Hoosier Lottery Commission votes to approve $50,000 prize claim to winner whose ticket was ripped up

Comment #14

onenumber — Wed, 06 Dec 2023 10:19:58 GMT

The article clearly states,

In a meeting that took place in Indianapolis on Tuesday, Lottery commissioners discussed Paul Marshall and his winning $50,000 Powerball ticket. The catch was that he stepped forward to claim the prize, but his ticket was in pieces .

Comment #13

winterhug — Tue, 05 Dec 2023 13:18:09 GMT

The lottery officials that paid the guy who won 50K on a torn up lottery ticket. Why was the receipt of his winning ticket the only proof he need to get his money. Why did the clerk not give the guy the torn up pieces of lottery ticket so he could also take that in lottery officials as proof

Comment #12

Onelast8 — Tue, 05 Dec 2023 03:21:05 GMT

Read the article that we are commenting about and notice that your comment is not related because the older folks in Florida has not joined the Social Media age of stealing Lottery tickets just yet.

Comment #11

GiveFive — Mon, 04 Dec 2023 23:24:22 GMT

Time consuming? Not hardly. It's very obvious to me that you've never cashed in or even seen a winning ticket in Florida.

The clerk drops the ticket into the slot at the top of the lottery terminal, the terminal takes about a second to read it to verify it's a winner, and about a second later the ticket pops out of the bottom of the terminal with WINNING TICKET printed on the front of it.

And the bar code is located at the bottom of the front side of every type of lottery ticket sold in... [ More ]

Comment #10

Onelast8 — Mon, 04 Dec 2023 16:58:09 GMT

I've never seen a retailer print on a winning ticket before that would be an expensive printer and time consuming. The Bar Code on the back is for Lottery and Retailer use only not for the consumer, so you could have a picture on your phone and scan it and the cashier would be apart of the theft. Black out works but it's too messy just cover with a thumb or fold the bar code out of view.

Comment #9

GiveFive — Mon, 04 Dec 2023 13:42:51 GMT

And don't forget a thief/forger also needs a picture of the back of the ticket too. How can anyone claim a ticket if the reverse side of it is totally blank? It's obvious that it's phony.

I'd also add that in Florida once a winning ticket has been run through the lottery terminal to be cashed, the terminal prints on the front of the ticket the words WINNING TICKET . A picture of an entire winning ticket (including the barcode) with those words printed on it can be posted online worry free be... [ More ]

Comment #8

Wavepack — Sun, 03 Dec 2023 20:42:12 GMT

I recommend covering up QR codes, bar codes, and number codes that are on lotto receipts, including scratcher cards, before posting a photo or video or the lotto receipt online.

Sometimes a thumbnail of the photo is encoded in the file, so post editing the photo to hide these identifiers still might not be good enough, because the info is still encoded in the thumbnail info. Best to cover up the codes on the receipt before taking a photo, if you are going to post it online.

Keep in mind

Comment #7

Todd — Sun, 03 Dec 2023 14:42:45 GMT

Great point.

Comment #6

Onelast8 — Sun, 03 Dec 2023 02:54:38 GMT

It does not just apply to winning tickets, I use to watch a guy scratch off tickets on You Tube and people would capture the losing ticket bar code and enter them in the second chance drawings.

Comment #5

gatorsrok — Sun, 03 Dec 2023 01:49:46 GMT

This is exactly correct. Just redact the bar code or take a picture before you scratch off the bar code and you are ok. This problem is not limited to lotto tickets. People have posted sporting or concert tickets online with exposed bar codes and been ripped off. Just be careful if you post online.

Comment #4

Todd — Sat, 02 Dec 2023 15:55:30 GMT

Not necessarily. Those tickets may well have been already cashed.

Or, it is easy to just black out the ticket's code in the photo, which would make it impossible to redeem using just the photo.

Comment #3

Artist77 — Sat, 02 Dec 2023 15:44:14 GMT

Aren't their lp members that post their winning tickets? Always thought that was very poor judgment.

Comment #2

PrisonerSix — Sat, 02 Dec 2023 15:25:30 GMT

Another reason for a person not to broadcast their entire life on Facebook or other social media.Sometimes it's just best to keep things to yourself.

Comment #1

hearsetrax — Sat, 02 Dec 2023 14:48:06 GMT

OUCH !! DENIED $500 !! 'cause she had to get silly on facebook first ROFL

Hoosier Lottery Commission votes to approve $50,000 prize claim to winner whose ticket was ripped up

Lottery Post — Sat, 02 Dec 2023 12:31:17 GMT

Commission votes in the same meeting to deny $500 payout to another player

By Kate Northrop

Within the same meeting, the Hoosier Lottery Commission voted to approve a $50,000 prize claim to a winner whose ticket was ripped up and to deny a $500 prize to another scratch-off winner who posted their winning ticket online.

The Hoosier Lottery Commission was faced with two rather interesting cases regarding the validity of two very different prize claims and ultimately voted to approve on... [ More ]