Is the judge right? Woman who lost Ark. lotto ticket entitled to $1M

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6. How could ownership have been established?

She didn't sign her ticket, which is stupid. Every lotto ticket I've ever purchased, I've signed my name on the back of all of them. Yes, it's a little time consuming, but think of this exact scenario of why an extra 10 seconds literally can pay off in the end.

In lieu of this there is another way to possibly establish ownership.

Now, each lotto ticket has a bar code and encoding that signifies that it was created by lotto machine #xxxxx at a certain date and time. They can theoretically examine security camera footage and check on that day and time the identity of the purchaser.

However what if the location doesn't have a security camera, or have footage of the lottery purchase? What then?

That seems to be the case here. There was no signing of the ticket. And any security camera footage doesn't match up with the plaintiff's claim.

Thus, couldn't anybody who purchased a lotto ticket from that location on the same day also claim it was theirs?

Now, one could easily argue that the lotto commission is partly at fault for producing a machine that falsely read "sorry not a winner".

If anything, both women should be given $1 million. The ticket-holder and the plaintiff.