Retailers preparing for launch of Mississippi Lottery

Comment #17

Big Joey — Fri, 22 Nov 2019 05:33:58 GMT

These three casinos complexes will be selling Mississippi Lottery tickets:

Riverwalk Casino Hotel in Vicksburg

Treasure Bay Casino Hotel in Biloxi

Scarlet Pearl Resort in D'Iberville by Biloxi

Comment #16

RL-RANDOMLOGIC — Tue, 19 Nov 2019 05:55:30 GMT

Word is, Louisiana is running last in just about everything, and just voted in an Incumbent Democratic Governor.

What is it Forest Gump use to say, Stupid is, Stupid does. It was however a close race so there is still hope.

RL

Comment #15

user34 — Tue, 19 Nov 2019 02:31:16 GMT

There's a detailed and interesting forum topic on this subject titled watch out for NYS retailers Some are scamming you big time .

It gives an example of a place where they try to perceive who will know how much they're owed and who can be taken advantage of. It also says that at that particular place the clerk or owner, whoever is doing it, will have non-winning tickets under the counter to quickly swap them.

Comment #14

grwurston — Tue, 19 Nov 2019 00:54:15 GMT

I wouldn't doubt a lot of money is lost when some one walks into a store and asks a clerk to check these for me .

The player should always know how much they won, and TELL, not ask, the clerk how much the winnings are before handing them the tickets.

Comment #13

Stack47 — Mon, 18 Nov 2019 23:46:54 GMT

Makes ya wonder how much of player winnings is stolen every day by clerks and not just in LA, but where ever they sell lottery tickets. Check your tickets at a ticket scanner or a lottery kiosk before giving it to a clerk and only cash your tickets in stores where you can watch a clerk scan your ticket and has a monitor where you can see for how much.

Comment #12

user34 — Mon, 18 Nov 2019 23:20:41 GMT

You should make a complaint to the lottery if that occurs. It's something that's known to happen yet lotteries don't talk about it openly because it's a negative aspect of some of their retailers. That's why I'd recommend cashing in at grocery stores customer service counter as I think they are much likely to be consistently honest about payouts. Convenience store clerks/owners can get away with it because they can always pretend like they miscounted or forgot about if called out on it. There wa... [ More ]

Comment #11

Coin Toss — Mon, 18 Nov 2019 05:25:53 GMT

Yup......and some would drive to Baker and some to Needles

Comment #10

noise-gate — Mon, 18 Nov 2019 00:11:59 GMT

1 hr 1 min CT?.. is that a dig at the 28 min away piece?

Brilliant

Comment #9

grwurston — Sun, 17 Nov 2019 22:55:35 GMT

Sounds like you need to sign your tickets before you go cash them. Take a picture of it too. And I would give him the tickets one at a time. If he says it's no good or a loser, get the ticket back.

Also a phone call to the lottery office is in the future if he does that again. The number should be on the back of the ticket. I would do it right in front of him too.

Comment #8

Big Joey — Sun, 17 Nov 2019 22:19:26 GMT

Yes, oh yes. I would rather go eastward 60 to 90 minutes one way driving time out of my area to buy Mississippi lottery tickets.

The Louisiana draw style games are RNG, and there is a blatant problem with employee theft of winning tickets in my area.

I had $40.00 in winning $5.00 scratchers, and the cashier tried to keep one, and scanned $30.00 He was showing my that I had $30.00 in winnings as the terminal printed receipt showed, not mentioning that he put one aside for himself. I'm not s... [ More ]

Comment #7

Coin Toss — Sun, 17 Nov 2019 19:15:07 GMT

Before Primm opened on the CA - NV border many in Las Vegas drove to Nipton, CA to pay lotto

(Lotto is sold in the gas station, which is in CA)

Distance from Las Vegas, NV to Nipton, CA

DISTANCE

64 mi

TIME

1 hour 1 min

Comment #6

cottoneyedjoe — Sun, 17 Nov 2019 07:41:15 GMT

Are Louisiana lottery products that bad that players in Louisiana would rather play out of state

Comment #5

noise-gate — Sun, 17 Nov 2019 06:28:56 GMT

Wow! 27 miles that way, 28 minutes this way....

Comment #4

Big Joey — Sun, 17 Nov 2019 06:23:09 GMT

There needs to be at least one close by retailer at the Mississippi border area heading from Slidell, Louisiana towards Waveland, Mississippi. At the moment, the closest retailer from Slidell is in Waveland 27 miles from the Mississippi / Louisiana border. Also, the closest retailer from Bogalusa, Louisiana is 28 minutes away in Poplarville, Mississippi. People wanting to play the lottery in Mississippi within the Slidell, Bogalusa vicinities have to travel far to play.

Comment #3

music* — Sun, 17 Nov 2019 05:22:09 GMT

Congratulations to the MS Lottery!

January 30, 2020, will be here swiftly. I hope to see you and the lottery players in the winner's circle with Mega Millions and Power Ball.

Comment #2

cbr$ — Sun, 17 Nov 2019 03:24:00 GMT

So, the Mississippi Lottery is starting off with scratch - offs. I'm wandering if this lottery will be smart enough to install a few scanners people can use for them selves before they head to a clerk or check out counter. I hope we hear about it here on the Lottery Post if it is big wins. So, we're at the On the mark get set , Go stage. Thank's Todd for the up date.

Comment #1

noise-gate — Sat, 16 Nov 2019 22:32:45 GMT

* Launch!- Get this thing off the ground and let's see..

Retailers preparing for launch of Mississippi Lottery

Lottery Post — Sat, 16 Nov 2019 19:08:46 GMT

Includes video report

In less than two weeks, you'll be able to buy scratch-off lottery tickets in Mississippi. Leading up to the Nov. 25 launch date, state lottery officials and retailers are putting the finishing touches on to make sure sales go smoothly.

It's just a lot of work and a lot of heavy lifting in a short period of time, said Gerard Gibert, Vice Chairman of the Mississippi Lottery Corporation.

Speaking to a meeting of America's Future Foundation in Biloxi, Gibert said 1,60... [ More ]