Lotto machine rejects winning ticket

Comment #13

ThatScaryChick — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 00:19:29 GMT

Or more tickets

Comment #12

bashley572 — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 02:23:51 GMT

too late!! those were also last Friday's Mega #'s

Comment #11

RJOh — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 23:39:56 GMT

True, but if you had to travel very far to the main lottery office for validation and processing you might not for that amount of money.

Comment #10

papouyo1 — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 22:29:40 GMT

I agree

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psykomo — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 03:31:35 GMT

RJOh is correct crap happen'ssssss all D time !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Be sure 2 complain be sure 2 CHECK^^^^ ask DEM 2 put D bar=code in 2 0r 3 TIME'$$$

PSYKO seye's......it don't matter if UR from north or south africa !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

YO money is YO...MONEY$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$

put down YO dalla$$$$$^^^.....when YO hit D ####'ssssstand-up^HOLLOW$

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Comment #8

duckman — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 01:47:43 GMT

OK, now who is going to play the numbers on that ticket in the photo

Comment #7

Tenaj — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 00:31:36 GMT

Thanks RJOH - $11 will buy a good lunch

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papouyo1 — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 23:13:22 GMT

Wow

Comment #5

RJOh — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 22:17:36 GMT

I just checked the currency exchange rate.

88 South African Rand = 11.00355 US Dollar

Comment #4

Tenaj — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 21:54:34 GMT

I wonder how much R88 is.

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Pfunky — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 19:52:22 GMT

That is really sad

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maringoman — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 19:52:17 GMT

The problem with government run organizations is that you have to complain to them about them, you cant win. Were the same problem be blamed on a private business, all the blood suckers trying to gain some political mileage would be screaming at the top pf their lungs. Sad.

Comment #1

RJOh — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 17:30:53 GMT

That situation is not uncommon, it happened here in Ohio and the clerks were aware of it. They continued selling tickets because they did get enough winners complaining to make it a problem. The terminals didn't print either the numbers or bar codes clearly so they couldn't read the tickets they printed. You would think since the tickets were printed on heat sensitive paper and ink wasn't used, that wouldn't happen, but it did.

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Lotto machine rejects winning ticket

Lottery Post — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 17:01:32 GMT

In South Africa, a Durban woman has asked Lotto operator Gidani to investigate its scanning machines after her winning ticket was declared invalid.

Wanda Bromehead, said she had checked the newspaper and knew she had won R88 in the May 16 draw.

But she was surprised when the teller behind the counter ran her ticket through the scanner and the screen displayed the words No Winner .

The teller was asked to scan the ticket three more times, and the message was the same.

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