Hum Posted October 27, 2012 Share Posted October 27, 2012 ERIN, Tenn. ? Mike West gets weekly deliveries to his home in Erin. Wednesday morning when he opened a box he was surprised to find thousands of dollars of Tennessee Lottery scratch off tickets. They package of tickets sat on top of several other items inside a large box that was left on his doorstep. "I thought this here must be my games, I got some X Box games," West explained. But when he opened the plastic envelope he discovered the lottery tickets inside. "I just started seeing game after game. It's literally millions of dollars in games, " West said. At first, West could not believe what he found inside the box. "My reaction was, I hit the lottery," West said while laughing. "But then again, I know this wasn't mine, I know it ain't mine," he admitted. West had a theory of how the tickets wound up in his possession. The packing tape on top of that box was not very secure. "So they set that down there and being as heavy as it was, it went down in there," according to West. West admitted to the excitement he felt when he first discovered the tickets. "Temptation was there. I mean who ain't got that kind of temptation. It was in my lap, it was addressed to me," he said. The package was actually addressed to a Sudden Service store on Riverside Drive in Clarksville. When a spokesperson from the Tennessee Lottery learned of this mistaken delivery she made it known the tickets are not valid until a lottery retailer activated them. West worked to find a way to return the tickets to the Tennessee Lottery. "I want it to get back where it was suppose to and do the job it's supposed to, put some kids in college," West said. A spokesman for UPS, the company that delivered the package to West, said the company was not yet made aware of a mistakenly delivered package. Two representatives from the Tennessee Lottery traveled to Erin Wednesday night and picked up the tickets from West. source Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Growled Member Posted October 27, 2012 Member Share Posted October 27, 2012 Nice to see honest people still exist. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hum Posted October 27, 2012 Author Share Posted October 27, 2012 Shame the tickets had to be activated :p Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Detection Posted October 27, 2012 Share Posted October 27, 2012 Nice to see honest people still exist. Yep, although if he had tried, he would have been bitten due to the activation thing, so just goes to show that honesty is the best policy no matter how tempting Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Laughing Man Posted October 27, 2012 Share Posted October 27, 2012 I had a hard time reading his quotes, it was quite painful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Asrokhel Posted October 28, 2012 Share Posted October 28, 2012 When a spokesperson from the Tennessee Lottery learned of this mistaken delivery she made it known the tickets are not valid until a lottery retailer activated them. I know here in Ontario the tickets are playable before they get to the retail outlets, not sure about the rest of Canada, but I assume it's the same. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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