Senior Finds Misplaced
Winning Lottery Ticket,
Lottery Refuses To Pay
Rodrigo Zavaleta, at 85
years of age, will
fighting perhaps the
biggest legal battle of
his life, as he takes on
the Junta de Proteccion
Social de San Jose (JPSS)
- the lottery people -
after winning a prize of
¢67.5 million colones in
the December "Gordo Navideño".
Zavaleta said he
misplaced the ticket and
when he found it earlier
this week realized it
was a winner.
However, JPSS rules are
clear that all winning
tickets must be cashed
within 60 days of the
draw and the last day
was February 14.
Zavaleta says he has
been buying lottery
tickets for more than 63
years and had never won
a major prize, until
now, and plans to sue
the JPSS for refusing to
pay him his prize money.
The senior says he felt
anger, frustration,
among the emotions when
he learned that the
lottery would not pay
him and allow him to
live out his remaining
years with dignity.
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