10,000 scratch tickets flawed?

Comment #4

CASH Only — Tue, 30 Sep 2003 20:15:17 GMT

I wouldn't play it anyway. Like almost all other Mass. million -dollar scratches (and here in NY) the $1m and $4m prizes are paid in 20 installments, NO cash option.

Comment #3

vincejr — Tue, 30 Sep 2003 16:43:55 GMT

Quote: Originally posted by tg636 on September 30, 2003 Any large, unclaimed prizes in this game should be seen as evidence of lottery fraud. It means that returned books of tickets with big prizes were not reprinted and put back into circulation. All losers should get refunds because they did not have a fair chance at all major prizes.I'm sorry tg, but I have to disagree. It would be impractical from a security standpoint to reprint tickets from books that are defective as then the grand assu... [ More ]

Comment #2

fja — Tue, 30 Sep 2003 14:08:33 GMT

Thats why I dont play them, like Todd said they give the worst return for your dollar or 10.

Comment #1

tg636 — Tue, 30 Sep 2003 12:51:48 GMT

I live in MA and find $10 scratch tickets appalling, losing $10 at once is too much for my tastes. But now I'll be looking carefully at the ones I find in the trash and having the bar codes of any unreadable tickets scanned...Any large, unclaimed prizes in this game should be seen as evidence of lottery fraud. It means that returned books of tickets with big prizes were not reprinted and put back into circulation. All losers should get refunds because they did not have a fair chance at all majo... [ More ]

10,000 scratch tickets flawed?

Lottery Post — Tue, 30 Sep 2003 08:10:47 GMT

Ten thousand scratch tickets from Massachusetts' new $640 Million Jubilee game are potentially defective -- but state Treasurer Timothy P. Cahill is refusing to issue a recall, despite fears the flawed tickets could skew the odds or even deprive somebody of a big jackpot.The $10 tickets, which were just unveiled two weeks ago, contain an uneven coating of the chemical that makes the latex scratching surface stick to the ticket's paper -- making them unscratchable.Over the past 11 days, one Lotte... [ More ]