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Willis Willis, center, arrives for a meeting with his attorneys, Sean Breen, left, and Randy Howry, at the Texas Lottery Commission in Austin, Texas, Monday, Nov. 2, 2009. Willis, 67, from Grand Prairie, Texas, had a winning $1 million winning lottery ticket, that authorities allege was stolen by a convenience store clerk where Willis bought the ticket. The clerk, who is missing, allegedly claimed the whole prize, $750,000, after taxes. Some of it has been recovered from bank accounts, prosecutors say. (AP Photo/Harry Cabluck)
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Willis Willis, center, arrives for a meeting with his attorneys, Sean Breen, left, and Randy Howry, at the Texas Lottery Commission in Austin, Texas, Monday, Nov. 2, 2009. Willis, 67, from Grand Prairie, Texas, had a winning $1 million winning lottery ticket, that authorities allege was stolen by a convenience store clerk where Willis bought the ticket. The clerk, who is missing, allegedly claimed the whole prize, $750,000, after taxes. Some of it has been recovered from bank accounts, prosecutors say. (AP Photo/Harry Cabluck)

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November 25, 2009 10:26 AM
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

AUSTIN (AP) — A man who says he bought what turned out to be a $1 million Texas lottery ticket but was scammed by a clerk wants to depose some lottery executives.

Attorneys for Willis Willis have asked a judge in Austin to allow the depositions in what could lead to a lawsuit against the Texas Lottery Commission. The state in general has immunity from such lawsuits.

Lottery authorities declined comment Tuesday.

Willis says a convenience store clerk in Grand Prairie told him that the ticket that he bought on May 29 was worth just $2.

Authorities believe Pankaj Joshi, who was indicted in September on a charge of claiming a lottery prize by fraud, fled to Nepal after about $750,000 of the prize was transferred to him.

Prosecutors have recovered about $365,000 from U.S. banks.


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