Convenience store owners buy winning ticket from own store

Comment #7

CASH Only — Sat, 06 Sep 2003 11:47:01 GMT

It could also be that one of their customers wanted to buy a CASH VALUE ticket, but the agent mistakenly printed one for 26 ANNUAL PAYMENTS , with the dventual loser buying the mistake.

Comment #6

CASH Only — Sat, 06 Sep 2003 11:29:54 GMT

1. People who work in stores selling Hoosier Lottery tickets can play, but must buy tickets at a DIFFERENT store.2. The wrong choice in NY is 26 annual (increasing per year) payments-and NY still requires the choice when you PLAY.3. Nobody expected me to post #1, or #3 for that matter.

Comment #5

fja — Fri, 05 Sep 2003 20:56:29 GMT

It seems that they do it for people who sell lottery tickets only to confirm that there was no monkey business with the ticket or the machine. Lottery agents and there employees are allowed to play

Comment #4

gilla — Fri, 05 Sep 2003 19:37:34 GMT

The winning couple declined to comment on their win on the advice of state Lottery officials, the Ogdensburg Journal said. Then it makes me wonder about this statement. Do they do that for everyone

Comment #3

Todd — Fri, 05 Sep 2003 19:21:09 GMT

Lottery agents are allowed to play.

Comment #2

gilla — Fri, 05 Sep 2003 18:28:09 GMT

Brings a question to my mind,,, if they sell tickets, wouldn't that make them lottery agents... I thought they couldn't win...

Comment #1

fja — Fri, 05 Sep 2003 14:52:47 GMT

I feel a comment coming on this about the annuity of 3.38 mill over 20 years.

Convenience store owners buy winning ticket from own store

Lottery Post — Fri, 05 Sep 2003 13:59:42 GMT

The owners of a Russell, New York convenience store discovered a scratch-off lottery ticket they bought from their own shop a month ago was a $5 million winner.Kenneth Grimshaw said his sister-in-law, Nancy Grimshaw, started scratching off the ticket after she bought it last month, but set it aside on a countertop when she got busy.She didn't completely scratch off the ticket until Thursday morning, he said. The 46-year-old woman and her husband, Kendrick Grimshaw, have been co-owners of the sto... [ More ]