Does anyone else wonder why it's always some old person winning these things? -__-"

I'd say it's because old people play it more regularly. I don't know anyone under 50 who enters the lottery every time, but my grandparents and all their friends are pretty much fanatical about it.

How the hell is he going to cash that in... in Nepal?

Just saying...

Frankly, I'm pretty amazed. I had assumed that the lottery didn't just hand out prizes quickly. That at the very least it took a month or two to get the money (lump sum) or that you were paid monthly (stretching into years).

If it does take a month or two, and there is no reason why it shouldn't. Wouldn't the commission investigate a LITTLE as to whom is cashing out a million dollars?

Because old people are mathematically impaired and they keep playing. :)

Well its quite obvious that I didn't read the article. XD

Hehe, yup. I understand. People are busy, etc.

But that's why I'm around as well, to help those in need =D

I used to work for the local lottery...a lottery ticket is referred to a "bearer instrument." If you are in possession of it, you own it, and are entitled to it's reward. All lottery tickets have a place for the purchaser/owner to sign it. Very few people ever do that. More should, as this would prevent such occurrences.

Most Lotteries require that you take any ticket with winnings over $500 into the lottery office to cash. The person in the article was merely asking the store clerk for confirmation as to whether they had a winning ticket. The clerk told them no, it wasn't a winner, and pocketed the ticket. Which in and of itself is strange in that most lottery ticket machines play a song if there is a winning ticket. Clerk must not have scanned ticket???

Most states will do a check for any liens, especially federal or state, child support, that sort of thing.

So, yes, they do take time to check. They don't just hand the bearer a check if it exceeds a certain amount. The point is the article implies that there was some time between him cashing in the ticket and the original owner of the ticket realizing what had happened.