Florida Lottery won't pay $500,000 winner, called 'misprint'

Comment #76

pacattack05 — Sat, 16 Jun 2007 00:02:36 GMT

I like rash...I was gonna use it..LOL

Put my finger on it...LOL

Comment #75

DoubleDown — Fri, 15 Jun 2007 20:52:51 GMT

I can't put my finger on it either, Pac.

At least there hasn't been a rash of these type things.

Comment #74

pacattack05 — Fri, 15 Jun 2007 20:09:40 GMT

I'm still scratching my head wondering if they got it or not. I'm just itching to find out. I'm not trying to rub anyone the wrong way, but I am curious.

Comment #73

Cr4zyH0rs3 — Fri, 08 Jun 2007 04:45:36 GMT

I imangine it would say 5 mill, like I have seen 1 mill, 2.5 mil 1.5 mill under the number.

Comment #72

Stack47 — Thu, 07 Jun 2007 18:37:56 GMT

I was wondering that too because it was everywhere in the news for a couple of days. Nothing has been said since the Florida Lottery asked to examine the ticket so the News people probably backed off because the circumstances changed.

Maybe somebody explained to those people (and they finally understood) why the th is placed under the 13 . If you remove all the latex from the scratch-off area, most tickets have a 3 letter code like ONE , FIV , or TEN that shows how much it's worth if... [ More ]

Comment #71

DoubleDown — Wed, 06 Jun 2007 21:39:43 GMT

Have their been any new developments on this story since it broke, does anyone know

Comment #70

Cr4zyH0rs3 — Sat, 02 Jun 2007 04:40:20 GMT

Either pay the man and his wife or get out the lottery buiness, End Of story

Comment #69

RJOh — Wed, 23 May 2007 19:26:15 GMT

http://www.ocala.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070516/NEWS/205160332/1025/news

Annemarie Curcio said they were robbed.

My husband gave them a real $20 bill and they gave him a fake ticket,

Apparently Mrs. Curcio hasn't bought a lot of lottery tickets if she thinks a $20 lottery tickets that wins nothing is fake.

Comment #68

KY Floyd — Tue, 22 May 2007 22:40:50 GMT

In some places your employer is required to pay you your regular salary while serving jury duty if the company has some minimum number of employees. If your company paid people for doing volunteer work they were unusually generous.

Comment #67

psykomo — Tue, 22 May 2007 16:15:43 GMT

I THINK>>>>>>>LOTTERY SHOULD>>>>> PAY

or get a printer WHO CAN..............PRINT..............DARN-it!!!!!!!!!

I'm>>MAD....as HELL>>

.........................RESPECT

Mr or Ms ........................LOTTERY COMMISSIONER

.....

Comment #66

duckman — Tue, 22 May 2007 15:23:38 GMT

Official announcement by the Florida Lottery:

"STATEMENT BY THE FLORIDA LOTTERY REGARDING POSSIBLE MISPRINT OF GOLD RUSH TICKET

TALLAHASSEE -- On Monday, May 14, the Florida Lottery learned of a possible printing error on a Florida Lottery GOLD RUSH Scratch-Off ticket. The Florida Lottery is investigating the circumstances of the apparent misprint; however, without possession of the original ticket in question, the Lottery s investigation is limited. While preliminary analysis of a photoco... [ More ]

Comment #65

wannawin24 — Mon, 21 May 2007 05:30:18 GMT

I agree with you Guru. If they cannot investigate without the ticket or with me standing right there than I don't trust it. It's like all you need is the barcode number anyway.

Comment #64

tntea — Mon, 21 May 2007 04:26:34 GMT

Are these the same people who counted the votes in Palm Beach County in 2000? LOL

You cracked me up here.. lol

Comment #63

justxploring — Mon, 21 May 2007 03:55:23 GMT

If this guy hands over the ticket and walks away expecting to hear from them, a week will go by without hearing from them, he'll call them up to see what's going on, and all the FL lottery is going to say You never gave us the ticket .

Guru, I doubt if this would ever happen. There isn't a big conspiracy going on here. Also this story has already gotten so much publicity, it would only be in their best interest to pay the claim if it's a legitimate ticket.

Comment #62

emilyg — Mon, 21 May 2007 03:13:25 GMT

Comment #61

RJOh — Mon, 21 May 2007 02:39:31 GMT

Should they take his word and write a check or is the Florida Lottery being unreasonable by asking to see the ticket?

