Kentucky store clerk wins $200,000 from duplicate lottery ticket

Comment #31

rad242 — Fri, 23 Dec 2011 22:47:01 GMT

I agree!!!

I follow Powerball Winner Stories and I know of at least 3 winners who won by what some term as a MISTAKE

Comment #30

savagegoose — Wed, 21 Dec 2011 11:31:39 GMT

no clerks wouldnt they see customers as a pain and just want you to leave. now owners yeah they'll print off mistakes to sell you

Comment #29

haymaker — Wed, 21 Dec 2011 00:40:34 GMT

yep, gotta buy them mistakes,but sometimes i wonder,

do clerks know this and do it on purpose to sell more tix

Comment #28

CrazyHazyYay! — Wed, 21 Dec 2011 00:30:22 GMT

The first jackpot story I ever read before I started playing Mega Millions was about a couple whom were buying some QP's as stocking stuffers for some of their friends. The man asked for 3 separate $1 QP's and the clerk accidentally printed out a single ticket with 3 lines instead. This man did buy his own numbers that he said he habitually played too. Long story short, the couple won the jackpot for the Mega Millions Christmas drawing on that mistake ticket and were $137M richer (estimated annu... [ More ]

Comment #27

savagegoose — Tue, 20 Dec 2011 19:14:44 GMT

maybe it shouod be store policy to share mistakes with the clerks that make the least mistakes on thre lotto terminal and giving the highest mistake dood NOTHING. this would forment competitive behavoir

Comment #26

Stack47 — Tue, 20 Dec 2011 15:12:46 GMT

Comment #25

RJOh — Sun, 18 Dec 2011 18:56:53 GMT

Finally a nice story about a clerk making a mistake! And hats off to the store owner for having a process in place so the costumers don't get hassled. I too have bought mistakes but some clerks are always making mistakes and that could get expensive.

If store owners had a policy of sharing any winnings from mistakes with clerks, they would probably just have more mistakes because it would allow clerks to play the lottery using the store owners' money. It would be a win win for the clerks and... [ More ]

Comment #24

temptustoo — Sun, 18 Dec 2011 15:17:08 GMT

Store clerk didnt win.. the OWNER DID...

Comment #23

Stack47 — Sun, 18 Dec 2011 15:14:11 GMT

Finally a nice story about a clerk making a mistake! And hats off to the store owner for having a process in place so the costumers don't get hassled. I too have bought mistakes but some clerks are always making mistakes and that could get expensive.

In Ohio only local games like Ohio Classic Lotto, Rolling Cash5, Pick3 and Pick4 can be cancelled once printed, multi-states games MegaMillions and PowerBall can't be cancelled.

Like the time I handed a clerk my MM playslip that should have... [ More ]

Comment #22

savagegoose — Sun, 18 Dec 2011 15:11:02 GMT

ahhh ok , seems strange hearing how other places are ran. i cant conceive of a lotto game that doesnt allow me to cancel the ticket. although i do know you cant cancel them at another store here.

i guess its just a matter of knowing how the rules work where you play.

Comment #21

RJOh — Sun, 18 Dec 2011 01:07:24 GMT

In Ohio only local games like Ohio Classic Lotto, Rolling Cash5, Pick3 and Pick4 can be cancelled once printed, multi-states games MegaMillions and PowerBall can't be cancelled.

Comment #20

savagegoose — Sat, 17 Dec 2011 19:36:08 GMT

it says inb article that they can cancel tickets, but that the paper work isnt worth the hassle for $1. ie the boss at your local is too lazy to file the paper work and its just easier just to bill the workers.

Comment #19

RJOh — Sat, 17 Dec 2011 18:17:01 GMT

It was nice of him to tell his clerks to tape their misprints on the counter and he would buy them. Where I buy my tickets, the clerks tell me they have to buy their misprints of MM and PB themselves if they can't sell them since they can't cancel them.

Comment #18

LottoGuyBC — Sat, 17 Dec 2011 17:56:06 GMT

nice hit

Comment #17

Litebets27 — Sat, 17 Dec 2011 15:35:43 GMT

When asked if he had any plans for the money, Franey smiled and said no. I'm not an extravagant guy. I'm a saver,

Would have been nice to read, I'm going to share it with the clerk who misprinted the ticket, because I will also receive a bonus from the Lottery commission for selling the winning tickets.

Nice present from the clerk to his or her boss. Congratulations Mr. Franey

Comment #16

LottoLin — Sat, 17 Dec 2011 09:53:05 GMT

I've asked for $5.00 ticket on either PowerBall or MegaMillions and if the clerk had printed out a extra ticket for someone else and they asked me if I wanted that and $4.00 on another ticket or 4 seperate ones. I will take the extra ticket that was printed and let them print me four more. I always play quick pick any way. Or I'll tell them give me my 5 and the extra one. Ya never know if don't take the chance.

