Vermont Lottery offers new self-service machines

Comment #11

Coin Toss — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 23:14:19 GMT

chops,

Well, Illinois didn't waste anytime in changing the prices on the buttons on the Powerplay, however the machine in the one store still doesn't take playslips. So now you can play Powerball + Powerplay for $3, $9, $15, or $30 worth but still can't play a playslip.

Comment #10

dpoly1 — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 14:46:45 GMT

We have had these machines for years in PA ................ never used one though ! Too many pretty girls work at the store where I purchase my tickets !

I want to go Green .......... with money that is ..............

Comment #9

peppy007 — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 14:43:27 GMT

Makes sense for the lottery to force the multiplier option on people. Any option that a lottery offers is because the odds are in their favor.

Comment #8

chops — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 22:16:01 GMT

From experience, the WinStations work quite well. I've used my existing playslips in the machine and only had to re-mark one box on all of the ones I used, and that's pretty good considering the new playslips that Vermont uses; you need only mark an X in the box instead of filling it in like most other machines because their regular terminals use a camera to scan them instead of an old-school reader.

Checking tickets is a breeze; scan once to check, twice to redeem for credit. I'm not sure if... [ More ]

Comment #7

chops — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 21:59:58 GMT

New Hampshire puts WinStations in some of its rest areas, and the last time I was coming back north from Connecticut, I thought that Vermont should get in on the action as well. I wonder if someone from the NH Lottery (or Intralot) mentioned this to Vermont's representative at the Tri-State meetings.

Personally, I think it's a great idea. It's great for people from out of state who forgot to buy their Powerball or Mega Millions ticket at home. Between that and the new Lucky For Life game comi... [ More ]

Comment #6

rdgrnr — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 19:15:57 GMT

There's another idea that will never hatch and see the light of day in Tennessee.

Makes too much sense.

Too convenient.

Players might like it.

No way for clerks to screw things up.

So all in all, it's just a bad fit for Tennessee.

If there's one thing we don't like down here, it's doing things differently than we always have.

Too risky.

Just the thought of it takes us out of our comfort zone.

So just leave us alone please.

Thanks ever so much.... [ More ]

Comment #5

time*treat — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 17:13:05 GMT

it just says, Invalid Transaction.

... just like when you try to cash their checks.

Comment #4

dpoly1 — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 15:52:10 GMT

Did They hold you at gun point make you sign those loan documents at the evil Bank

Comment #3

Coin Toss — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 15:50:52 GMT

Let's hope for those in Vermont the machines work better than the ones in Illinois....well, some of them.....

We have two in our town, one is at a hucks convenience store and works fine.....the other is in a grocery store and is basically a high tech scratcher machine and does little else. It's suppossed to accept playslips bit it doesn't, and it's suppossed to let you check tickets, lotto games and scrathcers, but most days when you try to it just says, Invalid Transaction.... [ More ]

Comment #2

Cletu$2 — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 13:53:53 GMT

John McGuire didn't win anything.He just got his $2 back.That isn't winning,no matter what the lottery thinks and says.

Comment #1

time*treat — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 13:39:37 GMT

... and you'll never hear the machine call you a bum as you're walking away from it.

Vermont Lottery offers new self-service machines

Lottery Post — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 13:30:19 GMT

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