, you can easily e-mail around and confirm who and who isn’t in the pool.”
In the 2012 Chicago case, a group of 12 workers thought they had won an $118-million lottery jackpot. That was until 11 other co-workers came forward to say they were also due a share of the jackpot.
Michael Hough was a guest on McIntyre in the Morning.
By Sandy Wells
KABC News
