Florida Lottery will not honor misprint scratch-off jackpot

Comment #28

libra926 — Fri, 05 Aug 2005 20:29:29 GMT

HAPPY FRIDAY..............08/05/05.....................4:30PM....ESTaaahhhh...yes..... CASH ONLY ......I must make a note of that because the only thing worse than ANNUITY ONLY is being told you won $20.00 as opposed to $250,000.00 .....................

Comment #27

CASH Only — Thu, 04 Aug 2005 23:59:43 GMT

tg:You especially want to stay away from the MA annuity-only scratches.

Comment #26

libra926 — Thu, 04 Aug 2005 23:58:36 GMT

Aug...4th.....................This is tooooo incredible. It makes me gun shy about playing scratch offs period, regardless of the State...and I'm not trying to say that other States would have handled this mistake as badly as FLORIDA HAS....but we all try to learn from the misfortunes of others....BTW....God didn't have anything to do with this fraud.....She suggested God gave it to her and took it away in one breath.No....The .FLORIDA LOTTERY took it away in one breath....and to maintain... [ More ]

Comment #25

tg636 — Mon, 01 Aug 2005 19:11:52 GMT

I don't live in FL, but stories like this of misprints , rules printed under the wrong game, cheating clerks, tickets that are sold after the grand prize has been won, etc. have made me stay away from scratch tickets. They are not random enough and too vulnerable to cheating and ripoffs like this poor woman just experienced. I hope she sues and wins. I wonder what would happen if each time an incident like this occurred, everyone boycotted scratch tickets for 90 days.My feeling about misprint... [ More ]

Comment #24

lottaloot — Mon, 01 Aug 2005 11:00:47 GMT

I am with MD here. They would have to come up with a lot more than 300.00 worth of scratch off tickets. All I can say is I Wish it had been me.

Comment #23

Rip Snorter — Sun, 31 Jul 2005 20:47:15 GMT

You LP posters from FL...... is this event getting a lot of media coverage there? J

Comment #22

Rip Snorter — Sun, 31 Jul 2005 20:28:40 GMT

It would be interesting to see a scan of that ticket. Could be one of those deals where it should have been obvious to anyone looking at it that there was something wrong. If so, it might explain the behavior of FL lottery folks in the way they handled it. There's some nuance in the story that might hint that such is the case, though they didn't come out and say it.This has the looks of a story that won't end for a while. There'll probably be a lot more information available before it goes t... [ More ]

Comment #21

Michael E. Port — Sun, 31 Jul 2005 16:50:02 GMT

Sunday July 30th, 2005I agree with Tina Coley when she said Whether they misprinted it or correctly printed it, it's not my fault that they didn't print the ticket properly and, as far as I was concerned, I won $250,000. She is correct and they should have told NO ONE of the printing error and just paid her. No one would have been any wiser. Now the Florida Lottery looks like cheaters, trying to steal this woman's money. After all, she did not ask the clerk to sell her a misprinted ticket, s... [ More ]

Comment #20

delores247 — Sun, 31 Jul 2005 16:25:52 GMT

I agree ,You find a good lawyer and make an example because you didnot make their mistake,it is ashame that they would hold comsumer responsible for their mistake.(Shame on you Flordia lottery officials) Did anybody read the story their was error on two different numbers ? Well they paid out on both numbers I say that's good business, I would vacation in that town Well goodluck in whatever you decide.

Comment #19

sagan — Sun, 31 Jul 2005 03:03:23 GMT

i believe it would not make good sense to ever play florida again.sue/sue/sue

Comment #18

Littlemanjen — Sat, 30 Jul 2005 18:41:22 GMT

This is ridiculous for the lottery. What an embarrassment

Comment #17

win_nie — Sat, 30 Jul 2005 16:51:18 GMT

I'm scared now because when ever i'm in Florida I like to buy scratch and win,now i'm having second thought surpose this happen to me,you get happy then finding out oops its a mistake,I say no! no !no !no tell them correct it now or I guess they will see tickets sale going down.

