Clerk Wins With Unwanted Lottery Ticket

Reply #9

amsoly41 — Sat, 21 Apr 2007 14:37:59 GMT

I googled this story and all the stories I find say SHE

[ N.C. convenience store clerk accidentally prints up 2 Powerball tickets, wins $200,000]

Most of the hits give credit to the AP

The ASSOCIATED PRESS

The AP may have made a mistake.

Do you have any links where it was a HE instead of a SHE ?

This is a real neat story.

It really does not mater if it was a HE or SHE to me.

Reply #8

Coin Toss — Sat, 21 Apr 2007 14:05:45 GMT

Right after I saw this thread last night a report came on the radio saying The clerk, he...

Reply #7

LANTERN — Sat, 21 Apr 2007 08:49:40 GMT

justxploring

There are no names recorded of who sales and who buys, the ticket has the date and also the retailer's number that IDs where it was bought from.

The ticket and prize belongs to whoever has it, signs it and claims the prize.

The store's lottery terminal keeps a record of what kinds of lottery tickets and how many of them were printed by it (The terminal) and also the dates of when they were bought and of their draws.

The cash register's tape keep a record of how many lott... [ More ]

Reply #6

justxploring — Sat, 21 Apr 2007 06:11:00 GMT

No, Coin Toss, unless the article is wrong. ???

So, she bought it.

earning her a $200,000 jackpot.

Reply #5

Coin Toss — Sat, 21 Apr 2007 06:06:55 GMT

Make that good for him, the clerk was a guy. Good for the winner, too.

Reply #4

justxploring — Sat, 21 Apr 2007 05:52:15 GMT

I'm just curious - is there any way of knowing when someone pays for a ticket

Reply #3

Coin Toss — Sat, 21 Apr 2007 05:46:03 GMT

Good for her. Anyone who doubts the luck factor in these things, she was meant to win that $200,000.

Reply #2

time*treat — Sat, 21 Apr 2007 05:44:43 GMT

good thing the tickets were exact duplicates and non-jackpot winners, otherwise it would have been Cue the lawyers

Reply #1

starchild_45 — Fri, 20 Apr 2007 23:44:38 GMT

this is a great story. i like these happy endings.

Clerk Wins With Unwanted Lottery Ticket

petergrfn — Fri, 20 Apr 2007 23:11:50 GMT

She Bought It After She Couldn't Sell It

POSTED: 3:38 pm EDT April 20, 2007

CONOVER, N.C. -- A customer wanted to buy a lottery ticket, but a clerk at a store in Conover, N.C., accidentally printed out an extra one.

The clerk, Wadburn Allen, spent the rest of the day trying to sell the duplicate Powerball ticket, but couldn't. So, she bought it.

The next day, Allen returned to the store and found that the ticket matched five numbers -- earning her a $200,000 jackpot.

W... [ More ]