Warning about PA Self-Service Machines

Reply #5

TheGameGrl — Sat, 03 Feb 2007 04:35:24 GMT

rdc, Thank you for sharing your experience and the end result. Its true that the self serve machines are more often then not, unreliable. These are primarily due to the poor care taken by the vendor to make sure they are serviced and given maintenance upkeep. A simple weekly cleaning and security test to make sure the drop shoot is clear , money taker isnt malfuntioning and test the card reader. The instant tickets are the worst. It often slices the tickets incorrectly so you get voided tickets... [ More ]

Reply #4

rdc137 — Fri, 02 Feb 2007 04:30:17 GMT

UPDATE

I got my tickets back and cashed them at another store. Thus ends my PA lottery purchases. With Lucky for Life having ended, my other favorite game became Cash 5. Although I do not care for it as much, my Cash 5 dollars are now going to MD Bonus Match 5. The number field is the same (5 of 39), but you need to match 3 of 5 (with or without the bonus ball), however, you get 3 plays for $2 so that part is nice. The best part for me is a roundtrip to the nearest store is less than 1/2 the

Reply #3

rdc137 — Thu, 01 Feb 2007 15:49:19 GMT

My Dear Cash,

You're confused. There was never a boycott of Lucky for Life. Only you, my dear. Only you.

As for the Delaware slots, I tend to avoid those places like the plague. They are full of mostly seniors blowing their social security and pension checks. Also, the security tends to be quite lax, and there are regular muggings in the parking lots. Delaware Park particularly seems to have a lot of problems in this area. Delaware Park also recently had an incident where the police evacua... [ More ]

Reply #2

CASH Only — Thu, 01 Feb 2007 14:47:48 GMT

NOW you plan to stop buying Pennsylvania tickets. After the boycott of Lucky for Life ended last week.

Do you play video slots in Delaware

Reply #1

Todd — Thu, 01 Feb 2007 04:27:58 GMT

Thank you for the warning. I hope Pennsylvania is not cheaping out on their machines, as it sounds like they are doing.

Warning about PA Self-Service Machines

rdc137 — Thu, 01 Feb 2007 04:05:45 GMT

Tonight I used a self-service machine to check a ticket I knew was a winner so I could use it to buy another ticket. For those of you unfamiliar with the machines, you can insert money or winning tickets to get credits to buy other tickets. If its not a winner it spits it back out. Tonight, at the store I usually go to, the machine malfunctioned and ate the winning ticket. The store clerk was unable to open the machine to get it out and told me to come back tomorrow to retrieve it. Since it was