Comment #16

smd173 — Sat, 30 Jul 2005 16:33:55 GMT

Any good lawyer should probably be able to at least get her half or 100K in a settlement.

Comment #15

kiki — Sat, 30 Jul 2005 15:29:58 GMT

I don't care if it was a misprint, THEY SHOULD PAY HER. It's THEIR stupid mistake. She's had the thrill and shock of winning, let her have the money too

Comment #14

qutgnt — Sat, 30 Jul 2005 15:01:27 GMT

They said it was a twenty dollar winner. I would guess NO TICKETS out there have two winners on the ticket for 20 bucks and 250000 bucks. Therefore it probably was really a misprint, but it is absolutely appalling for the lottery to not pay this out, unless they are fearful there are hundreds of others out there. Then they better recall the game. But pay this woman, it is bad enough the lottery is the absolute worst bet in the history of bets. Now I know why more people go to the casinos.

Comment #13

JAP69 — Sat, 30 Jul 2005 14:52:00 GMT

[They said, under the number two, a partial printing of an abbreviation for 22 appears, so the lottery decided the mistake should play out in their own favor.]Printing error is a weak statement coming from the lottery. I would want to know what the bar code said for a payout figure.

Comment #12

win_nie — Sat, 30 Jul 2005 13:52:30 GMT

I agree with all of the comments,thats not her fault they ticket was faulty if she still has the original ticket sue them for her and me because it may happen to me and if they get away doing it to her they may want to try it again.I like my Florida scratch and win so please lottery officials do what is right.

Comment #11

Chewie — Sat, 30 Jul 2005 11:07:36 GMT

Did the guy from Texas get a job in Florida

Comment #10

LOTTOMIKE — Sat, 30 Jul 2005 04:53:11 GMT

lol,good one...

Comment #9

jeffrey — Sat, 30 Jul 2005 04:52:27 GMT

Sue them for 1 million. 750,000 pain and suffering and for their arrogance.

Comment #8

LOTTOMIKE — Sat, 30 Jul 2005 04:48:13 GMT

Comment #7

Tnplayer805 — Sat, 30 Jul 2005 04:46:35 GMT

It wouldn't hurt them to pay for the mistacke. Come on FL lottery. Do what's right

Comment #6

LOTTOMIKE — Sat, 30 Jul 2005 04:37:36 GMT

i agree maddog.....florida is going to end up making themselves look like fools to the lottery community.florida has one of the best if not the best lottery in america so i hope they pay up.....

Comment #5

MADDOG10 — Sat, 30 Jul 2005 03:58:29 GMT

They offered her $300.00 worth of scratch offs? to hell you say..! My next move would be to a good lawyer...! They say they print 500 million scratch off tickets a year and they can't be held responsible? My arse, they can take your money though can't they, but can't be held liable? BULL.

Comment #4

LOTTOMIKE — Sat, 30 Jul 2005 03:43:22 GMT

your right that does sound like something indiana would pull not florida.

Comment #3

JimmySand9 — Sat, 30 Jul 2005 03:36:11 GMT

I mean, I coudn't see any lottery outside of Indiana doing this, and Florida is the pinnacle of integrity and honesty. For shame.

Comment #2

LOTTOMIKE — Sat, 30 Jul 2005 03:13:43 GMT

amen brother

Comment #1

JimmySand9 — Sat, 30 Jul 2005 03:04:59 GMT

Now that is not like the Florida Lottery.

Florida Lottery will not honor misprint scratch-off jackpot

Lottery Post — Sat, 30 Jul 2005 03:03:52 GMT

She thought she won $250,000 in the lottery, but the lottery said it's not paying. The lottery said what appeared to be a winning ticket was a misprint.Tina Coley buys her scratch off tickets at the same store every week. She said she almost had a heart attack when she matched a number for a quarter of a million dollars. But the Florida Lottery said the ticket is a misprint and Coley's only entitled to $20.Coley and her family raise German Shepherds. They have enough puppies to keep them smiling... [ More ]