Florida Lottery will go offline for systems upgrade on April 15

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grwurston — Tue, 02 Apr 2019 22:00:41 GMT

Yeah well, someone has to pay for the upgrades. Ie players.

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BuyLow — Tue, 02 Apr 2019 15:58:01 GMT

While I love a good conspiracy theory, they really did just upgrade all of the equipment.

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jackpotismine — Tue, 02 Apr 2019 09:25:17 GMT

Too many winners. Time for a system upgrade . We gotta have more losers. Make more profits.

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Original Bey — Mon, 01 Apr 2019 22:20:57 GMT

My experience with lottery tickets are that they scan successfully the first two or three. After that the scanner stops reading. I do it as a double check for the tickets I have determined are not winners. It never hurts to check again.

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BuyLow — Mon, 01 Apr 2019 22:15:19 GMT

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MsBee18 — Mon, 01 Apr 2019 22:09:34 GMT

Haven't tried the vending machines to check my scratch tickets. I usually use the counter top scanners or hand them to the clerk. And yes, the new top scanners are so much more efficient. I only use the vending the machines with my play slips to purchase my tickets.

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BuyLow — Mon, 01 Apr 2019 21:52:43 GMT

I like the new stand alone counter top scanners, they seem to read tickets quicker and easier than the old units. While the mew vending machines also offer scanning, I always get an error message with scratch tickets. Anyone else experiencing the same

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Original Bey — Mon, 01 Apr 2019 21:24:59 GMT

If you combine every service station especially chains as Wawa, you would quickly recognize many players buy their lottery tickets when they fill up for the week ahead or when grabbing their breakfast/coffee.

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Bleudog101 — Mon, 01 Apr 2019 21:19:13 GMT

Great article and the last sentence was what summed up my feelings...no on-line gambling??? Going to leave politics out of it, read between the lines on Florida's laws if you will

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Stack47 — Mon, 01 Apr 2019 21:15:56 GMT

If you think shopping at 10AM is weird, bet finding that many large stores are open 24/7 really confuses you.

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Kingofearth — Mon, 01 Apr 2019 20:55:39 GMT

Most tickets here are purchased at Publix when people do their shopping. What kind of weirdo shops before 10AM?

This is hardly news, I would be very surprised if any casual player notices.

Florida Lottery will go offline for systems upgrade on April 15

Lottery Post — Mon, 01 Apr 2019 20:48:31 GMT

Florida Lottery officials say they don't anticipate problems as a multimillion-dollar upgrade of a vending system goes into place this month.

But rather than press their luck, players are urged to buy earlier than normal as the new system is expected to require the main office to go offline for several hours April 15.

The vast majority of the upgrade will occur overnight on the 15th, causing minimal inconvenience, lottery spokeswoman Keri Nucatola said. Still, we are encouraging our frequ... [ More ]