California Man Claims He Had Second Winning Lotto Ticket, But Lost It
Back in June, Faramarz Lahijani claimed half of the $395 million dollar lottery jackpot. But that wasn’t enough apparently.
Two Winning Tickets
Back in December of 2023, there were two winning tickets for a $395 million dollar lotto prize. For months, no one came forward to claim the prize. That was until June of this year, when Lahijani came forward with one of the winning tickets.
Faramarz was awarded half of the prize. The total amount he won was $197.5 million. For most people, that is a lot. But for Faramarz, he wanted more. He wanted the whole amount. Why? Because he claims he bought two lotto tickets with the exact same numbers. The only problem, he only had one ticket. Hence the reason he only got half of the total prize.
Missing Ticket
This past Saturday, was the expiration date for the final ticket to be turned in, so they prize can be awarded. That’s when Faramarz showed up again. He claimed he owns the other winning ticket, but lost it. It could be possible that he did have both tickets, because both winning tickets were sold at the same location in Encino, California.
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One day before the expiration of the ticket, he sued California, arguing he should get the full amount because he bought both tickets. Sadly it doesn’t work that way. If you bought both tickets, you need to have both tickets in hand. Faramarz said he’d been playing the same numbers for over 30 years, but couldn’t produce the second winning ticket because he lost it. But still feels he should be awarded the full amount of the money.
As of now, both he and the lottery officials haven’t commented on the situation, but its looking like he won’t get the second half of the money.
