Kentucky store clerk wins $200,000 from duplicate lottery ticket

Dec 16, 2011, 4:45 pm (31 comments)

Powerball

Someone out there has the other ticket worth $200,000

David Lee Franey owns four Franey's Food Mart locations in Owensboro. From time to time, one of his clerks will misprint a Kentucky Lottery ticket. "Instead of going through the hassle of filing paperwork for a $1 ticket, I just always tell my clerks to tape them on the side of the terminal and I'll eat the cost myself," Franey said.

Little did he know yesterday that a $200,000 winning Powerball ticket had been taped to the side of the terminal at his Carter Road location for two days.

Franey said a player came into the store and asked for a Powerball ticket using the "Play It Again" feature. This feature allows players to present a ticket from a previous drawing and buy a new ticket with the same numbers for an upcoming drawing. "The clerk said when she initially scanned the ticket, there was a delay so she scanned it again," Franey said. "Since she scanned it twice, there were two tickets printed — but the player only wanted the one they'd initially asked for, so she taped the extra one on the side of the terminal for me."

After learning that a pair of $200,000 winners had been sold at the store, Kentucky Lottery security investigators initiated a series of procedures performed at any retailer that sells such a large winning ticket. "During the course of their work, one of the store employees pointed out a ticket taped to the side of the terminal and said it had been printed on the same day the winning tickets had been sold," said the Kentucky Lottery's Senior Vice President of Security Bill Hickerson. "Our investigator looked at the ticket, laughed, and told them it was a $200,000 winner."

Franey was shocked when he learned the news. "I've been getting these tickets every so often for years and never really won anything," he said at lottery headquarters where he came to pick up his check. When asked if he had any plans for the money, Franey smiled and said no. "I'm not an extravagant guy. I'm a saver," he said.

The Kentucky Lottery's operating statute has no provision that would prevent a lottery retailer from buying a ticket and winning a prize.

There is still one other $200,000 winning ticket from the store that has yet to be claimed. Kentucky Lottery officials say they have not been contacted by anyone claiming to have the ticket. The white ball winning numbers on the ticket from the December 14 drawing would be 2, 24, 46, 52 and 56. Players have 180 days from the date of a drawing to claim their prize.

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Comments

B$Rizzle's avatarB$Rizzle

This is awesome on many levels. Something about those "mistake tickets" that always makes me buy them. This is why.

 

If the clerk ever makes an error and produces the wrong # of lines, didnt add powerplay etc etc, I always say "thats ok Ill take those also"

 

You never know!

haymaker's avatarhaymaker

deserves every penny,a boss that doesn't sweat the small stuff.

looks like a generous person,would not be suprised to find out he is sharing some w/ his workers.

haymaker's avatarhaymaker

Quote: Originally posted by B$Rizzle on Dec 16, 2011

This is awesome on many levels. Something about those "mistake tickets" that always makes me buy them. This is why.

 

If the clerk ever makes an error and produces the wrong # of lines, didnt add powerplay etc etc, I always say "thats ok Ill take those also"

 

You never know!

yep,i buy em,maybe we should call em "destiny tix".

weshar75's avatarweshar75

Yeah I agree with you about buying mistake tickets.  I buy them because you never know if they will be the winning one.-weshar75

atoz

I always buy the mistakes too.  I have seen where people come in to buy certain scratch offs and the clerk tares the wrong one off the roll.  So the clerk had to get the customer the right ticket she wanted.  Needless to say that ticket she didnt take the owner of the store scratched it and won 100,000 dollars.  From that day on I take any ticket thats printed or pull from a roll of scratchers.  Plus I have hit on them....nothing that big on a wrong ticket but have hit some 100 buck ones.

haymaker's avatarhaymaker

hey, is tiggs95 out there, don't know if you live near owensboro,

but now i have to find it,since my GGF. is named owen.

is this pure luck or what ?

TheRightPrice

I have bought mistake tickets on many occasions and LOSTSad Cheers

RJOh's avatarRJOh

I seldom buy mistakes made while printing out other players tickets but I do buy the ones made printing out my tickets because I always feel I've picked a winner and I would hate to split the jackpot with someone else because I didn't buy the misprint of a duplicate of my picks.

EXMECHANIC

I have the habit of only bringing enough money to buy the tickets I intend to purchase, so my mistakes go off into the abyss.

savagegoose's avatarsavagegoose

Quote: Originally posted by RJOh on Dec 16, 2011

I seldom buy mistakes made while printing out other players tickets but I do buy the ones made printing out my tickets because I always feel I've picked a winner and I would hate to split the jackpot with someone else because I didn't buy the misprint of a duplicate of my picks.

yeah rjoh, i was thinking something similar about this story. id hate to share my pot with the store owner becuase i was too cheap.  and it only being a $1 ticket.but what if theres a doulbe print of one of your $25 wheels or something?

does the shop then " stick it to the machine "

 

if the terminal was $1 short, it would mean the shop owner didnt actually pay for the ticket and as lottoery official i would void it.

rdgrnr's avatarrdgrnr

Good Golly Miss Molly, how many times must I repeat this...