Wouldn't it be nice if lotteries accepted letters from players that read:

Sir,

Your terminal has made a big mistake, I bought a $20 ticket which I think is worth $500,000 and it does not agree. I have discussed this with my wife and a reporter from CNN, both which I trust completely and they think you should send me a check for a half million dollars. I await your chec... [ More ]

Comment #60

RJOh — Sun, 20 May 2007 22:42:15 GMT

Sounds like this guy is trying to pull what that Ohio women Elecia Battle tried back in January of 2004 when she reported her misfortune of losing a lottery ticket worth $162M to the local police and newspapers before going to the lottery office to make a claim. When the real winner, Rebecca Jemison turned in the winning ticket, some thought she should have shared it with Elecia because she told such a convincing sob story and other thought Elecia should had gone to jail for filing a false repo... [ More ]

Comment #59

justxploring — Sun, 20 May 2007 22:11:20 GMT

(1) This happened in Florida

(2) They are asking a prospective winner to hand the ticket to State employees for verification.

(3) Are these the same people who counted the votes in Palm Beach County in 2000? LOL

Comment #58

Stack47 — Sun, 20 May 2007 22:01:38 GMT

Looks like this guy is going to have follow the rules same as any other players if he expects to collect anything.

Everything we have heard so far has been from the ticket holder and his wife. They probably took the ticket to a gas station, had it scanned, were told it wasn't a winner, showed the clerk the 1 on the top row, the cherk showed them the th and were told by the clerk it was a misprint. In the CNN interview the man and his wife both made it a point to mention several times the... [ More ]

Comment #57

Guru101 — Sun, 20 May 2007 18:54:11 GMT

So let me get this straight. The FL lottery wants this guy to give them the ticket so they can investigate what went wrong and the guy walks away waiting to hear from them? I don't know about you, but if I was this guy, that ticket wouldn't be leaving my sight! Anything they want to do with the ticket, they can do with me standing right next to them. If this guy hands over the ticket and walks away expecting to hear from them, a week will go by without hearing from them, he'll call them up to... [ More ]

Comment #56

justxploring — Sun, 20 May 2007 18:29:37 GMT

Just because an abusive husband later set her on fire doesn't mean the woman had a sound legal case for protection. If she didn't have proof that he was a real danger, his right to be left alone trumps her right to be protected by government interference in his life. It's part of that whole innocent until proven guilty thing.

I understand what you are saying. Nobody should be able to go to court and simply ask for a restraining or no contact order without valid cause. Believe me, this... [ More ]

Comment #55

RJOh — Sun, 20 May 2007 18:15:34 GMT

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

FRIDAY, MAY 18, 2007

CONTACT: JACQUELINE BARREIROS

(850) 487-7727

WWW.FLALOTTERY.COM

STATEMENT BY THE FLORIDA LOTTERY REGARDING POSSIBLE MISPRINT OF GOLD RUSH TICKET

TALLAHASSEE -- On Monday, May 14, the Florida Lottery learned of a possible printing error on a Florida Lottery GOLD RUSH Scratch-Off ticket. The Florida Lottery is investigating the circumstances of the apparent misprint; however, without possession of the original ticket in question, the Lottery... [ More ]

Comment #54

RJOh — Sun, 20 May 2007 18:12:45 GMT

I must have been lucky because the company I worked for before I retired alway paid the regular salary of employees who serve the community. They wouldn't pay for any overtime opportunity missed. We had people looking for ways to serve the community on company time for the extra pay, even people who worked nights got paid if they were too tire to come to work after serving the community doing the day. I only used the system once and that was when I drove 100 miles to Akron to serve on a Feder... [ More ]

Comment #53

KY Floyd — Sun, 20 May 2007 17:53:10 GMT

Actually, I completely agree that jury duty is a civic responsibility that everybody should meet. Unfortunately the system is seriously flawed, and the reality is that most people want to avoid jury duty, and with good cause. The last time I had jury duty I was paid $40 a day. The good news is that I didn't have to pay taxes on it, but the bad news is that I had to drive there and pay for parking. Why on earth would I want to do that for a week (never mind getting on a case that lasts for two or... [ More ]

Comment #52

justxploring — Sun, 20 May 2007 16:54:33 GMT

The Florida Lottery made an official announcement about this case on Friday. I don't think I am allowed to post links to lottery sites, so go to the Florida Lottery web site and click on NEWS if you are interested.

