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Florida snatching lottery winnings #shorts
Jun 28, 2024
Florida snatching lottery winnings #shorts
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she won the lottery but her State
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snatched the prize Britney Wilson a
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financially struggling mother felt
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compelled to try her luck in the Florida
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Lottery and actually won $5,000 but her
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Joy turned to frustration when the
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Florida Lottery district office denied
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her winning citing a potential
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state-owned debt Wilson was given a
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special circumstances ticket indicating
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that her prize was withheld pending
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verification of any outstanding debts
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related to unemployment compensation she
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had previously received and her story is
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not unique thousands of Floridians have
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faced similar issues discovering alleged
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yes alleged overpayment when their
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Lottery prizes were withheld after ABC
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Action News intervene Wilson eventually
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received her prize and her supposed debt
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was erased many others are still
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battling to claim the rightful winnings
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as the prize of everything keeps rising
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and more and more people are struggling
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to cover everyday cost what do you think
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of what states are doing claiming to
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have overpaid in unemployment and are
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just waiting for people to win the
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lottery and snatching the money right
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out of their hands