Why would anyone let a clerk check their ticket for them? I've never heard of such a thing. If I'm super lazy, I'll take my ticket to the store (when I already plan to be there) and just check it with their scanner. On the rare occasions when I play, I check the number myself on the website. I have no doubt winning a big jackpot would bring about some complications. But I'd not even claim my prize before meeting with a lawyer (probably Dottore
) and financial planner, changing my cell phone # and email address. Any dime I gave away would be 110% anonymous and unsolicited, even to friends and family and I'd not tell anyone but my wife that we'd won.