Man Goes To Redeem Lottery Ticket After Winning $288M, State Refuses To Pay Him

Families in Illinois are shocked after the state has neglected to pay their lottery rewards. As per a lawyer addressing a portion of the victors, Tom Zimmerman, the state still can't seem to pay out $288 million in rewards, Yahoo! News detailed.

The state declared as of late that it would not be paying out any rewards more than $600

Until the spending plan emergency is settled, TIME revealed. In any case, TV advertisements elevating the lottery keep on broadcasting.

One lottery champ, Susan Rick, addressed Inside Edition, saying: "We won. We at last can have an agreeable life. Abruptly you will confuse us. We had a ticket for $250,000."

A gathering of city workers in Chicago joined a lottery pool and ended up winning $1 million, however they haven't seen a penny of it.

Rhonda Rasche, an emergency clinic agent, said that in the wake of getting a triumphant scratch-off ticket for $50,000, authorities told her that she would get a check via the post office with her rewards in four to about a month and a half. It's been months and she has not yet been paid. Rasche is essential for a gathering of lottery champs who are suing the state to get their rewards.

"In the event that any personal business would participate in this sort of lead selling tickets and not paying out the champ, the state would close them down and arraign them for misrepresentation," Zimmerman

Said.