Unlucky lottery winner gets IOU from state of Illinois

http://www.marketwatch.com/story/unlucky-lottery-winner-gets-iou-instead-of-prize-2015-08-31?dist=beforebell&cb=logged0.5619003374946377

Winning the lottery is typically cause for jubilation. Not so for Danny Chasteen — who, instead of a big payoff, got an IOU from the fiscally strapped state of Illinois
Chasteen and his girlfriend, Susan Rick, won $250,000 last month in the state lottery but could not claim the prize as legislators had not passed a state budget, according to reports.
For lottery winnings exceeding $25,000, the state comptroller has to process the check, and, with the budget in limbo, those funds cannot be disbursed, the Chicago Tribune reported.

“You know what’s funny? If we owed the state money, they’d come take it, and they don’t care whether we have a roof over our head,” Rick said, according to the Tribune. 


Dear Mr. Chasteen, seek council and if you were wise you would either put a Lien on a Government building or foreclose on it to protect your investment...Just saying, never mind the " You cant sue the government " noise oh yes you can . Oh and seek Penalty and interest payments as well.

Win win..