 

If the ticket's a mistake

It's a ticket you must take

 

Let it be your mantra.

Learn it, live it, love it.

RJOh's avatarRJOh

Quote: Originally posted by savagegoose on Dec 16, 2011

yeah rjoh, i was thinking something similar about this story. id hate to share my pot with the store owner becuase i was too cheap.  and it only being a $1 ticket.but what if theres a doulbe print of one of your $25 wheels or something?

does the shop then " stick it to the machine "

 

if the terminal was $1 short, it would mean the shop owner didnt actually pay for the ticket and as lottoery official i would void it.

Since Ohio only print 5 lines per ticket and when I buy tickets locally I only play for one drawing, the most a misprint would cost would be $5.  The only two misprints that I've ever bought cost $1.

*Ohio may print 10 QP per ticket but I use play slips which only have 5 boards per slip.

savagegoose's avatarsavagegoose

yeah i didnt think it thru ive never seen a 25 game entry coupon. most we have here are 18 games. and thats only cuz the games are less than $1 ea.

gocart1's avatargocart1

Quote: Originally posted by rdgrnr on Dec 16, 2011

Good Golly Miss Molly, how many times must I repeat this...

 

If the ticket's a mistake

It's a ticket you must take

 

Let it be your mantra.

Learn it, live it, love it.

Love this saying......rdgrnr

rdgrnr's avatarrdgrnr

Quote: Originally posted by gocart1 on Dec 17, 2011

Love this saying......rdgrnr

Well thank you kindly, gocart1.

LottoLin

I've asked for $5.00 ticket on either PowerBall or MegaMillions and if the clerk had printed out a extra ticket for someone else and they asked me if I wanted that and $4.00 on another ticket or 4 seperate ones. I will take the extra ticket that was printed and let them print me four more. I always play quick pick any way.  Or I'll tell them give me my 5 and the extra one. Ya never know if don't take the chance.

Litebets27's avatarLitebets27

When asked if he had any plans for the money, Franey smiled and said no. "I'm not an extravagant guy. I'm a saver,"

Would have been nice to read, "I'm going to share it with the clerk who misprinted the ticket, because I will also receive a bonus from the Lottery commission for selling the winning tickets."

Nice present from the clerk to his or her boss. Congratulations Mr. Franey!

LottoGuyBC's avatarLottoGuyBC

nice hit Smash

RJOh's avatarRJOh

Quote: Originally posted by Litebets27 on Dec 17, 2011

When asked if he had any plans for the money, Franey smiled and said no. "I'm not an extravagant guy. I'm a saver,"

Would have been nice to read, "I'm going to share it with the clerk who misprinted the ticket, because I will also receive a bonus from the Lottery commission for selling the winning tickets."

Nice present from the clerk to his or her boss. Congratulations Mr. Franey!

It was nice of him to tell his clerks to tape their misprints on the counter and he would buy them.  Where I buy my tickets, the clerks tell me they have to buy their misprints of MM and PB themselves if they can't sell them since they can't cancel them. 

savagegoose's avatarsavagegoose

it says inb article that they can cancel  tickets, but that the paper work isnt worth the hassle for $1. ie the boss at your local is too lazy to file the paper work and its just easier just to bill the workers.

RJOh's avatarRJOh

Quote: Originally posted by savagegoose on Dec 17, 2011

it says inb article that they can cancel  tickets, but that the paper work isnt worth the hassle for $1. ie the boss at your local is too lazy to file the paper work and its just easier just to bill the workers.

In Ohio only local games like Ohio Classic Lotto, Rolling Cash5, Pick3 and Pick4 can be cancelled once printed, multi-states games MegaMillions and PowerBall can't be cancelled.

savagegoose's avatarsavagegoose

ahhh ok , seems strange hearing how other places are ran. i cant conceive of a lotto game that doesnt allow me to cancel the ticket.  although i do know you cant cancel them at another store here.

 

i guess its just a matter of knowing how the rules work where you play.

Stack47

Finally a nice story about a clerk making a mistake! And hats off to the store owner for having a process in place so the costumers don't get hassled. I too have bought mistakes but some clerks are always making mistakes and that could get expensive.

"In Ohio only local games like Ohio Classic Lotto, Rolling Cash5, Pick3 and Pick4 can be cancelled once printed, multi-states games MegaMillions and PowerBall can't be cancelled."