Comment #15

rdgrnr — Sat, 17 Dec 2011 06:17:41 GMT

Well thank you kindly, gocart1.

Comment #14

gocart1 — Sat, 17 Dec 2011 05:35:34 GMT

Love this saying......rdgrnr

Comment #13

savagegoose — Sat, 17 Dec 2011 03:53:44 GMT

yeah i didnt think it thru ive never seen a 25 game entry coupon. most we have here are 18 games. and thats only cuz the games are less than $1 ea.

Comment #12

RJOh — Sat, 17 Dec 2011 02:55:17 GMT

Since Ohio only print 5 lines per ticket and when I buy tickets locally I only play for one drawing, the most a misprint would cost would be $5. The only two misprints that I've ever bought cost $1.

*Ohio may print 10 QP per ticket but I use play slips which only have 5 boards per slip.

Comment #11

rdgrnr — Sat, 17 Dec 2011 02:50:00 GMT

Good Golly Miss Molly, how many times must I repeat this...

If the ticket's a mistake

It's a ticket you must take

Let it be your mantra.

Learn it, live it, love it.

Comment #10

savagegoose — Sat, 17 Dec 2011 02:38:06 GMT

yeah rjoh, i was thinking something similar about this story. id hate to share my pot with the store owner becuase i was too cheap. and it only being a $1 ticket.but what if theres a doulbe print of one of your $25 wheels or something?

does the shop then stick it to the machine

if the terminal was $1 short, it would mean the shop owner didnt actually pay for the ticket and as lottoery official i would void it.

Comment #9

EXMECHANIC — Sat, 17 Dec 2011 00:39:13 GMT

I have the habit of only bringing enough money to buy the tickets I intend to purchase, so my mistakes go off into the abyss.

Comment #8

RJOh — Sat, 17 Dec 2011 00:39:08 GMT

I seldom buy mistakes made while printing out other players tickets but I do buy the ones made printing out my tickets because I always feel I've picked a winner and I would hate to split the jackpot with someone else because I didn't buy the misprint of a duplicate of my picks.

Comment #7

TheRightPrice — Sat, 17 Dec 2011 00:06:40 GMT

I have bought mistake tickets on many occasions and LOST

Comment #6

haymaker — Fri, 16 Dec 2011 23:40:26 GMT

hey, is tiggs95 out there, don't know if you live near owensboro,

but now i have to find it,since my GGF. is named owen.

is this pure luck or what

Comment #5

atoz — Fri, 16 Dec 2011 23:09:23 GMT

I always buy the mistakes too. I have seen where people come in to buy certain scratch offs and the clerk tares the wrong one off the roll. So the clerk had to get the customer the right ticket she wanted. Needless to say that ticket she didnt take the owner of the store scratched it and won 100,000 dollars. From that day on I take any ticket thats printed or pull from a roll of scratchers. Plus I have hit on them....nothing that big on a wrong ticket but have hit some 100 buck ones.

Comment #4

weshar75 — Fri, 16 Dec 2011 22:56:37 GMT

Yeah I agree with you about buying mistake tickets. I buy them because you never know if they will be the winning one.-weshar75

Comment #3

haymaker — Fri, 16 Dec 2011 22:23:24 GMT

yep,i buy em,maybe we should call em destiny tix .

Comment #2

haymaker — Fri, 16 Dec 2011 22:06:44 GMT

deserves every penny,a boss that doesn't sweat the small stuff.

looks like a generous person,would not be suprised to find out he is sharing some w/ his workers.

Comment #1

B$Rizzle — Fri, 16 Dec 2011 21:50:57 GMT

This is awesome on many levels. Something about those mistake tickets that always makes me buy them. This is why.

If the clerk ever makes an error and produces the wrong # of lines, didnt add powerplay etc etc, I always say thats ok Ill take those also

You never know

Kentucky store clerk wins $200,000 from duplicate lottery ticket

Lottery Post — Fri, 16 Dec 2011 21:45:03 GMT

Someone out there has the other ticket worth $200,000

David Lee Franey owns four Franey's Food Mart locations in Owensboro. From time to time, one of his clerks will misprint a Kentucky Lottery ticket. Instead of going through the hassle of filing paperwork for a $1 ticket, I just always tell my clerks to tape them on the side of the terminal and I'll eat the cost myself, Franey said.

Little did he know yesterday that a $200,000 winning Powerball ticket had been taped to the side of the te... [ More ]