00:00An Arizona man is being sued for buying a winning lottery ticket worth nearly 13 million bucks
00:05after the drawing. Yes, I was also confused when I first saw this. Robert Galitza was working at
00:11the Circle K convenience store in Scottsdale, Arizona back in November when a customer came
00:16in and asked for a bunch of lottery tickets, $85 worth, but they only had 60 bucks on them,
00:21so they left 25 tickets on the counter. Now, the tickets stayed in the store untouched for the rest
00:27of the night. Galitza learned that his store sold the winning ticket that night, and the next morning
00:31when he arrived back at work, he scanned the tickets still on the counter and found the winning one.
00:36I know, what are the odds? So this guy clocks out from his shift, removes his Circle K shirt,
00:41and proceeds to buy $10 worth of tickets, including the winning one from another employee. Smart guy,
00:47or maybe not. Circle K caught wind of it and demanded that the ticket be kept in its corporate office
00:53until a judge ruled on who the rightful owner of the winning ticket was. Now, the company claims
00:58that under Arizona law, retailers own lottery tickets that a customer refuses to pay for and go
01:03unsold. So it's really a David and Goliath here. Circle K says they're the owner of the ticket,
01:08and the buyer claims it's him. A judge will make the final decision, but the clock is ticking.
01:13Whoever the rightful winner is only has until May 23rd, 180 days after the drawing to claim their prize.
01:19If you're wondering which side you should take in this battle, let me just tell you this.
01:24Circle K is a wholly owned subsidiary of a company with a market cap of over 57 billion bucks.
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