Colorado newspaper prints wrong lottery results; couple thought they won

Comment #22

NoShame — Sat, 23 Apr 2011 00:37:41 GMT

A newspaper is THE LAST source I would trust for any accuracy.

Comment #21

butterflykt — Fri, 22 Apr 2011 20:54:50 GMT

Agreed.

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baky — Sat, 16 Apr 2011 02:45:43 GMT

I would sue their asss

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APOBABOY — Thu, 14 Apr 2011 20:27:59 GMT

Comment #18

rdgrnr — Thu, 14 Apr 2011 03:47:14 GMT

He said a lot of things most politicians didn't have the cojones to say, especially to the Soviets.

In Berlin he said Mr Gorbachev, tear down this wall! and they did.

He called them what they were - an evil empire that would wind up on the ash heap of history and they did.

I miss The Gipper and sadly I don't see another one of his caliber comin' down the pike.

Comment #17

larry3100 — Thu, 14 Apr 2011 02:48:35 GMT

I'm certain the Sprague's are not Lottery Post members.If they were,they would have known what to do. Ronald Reagan once said Trust but verify .

Comment #16

ameriken — Wed, 13 Apr 2011 21:32:32 GMT

The odds of winning any lottery are usually so outrageous that I would have thought that anyone would be so skeptical and in so much disbelief that they would do everything they could to verify from several sources that they actually were truly the winners.

Apparantly not.

As has been said: Validate Validate Validate

Comment #15

time*treat — Wed, 13 Apr 2011 21:32:00 GMT

They must have told more than a few people for it to become a news story (must be a slow news week, too). Around here, when the paper gets the numbers wrong, they print a correction -- there's no follow-up interviewing the thought-we-won's.

Comment #14

rdgrnr — Wed, 13 Apr 2011 18:52:26 GMT

I can't talk now, I think Ed Sullivan's coming on.

Comment #13

dallascowboyfan — Wed, 13 Apr 2011 17:35:13 GMT

Comment #12

HaveABall — Wed, 13 Apr 2011 16:28:54 GMT

MSNBC article reads: It pays to doublecheck those lottery numbers if you want to avoid heartache. Yet, I bet they did that!!!

The best plan is to doublecheck MULTIPLE SOURCES (e.g., online or paper newspaper, retailer's instant customer check machine, lottery phone#).

Comment #11

tiggs95 — Wed, 13 Apr 2011 13:44:54 GMT

Ralph Kramden..Good God ridge you are so old..

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Tim Wins — Wed, 13 Apr 2011 11:19:07 GMT

April Fools' one week too late

Comment #9

joshuacloak — Wed, 13 Apr 2011 09:42:27 GMT

geez that sucks for them, paper is so Stone Age in todays world, when i think of paper am like, o that old thing that my grand parents got their news from.

now when am checking the tickets for my self.

i too check usamega , just to see if its rolled and what's the atfer tax 35% withhold amount, best site for math guy who lazy lol.

if i win, i also end up looking at powerball or mega millions site, my own state site, atfer that

then and only then would say i a word, hell i think i wou... [ More ]

Comment #8

savagegoose — Wed, 13 Apr 2011 07:38:04 GMT

but i already told the boss to shove it

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nickey t — Wed, 13 Apr 2011 04:32:29 GMT

i ONLY and always check Todd's sites .. usamega - and then, i'll take the ticket and SCAN IT MYSELF to see if anything other than 'SORRY YOU'RE NOT A WINNER' comes out

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sully16 — Wed, 13 Apr 2011 04:20:50 GMT

yep, thats a no brainer.

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rdgrnr — Wed, 13 Apr 2011 03:38:51 GMT

I remember Ralph Kramden calling his boss at the bus company like that one time:

Mr Marshall, you are a bum!

It didn't work out real well.

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Savwa — Wed, 13 Apr 2011 03:28:07 GMT

Note to self: Validate before calling in rich.

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ttech10 — Wed, 13 Apr 2011 03:26:41 GMT

This is why I would always check other sources to be sure I had won. I'd hate to think I won millions, get all excited and then find out later I hadn't. It would take seeing on both the main lottery site as well as the Texas Lottery site that there was a winner in my town to believe I won.

Comment #2

sysp34 — Wed, 13 Apr 2011 02:56:29 GMT

is Jim Sprague, related or the owner of Sprague Capacitors? just currious

Comment #1

Empress-N — Wed, 13 Apr 2011 02:10:42 GMT

AH AHA AH....LMAO..That was just wrong....

Future reference, check the web..if you have no access, call the state lottery office, or get a print out at your local store....etc...etc....etc...

Colorado newspaper prints wrong lottery results; couple thought they won

Lottery Post — Wed, 13 Apr 2011 01:53:35 GMT

It pays to doublecheck those lottery numbers if you want to avoid heartache.

A couple from Pueblo, Colo., found that out after they checked their tickets' numbers in the local newspaper. At first, Jim and Dorothy Sprague say, they experienced a lot of joy on Sunday morning when they looked in the Pueblo Chieftain to find that their numbers were winners.

I woke up and found out we were millionaires, Jim Sprague told NBC station KOAA.

In his excitement, Sprague called his children to tel... [ More ]