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Eastern Time (GMT-5:00) | Lottery tickets accidentally shipped to man's house Georgia Lottery: Lottery tickets accidentally shipped to man's house54 Rating:ATLANTA, Ga. — A metro Atlanta man opened up a box with a gift he ordered on the Internet to find a treasure of scratch-off lottery tickets. Darryl Bufford told a local reporter that a UPS box arrived this week with a gift he bought from Macy's. Bufford set the package aside for a few days and opened it when he noticed some of the tape had been pulled loose. Inside Bufford found eight stacks of unopened scratch-off lottery tickets. "My first thought was, 'Merry Christmas," Bufford said. The Georgia Lottery told Buford there are between 100-500 tickets in each stack. The tickets ranged from $1 to $20. "Everything that you can imagine would be in a store, that's what was in that package," Bufford said. Bufford didn't know that until the store activates the tickets they are worthless. Bufford said that he thought he had a fortune, but his integrity was worth even more. "We looked at it and we decided the right thing was to turn them in," Bufford said. The Georgia Lottery said they have asked UPS to track down what happened with the tickets. A UPS spokesman said the most likely explanation is that the material fell from a box on a conveyer belt and a worker mistakenly put it back in the wrong box.  (Click to display full-size in gallery)
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wow!!! He couldn't keep them anyway, but I think he's entitled to a reward for doing the right thing. | | |
Ringleader Michigan United States Member #81740 October 28, 2009 38355 Posts Offline | | Posted: December 8, 2013, 10:36 am - IP Logged | |
Nice to read a story about folks with integrity. Did you exchange a walk on part in the war ? For a lead role in a cage? From Pink Floyd's " Wish you were here" | | |
United States Member #149596 December 4, 2013 208 Posts Offline | | Posted: December 8, 2013, 10:47 am - IP Logged | |
Nice to read a story about folks with integrity. I hear you but they really were worthless. Not even worth the paper they're printed on. Not sure what his mindset was but i'm thinking he must have known, or enquired after receiving them to see if they could possibly be valid/redeemed. Not taking anything away from him, but lets be real here. Anyone with common sense would know that they would be worthless. Good on him though. Integrity would have been if he found a bag of cash labeled "Georgia Lottery Deposit" or something like that and turned it in. Wait, or would that make him stupid?? hahaha "It's good to have money and the things that money can buy, but it's good, too, to check up once in a while and make sure that you haven't lost the things that money can't buy." - George Lorimer | | |
Los Angeles, California United States Member #103813 January 5, 2011 1530 Posts Offline | | Posted: December 8, 2013, 10:50 am - IP Logged | |
Hmmm...so some packs fall out of a shipment of tickets to a retailer, and then some UPS worker arbitrarily rips open another box and sticks them in there? Strange... Or did someone intercept a scratch ticket shipment, grab some, and then someone told him, "yo man, you can't redeem those tickets unless the pack is active, put 'em back!" Both strange... | | |
United States Member #122324 January 29, 2012 69 Posts Offline | | Posted: December 8, 2013, 10:50 am - IP Logged | |
I hear you but they really were worthless. Not even worth the paper they're printed on. Not sure what his mindset was but i'm thinking he must have known, or enquired after receiving them to see if they could possibly be valid/redeemed. Not taking anything away from him, but lets be real here. Anyone with common sense would know that they would be worthless. Good on him though. Integrity would have been if he found a bag of cash labeled "Georgia Lottery Deposit" or something like that and turned it in. Wait, or would that make him stupid?? hahaha I disagree. I'm an avid lottery player (although I don't play scratchoffs at all) and I had no clue they needed to be validated. The general public would have no clue these can be validated. Had you said the person figured that they could be tracked by the serial numbers and that's why they chose to just call it in that may have been believeable. | | |
Ringleader Michigan United States Member #81740 October 28, 2009 38355 Posts Offline | | Posted: December 8, 2013, 10:52 am - IP Logged | |
Hmmm...so some packs fall out of a shipment of tickets to a retailer, and then some UPS worker arbitrarily rips open another box and sticks them in there? Strange... Or did someone intercept a scratch ticket shipment, grab some, and then someone told him, "yo man, you can't redeem those tickets unless the pack is active, put 'em back!" Both strange... I thought something was odd also. Did you exchange a walk on part in the war ? For a lead role in a cage? From Pink Floyd's " Wish you were here" | | |
United States Member #149596 December 4, 2013 208 Posts Offline | | Posted: December 8, 2013, 11:01 am - IP Logged | |
I disagree. I'm an avid lottery player (although I don't play scratchoffs at all) and I had no clue they needed to be validated. The general public would have no clue these can be validated. Had you said the person figured that they could be tracked by the serial numbers and that's why they chose to just call it in that may have been believeable. Oh come on. Why do you think everything lotto related is scanned, time stamped, serial numbered??? Do you really think if you 'won' a jackpot or some other prize the only thing they check would be the winning numbers?? Certainly you don't believe that. They check the store purchased. Time purchased. Validity of the paper. Serial number. And in some cases even video from the store purchased. Not to mention when you go to collect if its a decent size prize, they question your buying pattern, amount of ticket purchased, when you bought it etc to ensure no shenanigans. As for the scratch off, remember when you buy a ticket, you really dont have to scartch it off (of course you should) but to know if you won, they have to scan it at the register, no matter what the scratch off has on it. ITS ALL ELECTRONIC MY FRIEND. Never forget that!!! "It's good to have money and the things that money can buy, but it's good, too, to check up once in a while and make sure that you haven't lost the things that money can't buy." - George Lorimer | | |
NY United States Member #121961 January 21, 2012 3157 Posts Offline | | Posted: December 8, 2013, 11:20 am - IP Logged | |
Hmmm...so some packs fall out of a shipment of tickets to a retailer, and then some UPS worker arbitrarily rips open another box and sticks them in there? Strange... Or did someone intercept a scratch ticket shipment, grab some, and then someone told him, "yo man, you can't redeem those tickets unless the pack is active, put 'em back!" Both strange... Yea, can't trust those temporary UPS workers. Just look at them on youtube stealing iphones. They probably opened any box that looked like it could hold electronics. | | |
Way back up in them dadgum hills, son! United States Member #73904 April 28, 2009 14903 Posts Offline | | Posted: December 8, 2013, 12:00 pm - IP Logged | |
Honesty is always the best policy. | | |
Massachusetts United States Member #37433 April 14, 2006 2747 Posts Offline | | Posted: December 8, 2013, 12:27 pm - IP Logged | |
Good job Mr. Darryl Bufford. They all are losers anyways  That money's gone fo ever | | |
United States Member #4121 March 23, 2004 817 Posts Offline | | Posted: December 8, 2013, 12:35 pm - IP Logged | |
Nice story but 100% of the people would have done the same. There are worthless.  | | |
Jacksonville Florida United States Member #23018 October 6, 2005 910 Posts Offline | | Posted: December 8, 2013, 1:02 pm - IP Logged | |
"A UPS spokesman said the most likely explanation is that the material fell from a box on a conveyer belt and a worker mistakenly put it back in the wrong box."
Sounds like the Georgia Lottery needs to use stronger package sealing tape and not the cheap stuff... | | |
Bergen County NJ United States Member #104849 January 21, 2011 438 Posts Offline | | Posted: December 8, 2013, 1:08 pm - IP Logged | |
Scratch offs are so a windfall for the lottery. They prey on the lowest income folks too. After saying that I do play them occasionally, like after a nice hot on the daily, and only a $10 ticket, it brings me back to earth. Seems so simple: three digits, 168 to one odds when boxed... all you have to do is pick the right ones! | | |
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