I haven't seen this before, and there have been many misprints, so apparently being a squeaky wheel makes a difference!

By the way, if you take a close look at the ticket, the number 1 doesn't look as if it's positioned correctly. Who knows if he scratched off the number 3... [ More ]

Comment #51

RJOh — Sun, 20 May 2007 13:55:51 GMT

If lotteries took out insurance to offer a consolation prize to every loser that thought he/she should have won, who do you think would pay for it? Every loser gets a consolation prize, a losing ticket, but most players discard them.

The lotteries always say You can't win if you don't play , maybe they should add you can lose either for those players who don't like to lose.

Comment #50

Kidzmom — Sun, 20 May 2007 12:52:47 GMT

I think they should pay them. If they don't then maybe they (the people of Florida) should boycott the lottery until they play fair. Let's remember, if it happened once then it will happen again and maybe next time it will happen to you. This is under handed

Comment #49

pumpi76 — Sun, 20 May 2007 09:22:10 GMT

At least give a consolation prize to the guy...They should take out insurance for this kind of events..

That's why i can't stand the lottery....

Comment #48

justxploring — Sun, 20 May 2007 08:59:52 GMT

people who aren't smart enough to get out of jury duty

I always hear this expression and don't quite understand why it's so common. Jury duty is, well....our duty isn't it? Sometimes I've wondered if you're an attorney after reading some of your posts, but I hope that's not true. I'd hate to think we have lawyers with such a negative viewpoint of people serving their communities. Our justice system is far from perfect, but at least we have one where the people can participate in its pr... [ More ]

Comment #47

KY Floyd — Sun, 20 May 2007 06:04:53 GMT

I'm saying that many people here would give money to anyone with a losing lottery ticket and a sob story about why they thought it was really a winning ticket.

Comment #46

RJOh — Sat, 19 May 2007 14:32:24 GMT

Are you saying in the eyes of LP members all lottery players are winners until proved other wise? Well WTO and Congrats to all lottery players.

Comment #45

KY Floyd — Sat, 19 May 2007 05:11:34 GMT

If the people who aren't smart enough to get out of jury duty are like most of the people here the players wouldn't need a lawyer. They'd just have to sue and wait for their handout. Fortunately we have judges to throw out the cases with no merit.

Comment #44

KY Floyd — Sat, 19 May 2007 05:06:06 GMT

Every lottery ticket I've ever seen says that it is subject to the official lottery rules, or words to that effect.

Comment #43

Guru101 — Sat, 19 May 2007 03:24:45 GMT

I don't think it would be necessary to change the front to say If any one or more of YOUR NUMBERS with THEIR corresponding letters match any of the WINNING NUMBERS with THEIR corresponding letters, you win the prize shown below your matching number(s) and their corresponding letters , but I do think there should be a disclaimer on the back of the ticket as well as what the customer should look for in a defective ticket like the one in this story. When talking about the amount of money and numbe... [ More ]

Comment #42

Stack47 — Sat, 19 May 2007 03:04:59 GMT

Associated Press - May 17, 2007 4:33 PM ET The Florida Lottery is refusing to pay a $$500,000 prize until it can inspect the scratch-off ticket, which officials say appears to be a misprint.

The ticket holder says lottery officials told him the top number was actually a misprinted 13. A lottery spokeswoman says the ticket still needs to be turned over for a full inspection.

If any one or more of YOUR NUMBERS with THEIR corresponding letters match any of the WINNING NUMBERS with THEIR c... [ More ]

Comment #41

Guru101 — Fri, 18 May 2007 23:49:21 GMT

The ticket says If any one or more of YOUR NUMBERS match any of the WINNING NUMBERS, you win the prize shown below your matching number(s) . The customer isn't worried about letters and barcodes. If the lottery doesn't want to be help responsible for misprints, they should change it to say If any one or more of YOUR NUMBERS with THEIR corresponding letters match any of the WINNING NUMBERS with THEIR corresponding letters, you win the prize shown below your matching number(s) and their correspo... [ More ]

Comment #40

Stack47 — Fri, 18 May 2007 21:31:19 GMT

The ticket was never a winner and it only looks like a winner because either the 3 (in 13) wasn't printed on the ticket or it was scratched off. Since both the barcode and the th under the number prove it was a 13, I doubt Florida will set a precedent and pay him the jackpot unless they want long lines of people that have figured out ways to remove 0 - 9 and match all the 1s and expect to be paid too.

