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A woman held the winning $13,000 raffle ticket at a Milwaukee Brewers game. An usher pointed her the wrong way while she sprinted to claim it. She arrived 66 seconds late and lost every dollar.
– Annette and Matt Flynn, a couple from Kenosha Wisconsin, bought ten 50/50 raffle tickets while tailgating before a Brewers-Cubs game on July 7, 2023.
– The winning number was announced midway through the sixth inning but Annette was seated in the upper deck in left field, with the scoreboard positioned behind her, so she never saw or heard it.
– The Brewers Community Foundation's rules gave winners until the third out of the top of the seventh inning, about six outs total to physically present the ticket at a designated table on the concourse.
– Once Annette realized she was holding the winning number, she scrambled from the upper deck all the way down to the concourse behind home plate.
– Along the way, an usher gave her incorrect directions to the claim table, sending her further out of her way.
– Surveillance footage later confirmed her entire frantic run through the stadium.
– When she finally reached the table, staff informed her she'd arrived exactly 66 seconds after the deadline
– The foundation had already drawn and announced a new winning number just 15 seconds after the window closed.
– The Flynns were offered a settlement afterward, but turned it down because it came with a mandatory gag order preventing them from talking about what happened.
– They filed a small claims lawsuit in March 2025 for $10,000, the maximum allowed.
– A circuit court ruled against them, and in May 2026 the Wisconsin Court of Appeals upheld that ruling finding the foundation had "exclusive discretion" under its own rules to decide she was late, full stop.
– The Brewers have since changed the rule going forward: winners now get 30 days to claim a 50/50 prize, instead of six outs.
She held the actual winning ticket in her hand the entire time. An usher's wrong directions and 66 seconds are the only reason she didn't walk out $13,000 richer and two courts have now said that's completely legal.