Blind Lottery Vendor Losing Braille Machine

Lottery Post — Fri, 17 Oct 2003 08:44:21 GMT

A legally blind man who has been selling lottery tickets since the California Lottery began says he's being left behind because the state is upgrading its lottery machines.John Friesen has been in business for 26 years operating a concession stand in the lobby of the State Resources building, and in that time he's sold thousands of lottery tickets. A machine with a Braille key pad and chirping tones guides him through lottery transactions. It's beeping each time I do a function, so it tells me w... [ More ]