“Currently,
we do encourage persons to check their tickets, especially when we have a
jackpot winner, through various print and electronic media. We would, however,
like to remind our customers that tickets purchased can be checked at any of
our over 1,000 agent locations islandwide”
Comments by SVL's Sponsorship
and Public Relations Manager, Carlene Edwards on Tuesday February 5th
2013 in the Jamaica Gleaner
It’s
begun to happen again.
People
are afraid, it appears, to come forward to claim their Lottery Prizes. I’m
speaking specifically of the Supreme
Ventures Limited Super Lotto prize, which now appears to
have yet another winner who won on Friday December 28th 2012 as
stated in the article “Jamaican
wins Super Lotto to take share of $311M Jackpot”,
published Friday December 28, 2012 | 10:20 pm, The Jamaica Gleaner.
That
person, who hails for Linstead, St. Catherine and has the honour of being the Third
Jamaican to win the Supreme
Ventures Limited Super Lotto, appears to be very coy
about coming forward to collect their J$186.6 million prize as noted in the
article “Super
Lotto déjà vu”, published Tuesday | February 5, 2013,
The Jamaica Gleaner.
This
is now the Third Jamaican to be on the verge of not collecting their prize and
now has ninety (90) days which ends on Thursday March 28th 2013 to
collect their prize.
Again?
Indeed, a Third Jamaican, it seems, is headed down this very same path.
I
say again as a previous winner, the Second Jamaican to win the Supreme Ventures Limited
Super Lotto and a native of Montego Bay, had won on Tuesday October 2nd
2012 a price totaling J$171,600,000 as
reported in “$171m
Super Lotto Jackpot unclaimed”, published Thursday,
November 01, 2012 | 1:53 PM, The
Jamaica Observer.
Based
on the rules of the Game, that Supreme
Ventures Limited Super Lotto winner had ninety (90)
calendar days to collect their prize. In simple mathematical terms, this means
that the Tuesday October 2nd 2012 had until Monday December 31st
2012 to collect their winnings as noted in “Super
Lotto winner has month to collect prize”, published Friday |
November 30, 2012 by Daviot Kelly, Staff Reporter, The Jamaica Gleaner.
They
would have to make the sojourn to the Supreme Ventures Head office located on
the 5th Floor of the Sagicor Building Located in New Kingston with a
picture GOJ (Government of Jamaica) ID to collect their prize. Preferably
wearing a very good disguise!
Otherwise,
50% reverts back to the Supreme Ventures, and 50% goes to the CHASE Fund to be
used to fund Community Projects and other Local Government Initiatives. That
Second Jamaican Supreme
Ventures Limited Super Lotto winner failed to come
forward and collect their prize after ninety (90) days.
Aww…to
bad for you
Strictly
speaking, the first such case of someone taking extraordinarily long to come
forward after having won one of Supreme
Ventures Limited Lottery games was that of a fifty four (54) year old
Farmer Mr. S. Gayle from Manchester. Mr. S. Gayle won the JA$240 million Supreme Ventures Limited
Lotto prize, which he eventually claimed on April 1st 2010 as noted
in the article “$240
million jackpot claimed”, published Thursday April 1st
2010, The Thursday Star.
I
did a blog article explaining a possible reason why and made a simple
suggestion: Blackberry or smartphone App or Text message Alert System for the
Winner as noted in my
blog article entitled “Supreme
Ventures and Mobile Phone Platform for gambling”.
But
the first true Supreme
Ventures Limited Super Lotto, the winner won a whopping
JA$232.2 million (US$2.7 million) on Tuesday September 28th 2011AD
as noted in the article “J'can
hits Super Lotto jackpot!”, published Wednesday, September
28, 2011 The
Jamaica Observer and the article “Super Lotto jackpot won
in Jamaica”, published Thursday, September 29th, 2011, the Antigua Observer.
He
too, was a late collector, as he also had (90) days to collect his prize, the
end date of this time period falling on Tuesday December 26th 2011AD
– Boxing Day as reported in “Super
Lotto winner has 90 days to claim prize”, Published Thursday
September 29, 2011, The
Jamaica Gleaner. He eventually did, of course!
Again,
like the last time, I also did a blog article on this obviously significant yet
rare phenomenon of a Jamaican winning a seemingly impossibly difficult-to-win
Lottery Game and not coming forward as chronicles in my blog article entitled “Supreme
Ventures Limited and the JA$232.2 million Super Lotto Winner - Pointer Sister's
Automatic”.
