Massachusetts store clerk steals player's winning scratch-off ticket worth $1,000

Comment #28

Bleudog101 — Mon, 26 Jul 2021 13:54:44 GMT

Finally Massachusetts has an App to scan tickets to see if they are winners. IGT replaced all the dinosaur lotto machines there, they were the oldest ones in the country....no more noisy dot matrix printers. IDK for a fact, but they would have to make the tickets scannable for the customer whereas before they weren't.

The Treasurer really wants players to be able to play on-line, she has for quite some time. The problem is getting the Senate on board there.

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Comment #27

KY Floyd — Sun, 25 Jul 2021 04:22:07 GMT

It's not that I thought pedantic was a total misfit. I just thought that maybe he meant to say pathetic.

Comment #26

noise-gate — Wed, 21 Jul 2021 18:48:08 GMT

Some folk are jealous of your ability to think outside the box, it's always apparent because you will see your posts are downgraded almost immediately. Independent thinking is frowned upon. There is a scene in the movie The Curse of the black Pearl where the British soldiers are asking their Captain Why don't we follow the advice of Jack Sparrow, and the reply was Because it's Sparrow who said it.

After all,You need a brain to think- l love it

Comment #25

CDanaT — Wed, 21 Jul 2021 15:19:26 GMT

https://tnlottery.com/games/instant-games/3/

https://tnlottery.com/games/instant-games/5/

https://tnlottery.com/games/instant-games/10/

Here's is 3 in the $3 group in TN that do not....Crossword, Lotteria and Bingo do not have the prize listed right underneath the symbols/numbers. Course,one would hope that if they are playing, that reasonable understanding/observation of the game would kick in.

Comment #24

Elizabeth03 — Wed, 21 Jul 2021 13:56:19 GMT

When you take a lottery ticket, of any kind into a store, and to the clerk- behind the counter. Ask for a print out from the register or machine of how much, your winning's were! That is for your protection, and your right- as a customer

Comment #23

konane — Wed, 21 Jul 2021 13:32:11 GMT

The pearl of wisdom I'm taking from this article is: The Lottery highly recommends that players take a photo of the front and back of their tickets and download the Lottery's mobile app to check winnings on their phone.

If the lottery app is available in your state it is an invaluable assistant to prevent being scammed.

Comment #22

sully16 — Wed, 21 Jul 2021 12:45:46 GMT

So violence is the solution

Comment #21

sully16 — Wed, 21 Jul 2021 12:45:01 GMT

Since we are learning new words, here's a couple.

Conceited- someone who behaves in a way that shows they think they are more intelligent , skillful or attractive.

Infallible- someone who always thinks they are perfect and right.

Comment #20

Bleudog101 — Wed, 21 Jul 2021 11:36:22 GMT

Hoping a Massachusetts player can clear the air on this one. Last time playing there where the barcode is it would say 'Void if removed'. So back then it meant the clerk would have to scratch that area off so you'd have to really pay attention to what areas the customer scratched off. This is the only state to my knowledge like this. Here most of us just scratch the barcode and scan the ticket.

Comment #19

winterhug — Wed, 21 Jul 2021 11:01:59 GMT

There are states whose retailers can pay out a $5,000 winning ticket. They are the super agent retailers.

Comment #18

Mata Garbo — Wed, 21 Jul 2021 05:07:14 GMT

Noise-gate .......Your last resort seems like a pretty good idea. She needs to send a few of her cousins or male friends in there to teach that clerk a lesson. Or at the very least, scare the heck out of him. That was a sleazy, dirtbag thing to do to anyone. You never know what type of desperate financial situation a person may be in. A thousand dollars could be the difference between her having a home or being homeless. Who knows? Why do that to another person? Having said that .......I must sa... [ More ]

Comment #17

noise-gate — Wed, 21 Jul 2021 04:36:04 GMT

Your behavior is pedantic

Are you sure that's the word you wanted to use?

According to Websters..

Pedantic is an ..... word used to describe someone who annoys others by correcting small errors, caring too much about minor details, or emphasizing their own expertise, especially in some narrow or boring subject matter.

So.. maybe

Comment #16

SADE1 — Wed, 21 Jul 2021 03:59:35 GMT

I betcha this is not the 1st time he's done this!

There's no telling how many people he has swindled out of their winnings

Comment #15

KY Floyd — Wed, 21 Jul 2021 03:55:15 GMT

Can a Massachusetts retailer pay out $1,000 winning ticket?

If they're not following the rules they can hand over as much cash as they have available, but the ticket will have to be claimed at a lottery office. Since this person is described as a clerk and was supposedly fired they'd have had to get the same amount of cash back in in the register so that things balance out.

$1,000 winner needs to be paid out at a claim center at which a tax form will be provided.

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Comment #14

TheGameGrl — Tue, 20 Jul 2021 23:28:58 GMT

Interesting article.

Important facts:

Claim not distributed in accordance with win.

Clerk dispenses half the total winnings.

Claimant files complaint.

Police consider 500$ , petty theft. No arrest.

Clerk loses job.