Comment #39

Guest — Fri, 18 May 2007 09:43:43 GMT

i travel a lot and in the parking lots of convenience stores people are scratching away. i'd say the majority are addicted so the boycott talk is a waste of time. on the legal end if you're fighting the state and they make the rules it's not impossible but pretty hard to win. if you just have to gamble take $5 buck and pick mega numbers and bank the rest and just avoid the silly scratch offs.

Comment #38

RJOh — Fri, 18 May 2007 06:10:51 GMT

If lottery winners were decided by a jury then every player with a good lawyer would win.

Comment #37

CCHS13 — Fri, 18 May 2007 06:04:57 GMT

One of the many lessons learned here is that for you scratch off players

in theory all you have to do is choose your ticket and go get the barcode

scanned. If they claim its a looser get your ticket right back and scratch

it off later if you'd like. They try to entertain you with silly games but

get to the point.... did I just choose a winner BARCODE BARCODE BARCODE

I mean you should see the people trying to figure out these crossword puzzles

Asking for help on words li... [ More ]

Comment #36

Stack47 — Fri, 18 May 2007 05:41:05 GMT

Probably quite a few tickets get thrown away because people don't carefully check their tickets. If somebody isn't sure they can have the clerk where the bought the ticket (or any lottery terminal) scan it.

How could you prove that unclaimed tickets were mistakenly thrown away because of misprints

Comment #35

Stack47 — Fri, 18 May 2007 05:27:28 GMT

I zoomed in on the video, I can see what happened.

Did you notice that the line under the top row of numbers was partly scratched off so I'm wondering if part of the 3 was scratched off too? I doubt that Florida or any other state lottery will payoff a jackpot on ticket that looks like a winner whether it was a misprint or over zealous scratching.

What happened when they scanned the ticket at the Store, or did they bother to do that?

I believe they drove straight to the lottery hea... [ More ]

Comment #34

guesser — Fri, 18 May 2007 01:55:23 GMT

Nice that they can arbitrarily decide if something is a 'misprint' or not... how would WE know if they are telling the truth or not ?

They can say the barcode says about anything they want, as far as being 'correct' or not.

Comment #33

psykomo — Thu, 17 May 2007 21:30:12 GMT

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Comment #32

sheepdogg — Thu, 17 May 2007 19:50:04 GMT

As good ole attorney Johnny Cochrane would quote in the courtroom:

If thats what the ticket say, you must pay

Comment #31

Coin Toss — Thu, 17 May 2007 19:28:49 GMT

duckman

Had you gotten that ticket I'm pretty sure you'd be singing quite a different tune.

For $500,000 I'd imagine you'd be screaming like a banshee (who wouldn't?)

Just my $.02, the lottery shouod pay them, otherwise, the message being sent is indeed, There's a sucker born every minute.

Justxploring has it right, Floridians should boycott FLA scaratchers for a month, but of course the lottery knows that won't happen.

Comment #30

duckman — Thu, 17 May 2007 15:29:55 GMT

The way the lottery regulations are written, the validation procedure rules. The couple with the ticket will not get anything except the $20 for the ticket through the courts. However, there is precedent for people taking their case to the legislature which can authorize full payment of the ticket ($500,000) through the legislative process...

Comment #29

NewClub — Thu, 17 May 2007 14:50:38 GMT

I think this case indicated an unfair business practice by FL lottery, and people in FL should form a class-action law suit.

FL lottery has multiple layers of security to prevent misprint from claiming prizes, but it did not form same layers of protection to prevent customers from mistakenly throw away winning tickets because of misprint. That is an unfair business practice to cheat on people's money. People in class action should pull out all the FL lottery scratch ticket prize claiming hist... [ More ]

Comment #28

delS — Thu, 17 May 2007 13:50:32 GMT

CNN.com has a copy of the misprinted ticket. If ever there was a time for dedicated lottery players to unite and rally around a cause - here you have it! This couple should fight until they prevail. I have no doubt that public sitiment is on their side and if they have the wherewithal to stand, they will emerge victorious

Comment #27

LottoLin — Thu, 17 May 2007 10:41:38 GMT

Now is the Florida lottery trying to just get out of paying is right. How do they know that the mis-print isn't the other way around and the number 1 (one) is correct and the letters under are the mis-print and should have said one and thirteen would be thtn I think in WI. all teen numbers in scratch offs are four letters not two. I don't play them that much as I don't feel I win enough to justify spending the money on them, especially in my area I don't see many winning scracth offs sold.... [ More ]

Comment #26

Tnplayer805 — Thu, 17 May 2007 07:22:01 GMT

This has happened before in the past. I do remember reading news articles on Lottery Post about the same ticket (Gold Rush) having misprints. I've noticed that they do reprint that game because it is popular. With the last batch there was a misprint and on this batch there was a misprint. Anyone see a pattern?

