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by Jemaclus 4572 days ago
I disagree.

Just because I have a picture of a lottery ticket doesn't mean it's my ticket, and it's not gonna be good enough to take in and claim the reward myself. I still have to trust you to do that for me.

And quite frankly, I don't. I don't know you, and I have zero reason to believe that you would follow through on your promise, especially when there are potentially hundreds of millions of dollars at stake. You're gonna have to come up with a better answer to my question than "trust us."

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I think you actually understand contractual law. We've made an agreement that the ticket belongs to you, and back that agreement up with documentation showcasing that its been purchased and its been purchased on your behalf. You are the rightful owner. I would be impossible for us to cash it in. Any court of law would uphold that the ticket is yours. We have no ability to not keep our promise.