Like the time I handed a clerk my MM playslip that should have cost $10 but the terminal showed $128. The printed ticket was for multiple drawings (which wasn't checked on my slip) and none of the lines were any of lines I marked. After it was decided it was hers or the machine's mistake, I left with my playslip and went to another store that printed the tickets correctly.

Don't know who paid for the tickets or if any of them won anything. I always thought the "no cancel" policy was a bad idea because of numerous problems with the card reader in the terminals or a simple miscommunication between the costumer and the clerk. I saw people asking for cigarettes and the clerk handing them the wrong brand, but the clerk or the costumer doesn't have to smoke the mistakes.

In January if players ask for 5 MM QPs and the clerk hands them 5 PB QPs will the players buy that $10 mistake?

temptustoo's avatartemptustoo

Store clerk didnt win.. the OWNER DID...

RJOh's avatarRJOh

Quote: Originally posted by Stack47 on Dec 18, 2011

Finally a nice story about a clerk making a mistake! And hats off to the store owner for having a process in place so the costumers don't get hassled. I too have bought mistakes but some clerks are always making mistakes and that could get expensive.

"In Ohio only local games like Ohio Classic Lotto, Rolling Cash5, Pick3 and Pick4 can be cancelled once printed, multi-states games MegaMillions and PowerBall can't be cancelled."

Like the time I handed a clerk my MM playslip that should have cost $10 but the terminal showed $128. The printed ticket was for multiple drawings (which wasn't checked on my slip) and none of the lines were any of lines I marked. After it was decided it was hers or the machine's mistake, I left with my playslip and went to another store that printed the tickets correctly.

Don't know who paid for the tickets or if any of them won anything. I always thought the "no cancel" policy was a bad idea because of numerous problems with the card reader in the terminals or a simple miscommunication between the costumer and the clerk. I saw people asking for cigarettes and the clerk handing them the wrong brand, but the clerk or the costumer doesn't have to smoke the mistakes.

In January if players ask for 5 MM QPs and the clerk hands them 5 PB QPs will the players buy that $10 mistake?

Finally a nice story about a clerk making a mistake! And hats off to the store owner for having a process in place so the costumers don't get hassled. I too have bought mistakes but some clerks are always making mistakes and that could get expensive.

If store owners had a policy of sharing any winnings from mistakes with clerks, they would probably just have more mistakes because it would allow clerks to play the lottery using the store owners' money.  It would be a win win for the clerks and a lose lose for the store owners.

Stack47

Quote: Originally posted by RJOh on Dec 18, 2011

Finally a nice story about a clerk making a mistake! And hats off to the store owner for having a process in place so the costumers don't get hassled. I too have bought mistakes but some clerks are always making mistakes and that could get expensive.

If store owners had a policy of sharing any winnings from mistakes with clerks, they would probably just have more mistakes because it would allow clerks to play the lottery using the store owners' money.  It would be a win win for the clerks and a lose lose for the store owners.

I Agree!

savagegoose's avatarsavagegoose

maybe it shouod be store policy to  share mistakes with the clerks that make the least mistakes on thre lotto  terminal and  giving the highest mistake dood  NOTHING. this would forment competitive behavoir

CrazyHazyYay!'s avatarCrazyHazyYay!

The first jackpot story I ever read before I started playing Mega Millions was about a couple whom were buying some QP's as "stocking stuffers" for some of their friends. The man asked for 3 separate $1 QP's and the clerk accidentally printed out a single ticket with 3 lines instead. This man did buy his own numbers that he said he habitually played too. Long story short, the couple won the jackpot for the Mega Millions Christmas drawing on that "mistake" ticket and were $137M richer (estimated annuity of course). Ever since then, I always bought those "mistake" tickets because you never know who's watching and it might not be a "mistake" after all. Cool

Good luck with this upcoming MM and Powerball! Smiley Santa

haymaker's avatarhaymaker

Quote: Originally posted by CrazyHazyYay! on Dec 20, 2011

The first jackpot story I ever read before I started playing Mega Millions was about a couple whom were buying some QP's as "stocking stuffers" for some of their friends. The man asked for 3 separate $1 QP's and the clerk accidentally printed out a single ticket with 3 lines instead. This man did buy his own numbers that he said he habitually played too. Long story short, the couple won the jackpot for the Mega Millions Christmas drawing on that "mistake" ticket and were $137M richer (estimated annuity of course). Ever since then, I always bought those "mistake" tickets because you never know who's watching and it might not be a "mistake" after all. Cool

Good luck with this upcoming MM and Powerball! Smiley Santa

yep, gotta buy them mistakes,but sometimes i wonder,

do clerks know this and do it on purpose to sell more tix ?

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