Atlantic Lottery retailers win 10 times more often than customers

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chasingadream — Fri, 16 Mar 2007 23:07:04 GMT

i agree ......x2

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LuckyLilly — Thu, 15 Mar 2007 23:17:52 GMT

We don't have self-check machines here yet, but hope it happens soon. I know there are dishonest clerks out there.

Several years ago my state had a promo where if you bought $5 on lotto you could instantly win prizes. When I bought mine, I heard the music that's usually played when they scan a winning ticket, and the clerk looked at it then just brought me my ticket. I said wasn't that a winner? and she said no. There was a line behind me, so I just took her word for it, but in retrospe... [ More ]

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rdc137 — Thu, 15 Mar 2007 22:06:09 GMT

In Delaware the self-scanners tell you exactly how much you've won, so there should be no confusion when cashing one, at least here anyway.

Maryland has self checkers but they do not tell you how much you won, however, the machines will tell you how much credit you have so before giving the tickets over you should make sure you can see the monitor.

New Jersey does not have self-checkers.

New York has a similar device to Maryland.

Pennsylvania's self-service machines that sell online... [ More ]

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dvdiva — Thu, 15 Mar 2007 13:41:08 GMT

It boils down to people not checking their tickets themselves. You should already know or at least have an idea of what a ticket is worth when you hand it to the cashier.

Atlantic Lottery retailers win 10 times more often than customers

Lottery Post — Thu, 15 Mar 2007 12:56:20 GMT

Canadian store owners are collecting major lottery wins ten times as often as they should, according to the Atlantic Lottery Corporation.

Information sent out to media Wednesday showed retailers in the Atlantic Provinces had collected 37 wins worth $25,000 or more in the period from Jan. 1, 2001 to Dec. 31, 2006. Analysis from Universite de Moncton statistician Jacques Allard said the 2688 retail owners, who do play lottery at 1.76 times the rate of the average person, should have been expect... [ More ]