Man Wins $175,000 Lotto And Wont Share...

**Indian Larry** · 04-21-2005, 07:39 PM

I think i would of done the same thing as he did. read this tell me your thoughts.........

Lotto woe in win-ville

Hosp workers sue as colleague
in pool says jackpot tix is his alone

John Piccolo (above), who won $175,000 Mega Million prize, refuses to share his winnings with co-worker Veronica Edmondson (below).

Beware the office lottery pool.
Three hospital employees who thought they were about to split a second-place Mega Millions jackpot worth $175,000 are suing a co-worker who insists he bought the winning ticket for himself.

"I felt betrayed," said Veronica Edmondson, who is among the trio of Mount Sinai Medical Center office workers suing John Piccolo, the office's regular designated lottery ticket buyer. "We trusted him with our money."

Edmondson, 30, of the Bronx, said joy turned to anger when Piccolo called in late for work on Nov. 3 - a day after the drawing.

"Don't be mad at me, but I just won the Mega Million second prize," he told her, according to court papers.

"I exclaimed: 'We won, John!' to which Mr. Piccolo responded: 'No, I won,'" Edmondson said in an affidavit.

Edmondson told the Daily News yesterday that Piccolo offered to give her a Mega Millions umbrella that officials handed him when he picked up his check.

"He said, 'There is nothing you can do. The courts won't take it.' He even had the nerve to come to work and show us the receipt for the money with the taxes taken out of it," she added.

Piccolo, 34, bought $3 worth of tickets for the Nov. 2, 2004 drawing. And while he admits taking part in the office pool, he insists the winning ticket he purchased at a Queens supermarket was bought for himself.

"I was happy, I was excited, I thought we could pay off all of our bills," the Queens man told the Daily News.

But his lottery dream quickly became a nightmare.

Piccolo said office tension caused his blood pressure to skyrocket and give him panic attacks. He's now out of work with a back problem.

"It was a very, very stressful win," Piccolo said.

Now he's facing more stress: In a decision made public yesterday, Manhattan Supreme Court Justice Marylin Diamond said his co-workers have a convincing case.

She refused to throw out the lawsuit and froze $81,750 of the $109,000 Piccolo collected after taxes.

Piccolo offered each person in the pool $1,000 - but later halved it to $500 saying he needed money for a down payment on a house. "He offered some money because he thought it was the right thing to do," said his lawyer, Thomas Weiss.

Piccolo used some of his winnings for a Honda Accord, to pay off credit card debt, and pay tuition for online studies at the University of Phoenix.

Edmondson, Denise Beaulieu and Joan Pitcan plan to press on with their case. Two other co-workers who were in on the regular lottery pool decided not to fight.

"I guess he got amnesia when he got the money," said attorney Joey Jackson, who represents Edmondson, Beaulieu and Pitcan.

**maniclion** · 04-21-2005, 07:46 PM

What a bunch of shmucks, don't they know you can't trust people with money, are they so lazy they can't go buy their own damn ticket, I'm sure they pass a ticket seller at some point in their miserable lives. Sorry but an office lottery pool is the dumbest idea I've had pass by me all day.

**Indian Larry** · 04-21-2005, 07:53 PM

Thats what i say get your own damm ticket.Or at least get a copy of the tickets.So there is no complaints, but in any case i would of said i bought the ticket for my self to.Or for that matter i would not of showed up for work at all.$100,000.00 that alot of money for me to say "see ya"..

**Dale Mabry** · 04-21-2005, 07:54 PM

Did they give him money, or did he buy it on his own. Simple case if you ask me. If they had some deal where each person bought it each week then he shoulld share it. If he used the pool's numbers and they never paid up, tough titty for them.

**Vieope** · 04-21-2005, 07:56 PM

Of course it was a John.

**Indian Larry** · 04-21-2005, 07:56 PM

If they had some deal where each person bought it each week then he shoulld share it. If he used the pool's numbers and they never paid up, tough titty for them. Posted by Dale Mabry Moderator

Agreed

**Witmaster** · 04-21-2005, 08:28 PM

Originally Posted by maniclion

What a bunch of shmucks, don't they know you can't trust people with money, are they so lazy they can't go buy their own damn ticket, I'm sure they pass a ticket seller at some point in their miserable lives. Sorry but an office lottery pool is the dumbest idea I've had pass by me all day.

We had a group of guys win in a Lotto Pool a few years back (unfortunately I wasn't in the pool).

Total of 20 guys in the pool

Now, one interesting fact about this win was that only 19 of the regular pool members were present at the time of the drawing. one guy was away on 2 weeks vacation. Originally, the 19 guys were gonna screw the 20th guy because he wasn't present when the tickets were purchased. His defense was that he had faithfully participated in all the lotto pools prior and had asked one of the other members to cover him on the lotto tickets for that week and he would repay them when he returned from vacation.

The pool member did support this story but claimed that he did not buy the ticket for the vacationing member as requested.

The whole thing ended up in court and the judge found in favor the 20th guy. All of them ended up with a little over 600k each after taxes.

**Dale Mabry** · 04-21-2005, 08:32 PM

It disturbs me how much peeps try to fuck their buddies these days. Figuratively speaking of course, but it is also literally true I guess.

**Eggs** · 04-22-2005, 07:19 AM

When its a 19/20 split especially, its not making that huge a difference. I'd say its better to remain friends and not dick your buddy than try to run off with the money. His friend did screw him though by not picking him up a ticket.

I'd be somewhat sceptical too if I was the other guys, because who knows, perhaps the guy was just feeling greedy like he needed some of your money.

**ponyboy** · 04-22-2005, 07:28 AM

I used to do this - never won anything...but we had documented every week who was buying the tickets, with all of our names on the sheet and signed so that one person couldn't screw someone over like this. We would also alternate who would buy the tickets every week.

If it were me though, I wouldn't screw people over for a measly 100k...now a million - sorry about your luck.

**Eggs** · 04-22-2005, 07:33 AM

Yeah. Its kind of funny... he is claiming that its gotten stressful at work ever since he won. No shit, you just dicked your co-workers out of $35 each. I'd be a little pissed too.

If office workers do this and buy tickets on their own they should definitely have everything well documented.

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