[UPDATE] D.C. woman who tried to redeem faulty ticket admitted to forging second 'winner'

Comment #29

CSense — Thu, 17 Sep 2015 16:31:57 GMT

Exactly, she must have thought she was a genius so would get away with it. She is definitely a con artist........a really dumb one.

Comment #28

Get paid — Mon, 14 Sep 2015 20:08:02 GMT

Ardella you played yourself.

Comment #27

dr65 — Fri, 11 Sep 2015 17:13:09 GMT

One problem I have with the updated story.

The sentence.....it is possible, although rare....

The IVM's malfunction quite often....whether due to tickets not dispensing, cutting improperly or short changing you.

There are 2 varieties in my area....one is a machine that holds just instant tickets and one is a machine that is bigger

and you can play jackpot games, daily number games, get quick picks/choose your own numbers and buy instant tickets

from this type.

Both are faulty s... [ More ]

Comment #26

KY Floyd — Fri, 11 Sep 2015 16:42:41 GMT

a series of black bars pre-printed on the ticket to delineate the start / end.

That's a simple concept but implementation probably isn't quite as simple. Each roll of tickets needs it's own dispensing unit, and cutting based on the position of the bars would mean that each dispenser needs to have an optical scanner. All the other stuff required to dispense and cut the tickets would still be required. Simple advancing the roll a specific distance and then cutting the ticket is probably as sim... [ More ]

Comment #25

Ron5995 — Fri, 11 Sep 2015 14:11:28 GMT

With all the fancy technology these days, one would assume the length setting is automatic. But even if the length setting is correct, the alignment can still be a problem, as the article points out (and have personally observed, though is extremely rare to see at the self-service dispensers I regularly visit)...

However, there's a simple old-school tech solution, which was utilized in PA, and likely other lotteries too, decades ago - a series of black bars pre-printed on the ticket to deline... [ More ]

Comment #24

Funtimz — Fri, 11 Sep 2015 08:39:10 GMT

This is going to really make me re-think buying any scratch offs from a vending machine. I had an issue before with claiming a prize, where I almost lost it due to the machine not being able to print me another ticket, since i was going to just use the winning funds to play again.

But at the same time this store I used to go if I wanted to buy a scratch off from the counter, the grumpy clerk there would ALWAYS remind me I can buy them from the machine. Even when I went with a $20 bill or so

Comment #23

KY Floyd — Fri, 11 Sep 2015 05:53:08 GMT

Any Lottery Post reader would know this kind of thing never works.

Anybody who's not a moron should know that kind of thing won't work. Even if you're not smart enough to figure out that the barcode might contain important information how stupid would you have to be to think nobody will notice the very obvious mismatch where different numbers have been taped together?

I assumed the tickets were detached before being loaded into the machine.

I'd have assumed that the machine uses exac... [ More ]

Comment #22

CDanaT — Thu, 10 Sep 2015 21:24:06 GMT

Thanks for the update. Glad the additional info shed light onto the incident. I still have reservations about trying to turn a ticket like that in for collection.

Comment #21

HoLeeKau — Thu, 10 Sep 2015 21:21:59 GMT

Didn't know about the bursters. I assumed the tickets were detached before being loaded into the machine.

Comment #20

Todd — Thu, 10 Sep 2015 20:54:37 GMT

The news story has been updated with additional information from the Virginia Lottery. Interesting stuff about how lottery vending machines work

Comment #19

Dee88 — Thu, 10 Sep 2015 17:24:14 GMT

Yep..... after seeing the pictures of the tickets there is no doubt she was in the wrong...

Comment #18

Scratch$ — Thu, 10 Sep 2015 16:14:50 GMT

The appropriate legal authorities in D.C. would have to do that.