In my honest opinion they should pay. They drove to headquarters (look at gas prices) and the numbers matched. Even if it wasn't a winner the lottery should respect their custom... [ More ]

Comment #25

justxploring — Thu, 17 May 2007 04:54:46 GMT

What I said about defective products was about problems that simply prevent a product from doing what it was intended to do, not product liability. That should have been clear from the context.

Yes, I was just being difficult.

Comment #24

KY Floyd — Thu, 17 May 2007 04:25:10 GMT

Florida may print 100 million or more lottery tickets every year. I wouldn't expect misprints to be terribly uncommon, in terms of hearing about them, but a couple hundred out of 100 million is only 1 bad one in 500,000.

Yes, people get sued all the time. Often the plaintiff has a legitimate claim, but too often it's because too many people think that if they suffered some sort of misfortune it must be somebody else's responsibility to make things better for them. Just like the subject at... [ More ]

Comment #23

LckyLary — Thu, 17 May 2007 01:09:08 GMT

I zoomed in on the video, I can see what happened. The 1 over the $500,000 is printed correctly but the 1 over the TH above was meant to be a 13 with something like THRTN or whatever. Somehow the right side of that got blocked. The odds of that happening exactly that way must be enormous in and of itself. I think the Lottery should pay them something, even a smaller prize, unless there are 10,000 other such tickets out there. What happened when they scanned the ticket at the Store, or di... [ More ]

Comment #22

justxploring — Thu, 17 May 2007 00:14:38 GMT

What is brown and black and looks good on a lawyer ?

a doberman

Comment #21

DoubleDown — Wed, 16 May 2007 23:42:11 GMT

This thing will most likely wind up lawyer vs. lawyer.

reminds me:

What is brown and black and looks good on a lawyer ?

a doberman

what do you call 25,000 lawyers at the bottom of the ocean ?

a good start

Why do sharks not bite lawyers ?

they don't eat their own

I slay me.....

Comment #20

justxploring — Wed, 16 May 2007 22:47:41 GMT

Funny

Comment #19

duckman — Wed, 16 May 2007 22:40:24 GMT

Technically, it's not what is printed on the game portion of the ticket that matters. What counts is the ticket ID# (or barcode) number and verification code or codes when compared to the lottery's list of winners. With that in mind, it is best to have all "losing" tickets checked.

This also brings up a question of liability on the part of the ticket printing company, although their liability may be limited only to the cost of the ticket.

Maybe this person could round up a few thousand los... [ More ]

Comment #18

justxploring — Wed, 16 May 2007 22:40:16 GMT

Too bad I deleted my other post. It mentioned several other cases where players received misprinted tickets in FL. It's not as uncommon as I thought, and I don't think anyone ever collected a dime, but they got their $20 back.

I sort of agree with you, but not with the same attitude. I don't think it's whining at all. Sure the Law supports the view of the Lottery. However, many times companies that are protected by disclaimers get sued, don't they?

All the law says about defective p... [ More ]

Comment #17

KY Floyd — Wed, 16 May 2007 22:34:57 GMT

Of course not. I'm guessing the whining will go on for days.

Comment #16

KY Floyd — Wed, 16 May 2007 22:34:11 GMT

Your opinion may or may not match the law depending on the circumstances, but a lottery ticket is a product, not a contract. All the law says about defective products is that the merchant or manufacturer has to repair or replace them.

Comment #15

DoubleDown — Wed, 16 May 2007 22:34:05 GMT

Stay tuned- this ain't over .

Comment #14

KY Floyd — Wed, 16 May 2007 22:30:56 GMT

The quote you're agreeing with is wrong. He paid with a real $20 bill and they gave him a real ticket. Like most tickets, it wasn't a winning ticket. Unlike most tickets, it happens to have been a defective ticket. Also unlike most tickets, he gets to trade his losing ticket for another ticket, or he can have his $20 back. When's the last time anyone here got a losing ticket replaced for free

Comment #13

DoubleDown — Wed, 16 May 2007 21:07:14 GMT

I would expect to be paid as well.