Stats
give a clearer explanation:
1.
Won Super Lotto on Tuesday September 27th
2011 in Manchester
2.
The player won the split price amount of
$232.2 million (US$ ) after buying a JA$150 ticket
3.
The winning numbers were 5, 11, 20, 22,
31 and Super Ball 8.
1.
Won Super Lotto on Tuesday October 2nd
2012 in Montego Bay, St. James
2.
The player won the split price amount of
J$171,600,000 (US$1,920,000) after buying a JA$150 ticket
3.
The winning numbers are 15, 17, 24, 30,
31 and Super Ball 03
1.
Won Super Lotto on Friday December 28th
2012 in Linstead, St. Catherine
2.
The player won the split price amount of
J$186.6 million (US$ ) after buying a JA$150 ticket
3.
The winning numbers are 01, 03, 05, 07,
16 and Super Ball 10
Clearly,
all the winners are from the rural parts of Jamaica and won by playing for the
split prize by buying a JA$150 Supreme
Ventures Limited Super Lotto ticket. Mek sense; no
Jamaican gonna spend JA$250 to buy a Supreme Ventures Limited
Super Lotto ticket when playing for split prize at least guarantees over JA$20
million or Pick 4 is way easier to win
Not
to mention a money maker for Supreme
Ventures Limited as noted in “Pick
4 winnings hit J$1.4 billion in payouts”, published Sunday |
December 23, 2012, The
Jamaica Gleaner.
In
fact it’s so popular that when I go to purchase Pick 4 Tickets (research into
number patterns!) I always notice in the Betting Shops, the Pick 4 Betting
slips are always in short supply. Cash Pot, once the favourite, is no longer
popular with consumers and is actually a loss making game for Supreme Ventures Limited
as noted in “Cash
Pot eats into Supreme Ventures profit”, published Wednesday
| March 14, 2012, The
Jamaica Gleaner.
And
yes, again, as before, I suggested a Blackberry or smartphone App or Text
message Alert System for the Winner, with the ability to Play Lotto Games over
Wireless 3G and eventually 4G Internet as distilled in my blog article entitled “Supreme Ventures and Blackberry Gambling - Rihanna S&M on
the Dark Side of the Moon”. Supreme Ventures Limited
has in fact embarked upon the very same thing, but apparently has since
abandoned it.
Now
with an apparent raft of taxes, many of which are aimed at Supreme Ventures Limited
since the coming of the NDX (National Debt Exchange) as noted in my blog article entitled “Jamaican
Government to implement NDX, essentially JDX2 2.0 to get IMF Agreement - Tax
Reform and FDI Investments Bullet to the Head and Oblivion”, Supreme Ventures Limited
may want to revisit this idea.
Especially
as MNP (Mobile Number Portability) is on the horizon and may in fact make it
easier to identify minors while rolling out Mobile Gaming as noted originally
in my blog article entitled “Supreme
Ventures and Online Gambling - The Return of the King”.
Ditto to the coming of Mobile Money by April 2013 as noted in my blog article entitled “BOJ to regulate and approve Mobile Money Industry in Jamaica
- JCCUL JCUES is the Man of Steel as GraceKennedy joins The Last Stand for a
Cashless Society”, making Mobile Payments a reality
However
on a more philosophical note, the Supreme Ventures Limited
Super Lotto winner is either afraid of extortionists as speculated in my blog article entitled “Supreme
Ventures and Mobile Phone Platform for gambling”
or may have accidentally left his/her winning Supreme Ventures Limited
Super Lotto ticket (really, it’s gotta
be a man!) in his back pocket, with the clothes being washed and ticket reduced
to shreds.
With
so many things to occupy your mind, it’s easy to forget you bought a Supreme Ventures Limited
Super Lotto, ticket, muchless which numbers you played or even to know which ones
won. A situation equivalent to someone giving you a bulla with you name on it
and you ate it without realizing it had you name on it as explained in the
article “Super Lotto, not so super”, published Sunday, June
06, 2010 By Alicia Roache Sunday Finance reporter, The Jamaica Observer.
Until he/she turns
up, it’s all eyes on the Supreme
Ventures Limited in New Kingston like Hansel and Gretel:
Witch Hunters (2013) Style up until that fateful day
Thursday March 28th 2013.
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