Ky. Lottery Under Fire For Scratch-Off Tickets

Comment #13

justxploring — Tue, 07 Mar 2006 08:50:15 GMT

As for the scratchoff tickets remaining on sale after the top prizes are already gone, the Kentucky Lottery Corporation devotes quite a bit of its website to listing the remaining prizes available for every single scratchoff game that it offers, and that information is updated in a prompt fashion. The site clearly advises players that tickets may continue to be sold after some prizes, including all top prizes, have been claimed. I'd say they're being rather upfront with the players. I suppose... [ More ]

Comment #12

Chewie — Sat, 04 Mar 2006 17:07:09 GMT

Doesn't matter Cash - life goes on without that knowledge! Amazing how it works

Comment #11

CASH Only — Sat, 04 Mar 2006 15:10:13 GMT

And I still don't know whether KY has a cash option in Lose for Life.

Comment #10

Uncle Jim — Fri, 03 Mar 2006 18:28:16 GMT

Clearly the Kentucky Lottery is not being up front with their players. Their notion of who cares if the top prizes are gone it's still fun to play is an insult to the intelligence of the players. What a crock!

I really like LotteryPlayer's idea! I think we should take it one step farther:

Bob, Human Resources: Here's you $40,000 salary.

John, Lottery Employee: $40,000? My contract says $100,000.

Bob: Yes that's correct and here's your $40,000.

John: I don't get it. My contrac... [ More ]

Comment #9

ayenowitall — Fri, 03 Mar 2006 14:53:02 GMT

The lady lawyer's contention in this lawsuit is clearly based on mixture of wishful thinking and poor reading comprehension. The ticket clearly states, Over 10 million dollars in cash prizes from $25 to $1,000 cash. That does not mean that all cash prizes are from $25 to $1000. If that were the case, they couldn't even pay the higher $5000, $10,000, and $25,000 prizes. It does not mean that there are no prizes less than $25. It simply means that over ten million dollars worth of the cash prize... [ More ]

Comment #8

Badger — Fri, 03 Mar 2006 10:57:16 GMT

In Wisconsin, the games run as long as they are scheduled to run, regardless of what prizes are already paid out. You now can find out if the top prize has already been won, but you have to make a lot of work for the clerks to do it, and that doesn't win you any friends in the store, because often the clerks are very busy.

Some stores will run a ticket out of the computer that shows which games no longer have a top prize available, and tape it to the counter. In the past, the Lottery Commi... [ More ]

Comment #7

LOTTOMIKE — Fri, 03 Mar 2006 07:24:04 GMT

they are just milking the players.bad move.it makes the kentucky lottery look bad.......

Comment #6

LotteryPlayer — Fri, 03 Mar 2006 04:52:52 GMT

The solution to this is pretty simple: start treating lottery employees the way they treat us.

From now on, only 50% of their salaries are guaranteed -- a second prize salary, if you will. Do you think they'll like that?

Bob, Human Resources: Here's your $50,000, John.

John, Lottery Employee: $50,000? My contract says I get $100,000 this year. What's the deal?

Bob: Sorry, John. All the $100,000 contracts were paid out months ago to 5 other employees.

John: What... [ More ]

Comment #5

jim695 — Thu, 02 Mar 2006 21:30:09 GMT

I've recently discovered that a class-action suit is currently pending against the Hoosier Lottery for similar offenses (this has nothing to do with what LosingJeff and I are working on).

Apparently, the issue is that the expiration dates for their scratch-off games don't appear on the tickets, nor can this information be found on their website. The only place to find it is on Indiana's State Government website (so I'm told - I couldn't find it there, either), so you can imagine how often it... [ More ]

Comment #4

Tnplayer805 — Thu, 02 Mar 2006 17:44:15 GMT

I think it's false advertisement. If they say win up to on the ticket I expect there to be a prize of that amount out there.

Comment #3

DoubleDown — Thu, 02 Mar 2006 16:30:55 GMT

Our information from players over the long term is that while the top prize is a motivator for some to play, players are motivated for the entire experience of playing an instant ticket. They find fun in playing instant tickets. There's a thrill in the reveal, Gleason said.

There's not much thrill when one knows the top prizes are gone.

Sure, some of the second and third tier prizes are nice, but that's not the point.

DD

Comment #2

Chewie — Thu, 02 Mar 2006 16:15:22 GMT

Hopefully, she will set a precidence in her suit. One that all states would have to follow. The states have a computer to tell exactly how much is still available, and most states have a digital screen they use to promote the spending of money. They could easily tell you what is left in any scratch off game. Off Track Betting places have huge screens to tell the players what is going on. Little programming effort, and the public would be knowledgeable. Hummm, what am I saying here? Ooops,

Comment #1

qutgnt — Thu, 02 Mar 2006 15:55:57 GMT

I agree with this lawsuit. The states need to be held liable by the games they play by misleading the public. I live in ILL and while they might take the games off the shelves once the top prizes are gone, they DONT run through their computer the returned books returned to their facilities by the retailers to see if a big prize was in there. So you never have a true idea if the winning tickets are really out there. Iin the age of the internet and computers this info should be computed daily an... [ More ]

Ky. Lottery Under Fire For Scratch-Off Tickets

Lottery Post — Thu, 02 Mar 2006 15:09:00 GMT

In a state known for horse racing and basketball, the ticket of choice for Kentuckians gets scratched every day.

Scratch-off lottery tickets account for 56 percent of all lottery sales.

Instant lottery ticket sales last year were in the neighborhood of $385 million. This year it'll be over $400 million, Arch Gleason, Kentucky Lottery president, said.

The Kentucky Lottery offers about 80 games a year, and these scratch-off tickets typically stay in a store for about three to four month... [ More ]