Whatcha Talkin’ Bout, Willis Willis?
My favorite new detail about the bizarre case of Willis Willis, the maintenance man whose $1 million lottery winnings were gaffled by the clerk at the store where he went to redeem his ticket–I mean, my favorite part aside from the fact that the poor guy’s name is Willis Willis, or that the store clerk fled the country and is believed to in Nepal somewhere, or that the store at which the ticket was purchased is called the Lucky Food Store, or that Willis Willis, a Navy veteran, has asked to have two minutes alone in a room with his nemeis–is that the Texas Lottery Commission is now in the ridiculous position of insisting that Pankaj Joshi is the rightful winner of the cash. So apparently the quickest way to get rich in America these days is to work at a store that sells lottery tickets, wait for a man with two first names to attempt to redeem his million dollar ticket, and then head for the Himalayas. Thanks, Lottery Commission.





Christopher Garcia says:
And to think.. Our Public School systems haven’t seen anywhere NEAR what they were promised when the lottery was rolled out in 1992. Texas Lottery Commission must be welcoming some kind of lawsuit.
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