Comment #17

Lynn-Lynn — Thu, 10 Sep 2015 14:45:44 GMT

So i guess no one will play that game. If they have defaulting tickets

Comment #16

CDanaT — Thu, 10 Sep 2015 13:59:08 GMT

Good Job Ardella...proud of ya...from Washington D.C. AND you are trying to steal and cheat. You fit in quite nicely with our elected leaders working close by. Have any relatives that work security in Idaho by chance

Comment #15

cbr$ — Thu, 10 Sep 2015 13:46:21 GMT

If you play scratch off enough you realize the number code on the front of the ticket match the code on the back. If she had been a regular buyer of tickets from one local retailer 95% of the time. If it really get messed up in the vending machine. All the other ticket on that roll such have been ruin as well. It would line up right. This is the kind of thing you tell the retailer right away. There would been more complains.

Comment #14

rochanda12 — Thu, 10 Sep 2015 13:22:48 GMT

more than likely the lottery commission could charge her with fraud ...smh..

Comment #13

hearsetrax — Thu, 10 Sep 2015 10:15:10 GMT

people like her ought to get a month in jail

Comment #12

Funtimz — Thu, 10 Sep 2015 09:03:07 GMT

I had wanted to see a picture before I posted, and I am glad I did. Yep, she's a cheating liar.

Comment #11

dr65 — Thu, 10 Sep 2015 03:35:14 GMT

Told you she was trying to pull a fast one.

Unless all the employees were new hires and their first day on the job was

when this airhead tried to present and have her mangled ticket processed, there

was no way she was owed any money. Clearly it was 2 different tickets. The IVM's

need to be set when refilling a slot..there are different sizes in inches of instants.

If a pack of $20's is loaded and the machine isn't set to cut that size, you'll wind

up with part of a ticket o... [ More ]

Comment #10

VenomV12 — Thu, 10 Sep 2015 02:40:01 GMT

Wow, she's quite the criminal and snip liar.

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Comment #9

mypiemaster — Thu, 10 Sep 2015 02:14:55 GMT

The sad part about this is that she actually showed her ugly face to the public, knowing fully well that she is a total fraud. Goodluck to the next person who has a disputed legitimate claim with the lottery gods. They now have a poster boy{girl}, to throw in your face. What a dumbass.

Comment #8

music* — Thu, 10 Sep 2015 01:36:10 GMT

The integrity of the Lottery has been restored. Again.

Comment #7

sully16 — Thu, 10 Sep 2015 01:16:23 GMT

Exactly.

Comment #6

Raven62 — Thu, 10 Sep 2015 00:50:53 GMT

Wow! Took her at her word: Instead of being an honest truthful person: She turns out to be a liar and a thief

Comment #5

HoLeeKau — Thu, 10 Sep 2015 00:49:10 GMT

Well now that we have the whole story

Comment #4

Todd — Thu, 10 Sep 2015 00:48:54 GMT

Public service announcement: Friends make sure friends are Lottery Post readers. Any Lottery Post reader would know this kind of thing never works.

Comment #3

rcbbuckeye — Thu, 10 Sep 2015 00:44:42 GMT

Well.

Stupid is as stupid does.

Comment #2

maringoman — Thu, 10 Sep 2015 00:38:39 GMT

This is so sad. Clearly the serial number at the back show that someone attempted to tape two different tickets together. The lady losses all credibility. I still believe that lotteries should eat their errors and mistakes when genuine

Comment #1

LottoMetro — Wed, 09 Sep 2015 23:58:38 GMT

Will be interesting to compare the comments from the last article to those on this one

[UPDATE] D.C. woman who tried to redeem faulty ticket admitted to forging second 'winner'

Lottery Post — Wed, 09 Sep 2015 23:48:19 GMT

By Todd Northrop

A Washington, D.C. woman who enlisted the help of local media to try and claim a faulty Virginia Lottery scratch-off ticket actually tried to claim a second lottery ticket of the same exact game that she admitted was a forgery.

Lottery Post reported Wednesday morning that Ardella Newman of Washington, D.C. is taking the Virginia Lottery to task for denying her claim of a scratch-off ticket that she claims is worth $20,000. The Virginia Lottery had issued a statement that t... [ More ]