All was quiet in the house of Jenny Martin when she got home from work and put down a few scratchers she had purchased from a local Kum & Go on her way. Nothing stirred, not even a......hamster? This was unfortunately not the case for Martin, a local Springfield resident. "I put the keys and the scratcher tickets I bought on the table" Martin told us in an interview, "No sooner had I turned back around and the tickets were gone!" A short while later she found her hamster "Floofy McLumperkins" nibbling and scratching on a ticket after it had fallen on the kitchen floor. Jenny almost fainted as she realized that Floofy had scratched off a ticket prize of one million dollars.
When Martin attempted to cash the ticket in, a DNA analysis test quickly revealed the actual individual who scratched the ticket. "I knew right away that no human could scratch a ticket like that." Ryan Louie, a scratch-off synthesis biologist at the Missouri Lottery HQ told us. "I've seen a lot of hamster claw marks, and this was a dead give away." Unfortunately for Jenny, federal law and MO Lottery policies dictate that the hamster must receive the full amount of the winnings. Jenny said she was "astounded" at the requirement and doesn't feel safe now that Floofy's cage is filled with the cash. Local police are currently protecting the home until Floofy has chewed up and made bedding out of the remaining money. "It's his constitutional right." Police tell us.
Sucks to be her!!!
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