Vietnam vet who hit the Lottery four years ago may finally get some

65-year-old Vietnam vet who hit the Lottery four years ago may finally get some of his winnings

BY SCOTT SHIFREL
DAILY NEWS STAFF WRITER

Monday, June 27th 2011, 6:01 PM

A down-on-his luck Brooklyn vet who hit the Lottery four years ago may finally collect some of his winnings.

Walter Carver, 65, won $10,000 in 2007, but officials took more than half the money because he had once worked a welfare-to-work program.

Carver, who got about $1,000 after taxes, challenged the ruling but was slapped down in state court. A state appeals court has paved the way for the Vietnam veteran to get his winnings back.

"It was a scratch-off game," Carver told the Daily News. "I scratched it off and I was jumping around…then they told me there's a red flag on it."

"I said 'Wait a minute, wait a minute. I was working for my money. I'm not a deadbeat dad. I never signed anything that says they can take my money.' We've been fighting for this money for four years. I still haven't seen it."



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