It will be interesting to see where this goes.......

Comment #12

justxploring — Wed, 16 May 2007 21:05:08 GMT

Duh?

You are right! Thanks for pointing that out Todd.

Comment #11

Stack47 — Wed, 16 May 2007 18:51:05 GMT

The reason they put one underneath the number 1 and th underneath the number 13 is because people could either scratch off the 3 and make it a 1 or scratch off the 1 and make it a 3. I've seen people scratch so hard, the only way they can tell if it's a winner on not is to check the barcode.

I suppose those people could take it to court but it's obvious the barcode says it's not a winning ticket.

Comment #10

Todd — Wed, 16 May 2007 16:47:44 GMT

Why don't you just click the video link at the bottom of the post? It shows the video without all the ads.

Comment #9

tnlotto1 — Wed, 16 May 2007 16:45:22 GMT

i think the florida lotto should pay them because the florida lotto made the misprint and mistake.

Comment #8

justxploring — Wed, 16 May 2007 16:17:47 GMT

If I sound as if I was disagreeing with you, Spy, I wasn't. I only mentioned the disclaimer because it gives them an out if they find a problem with the ticket. If I drove to Tallahassee and was told I couldn't collect, I'd be on every local channel and screaming about it. It's interesting that they would prefer all this negative publicity instead of just paying. Obviously, they aren't worried about the effects of this article. BTW, I am almost certain this has happened in FL before. (I... [ More ]

Comment #7

spy153 — Wed, 16 May 2007 15:20:33 GMT

I still think they should pay.

Comment #6

justxploring — Wed, 16 May 2007 15:18:48 GMT

I have a question for people who buy scratch tickets. The numbers matched and it clearly shows that $500,000 was won. But underneath the first 1 there are 2 letters th which stand for thirteen. Is this supposed to be scratched off and removed by the player? If I paid $20 for a scratch ticket and it read match 2 numbers and win the prize shows and I matched 2 numbers and saw $500,000 under one of them, I would assume I won too.

Comment #5

justxploring — Wed, 16 May 2007 15:10:46 GMT

Here is a video showing what they consider to be an error. Apparently they did match the numbers, but the 2 letters underneath did not match. Click on watch video to view. (don't know if dial-up will work)

http://www.wkyc.com/news/news_article.aspx?storyid=67738

What a riot! After the news video about this mishap there is an ad for a law office.

Comment #4

RJOh — Wed, 16 May 2007 15:05:18 GMT

That's one of the reasons I don't like scratch-offs with large prizes. The state contrives what they think is a fair distribution of winners and where they should come from and if you don't buy your ticket there then you are a loser. Players have the illusion that every ticket could be a winner similar to the tickets of lotteries with drawings. The state probably never planned on anyone turning in a ticket bought at the Turnpike rest area.

Comment #3

justxploring — Wed, 16 May 2007 14:58:16 GMT

A Florida newspaper wrote:

Annemarie Curcio said they were robbed.

My husband gave them a real $20 bill and they gave him a fake ticket, she said.

I agree with the above comments, and if the mistake isn't obvious, I think they should pay. However, there is a disclaimer stating the Lottery isn't responsible for misprints. Now this is where a boycott would really help!! We need gasoline, but everyone in FL could stop buying scratch tickets for a month and write letters protest... [ More ]

Comment #2

Raven62 — Wed, 16 May 2007 14:37:58 GMT

A mighty big disappointment: maybe they still have some recourse.

Comment #1

spy153 — Wed, 16 May 2007 14:31:15 GMT

Just my opinion here, but if I were to draw up a legal contract and it had a misprint on it, I would still be liable for that contract. I don't see any difference here. They should pay for their misprint mistakes and work harder to make sure there aren't anymore. That is, if in fact, it was their fault.

Florida Lottery won't pay $500,000 winner, called 'misprint'

Lottery Post — Wed, 16 May 2007 12:27:28 GMT

A Florida couple says they have a winning lottery ticket and they want their money, but the the Florida Lottery Commission isn't paying.

Ocala resident Joe Curcio thought he hit the jackpot on a scratch-off ticket that shows a prize of $500,000.

When he tried to claim his prize he received nothing at the lottery office.

Curcio said he bought a legitimate lottery ticket at the Turnpike rest area at Fort Drum.

The state said the ticket had a misprint on it.

Curcio and his family s... [ More ]