Store keeps it's retailer lottery license.

Claimant receives full win compensation.

Deep dive:

The reality is: even if you know the amount, the clerk can still hoodwink. So same results. Does the app play a police siren to scare the clerk into payi... [ More ]

Comment #13

sully16 — Tue, 20 Jul 2021 21:19:31 GMT

I'm not the one crying victim, you are. Heads up, you continue to keep dialog going, Why

And that's not a fact, you are not blocked on all the blogs, and attack me every chance you get.

Comment #12

noise-gate — Tue, 20 Jul 2021 21:15:44 GMT

You have no blog that l am invited to comment on, you and your brothers in arms have blocked me. That's a fact Jack!

l think l invade your dreams like Freddy Krueger, do l keep you up at night? Constantly turning around where is he, where is he

Comment #11

sully16 — Tue, 20 Jul 2021 21:10:06 GMT

Remember your words when you attack me in the blogs.

Comment #10

noise-gate — Tue, 20 Jul 2021 21:07:14 GMT

* Your behavior is pedantic, but you obviously didn't know it until l brought it to your attention. You either hate me enough to attempt to dissect everything l post or you infatuated with me.

You don't see me going around looking for you or your posts to throw in my two cents, why? Because not only do l not care, but l not find you that important.

I respect people until they expose themselves as being what they truly are- nuisances. The forum is a place to have Fun your actions are to cr... [ More ]

Comment #9

sully16 — Tue, 20 Jul 2021 20:55:04 GMT

I don't take orders from you, and watch the name calling.

Comment #8

noise-gate — Tue, 20 Jul 2021 19:54:03 GMT

* What did l say about you pouncing on any everything l post? Your actions make you a tool a troll, but here you are, stalking again. Do you have a reading problem, when someone says stay away, you interpret it as come closer?

*You making it a career of following me, and you embarrassing yourself in the process.

* In a word you like using on me- why not just shove it.

Comment #7

Long Odds — Tue, 20 Jul 2021 19:40:03 GMT

Not only is the clerk a thief, he's a dope. $1,000 winner needs to be paid out at a claim center at which a tax form will be provided. He pays the winner $500 so only got a $500 differential of which taxes will eat up much of that (subsequently has to give her more money in hopes of making issue disappear). If he has another way of evading his taxes, would've been better off asking the winner if she would accept cash payout for something less than $1,000 explaining she would otherwise have to ta... [ More ]

Comment #6

jjtheprince14 — Tue, 20 Jul 2021 19:34:42 GMT

Unfortunately this is probably extremely easy to do in a state where over 100,000 players per day win over $1,000.

Comment #5

sully16 — Tue, 20 Jul 2021 19:26:50 GMT

Well, you truly amaze me , assault the clerk and wait for the Cops....lol AND.... you were top 3? of what?

I think the clerk should face criminal charges, I think beating him senseless is just another crime.

Comment #4

shy1979 — Tue, 20 Jul 2021 18:23:42 GMT

Can a Massachusetts retailer pay out $1,000 winning ticket? Everywhere I've lived (CO and OR) anything $600 and up has to be claimed at the Lottery Claims office.

Also, how good is the MA lottery app? I ask because the Oregon app was great, you scanned a winning ticket and it told you how much you won with a little fireworks graphic. The Colorado lottery app however, sucks hard. If you scan a ticket it will either say sorry this ticket is not a winner or it will say this ticket may be a winn... [ More ]

Comment #3

noise-gate — Tue, 20 Jul 2021 18:13:31 GMT

* Better yet, get the app for your State lottery games, l know it's got to be free.

Second, you don't have to guess whether you holding a winning ticket or scratcher if you run into this sort of thing- whip out your phone and tell the clerk l know l won X amount. In short: take command of the situation, it's your money don't back down!

* Last resort, jump the counter put a half Nelson on the clerk until the cops show up. That should put a stop to this nonsense ever happening to you again... [ More ]

Comment #2

rcbbuckeye — Tue, 20 Jul 2021 17:53:33 GMT

This is one of the reasons I buy almost all my tix from the same little store, and have for the last several years. They know me, I know them, and they are honest people.

Even though that clerk should be prosecuted, she should have been able to determine what the ticket was worth before trying to claim her prize.

Comment #1

ThatScaryChick — Tue, 20 Jul 2021 17:09:40 GMT

I'm glad the lottery paid out her full winnings and that the thief was fired, but he should have criminal charges brought against him as well.

Massachusetts store clerk steals player's winning scratch-off ticket worth $1,000

Lottery Post — Tue, 20 Jul 2021 16:07:02 GMT

Retailer worker cheats winner of half her prize

By Kate Northrop

A Massachusetts player reached out to the Massachusetts Lottery for help after allegedly being swindled of half her prize on a winning scratch-off ticket by a store clerk.

After winning a decent prize on a scratch-off lottery ticket, Amelia Smith said she was ripped off by the clerk at the Roslindale Food Mart when he crumpled the validation slip and cheated her of $500.

Smith visited the retailer on Washington St... [ More ]