so when you say "validate" a ticket

Reply #23

AlecWest — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 23:39:49 GMT

When I attempt to post a link in this forum, an actual website note comes up - telling me that I cannot post links because I'm a newcomer. Heck, I've been on this board since 2006. However, I know what they're doing and would prefer they just be honest about it. It isn't how long you've been with this forum that matters. It's how many posts a person makes. Once you cross a certain threshhold of posts, your status changes - and the ability to post links is enabled.

The note that comes up also... [ More ]

Reply #22

justxploring — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 21:52:33 GMT

Unfortunately, since I'm still considered a (ahem) newcomer here, they won't let me post links.

Alec, I'm just curious what you mean. I have trouble posting links with some browsers.

Reply #21

time*treat — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 21:28:32 GMT

That's one way.

Another is to sit down with your tickets over coffee and explain to them how in their own unique ways, they can all be winners. If not in this drawing, then possibly the next. Besies, a ticket can win a lower tier prize and still feel good about itself.

Reply #20

AlecWest — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 19:14:42 GMT

FWIW, I have a personal favorite blast from the past ... and it's actually similar in context to Indiana Wants Me. Unfortunately, since I'm still considered a (ahem) newcomer here, they won't let me post links. However, take that link you gave above and change the identifying video number from:

DoeLOD9zD6A

to:

PXN8354RT-4

I still listen to that song, even today, and still like it.

Regards - J. Alec West

Reply #19

AlecWest — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 18:43:50 GMT

First ... to KY Floyd ... thanks for correcting me on that. For some reason I'd always attributed that song to Bobby Sherman. Must be a senior moment, hehehe. And thanks truecritic for providing the music.

Justxploring, you and me both on the Moody Blues (with a good dose of Genesis and Yes added in). Indiana Wants Me was one of those button songs for me, hehehe. Whenever I'd hear the song on the radio while I was driving, I'd quickly reach for the button to move to a different station (grin... [ More ]

Reply #18

justxploring — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 07:51:12 GMT

Hmm... I guess I was too busy listening to Every Good Boy Deserves Favour.

I need to be validated. If I put my finger under the scanner will it say you are a winner

Reply #17

truecritic — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 05:59:22 GMT

Indiana Wants Me 1971

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DoeLOD9zD6A

Reply #16

KY Floyd — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 04:34:09 GMT

Indiana wants me - Lord I can't go back there...

There's a blast from the past. It was R Dean Taylor, not Bobby Sherrman, though.

Reply #15

RJOh — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 20:03:39 GMT

I always check the lottery websites and mark the winning numbers on my tickets with a pink highlighter (since the terminals don't see that color), so I know how much I've won when I take my tickets to be cashed.

If I won more than $5000, I wouldn't have my tickets validated locally, I would go directly to the lottery regional office. Beside I wouldn't want anyone local to know I could have something in my pocket worth more than $5000, maybe even a million dollars or more to the holder, it wo... [ More ]

Reply #14

four4me — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 19:11:14 GMT

When you use a scanner to check your tickets if it's over 600 bucks it will usually say take ticket to cashier to validate.

When the cashier validates the ticket if it's a jackpot winner you have to take the ticket to the lottery office in your location to get it cashed. The cashier that validated your ticket should give you the validation receipt.

In any of the above statements before i would ask the retailer to check my ticket i would ask for a lottery number print out and check the tick... [ More ]

Reply #13

justxploring — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 18:09:40 GMT

Just to clarify what I wrote, I was agreeing with RJOh. A ticket can be validated anywhere, but in Florida you have to go to one of the regional lottery offices if the prize is $600 or more. I think what Ohio does make sense, although we have an office less than 25 miles from here, so it really wouldn't matter to me.

I was only saying I'd feel uncomfortable validating a big prize at a store. Even when a woman won $5,000 on an instant game ticket, people were talking about it for days. That's... [ More ]

Reply #12

justxploring — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 17:44:12 GMT

If you have a prize under $600, then just cash it in at a local retailer. I go to the large supermarkets where I know they'll have the money. Although every retailer is supposed to pay you, there are many who are reluctant to do so. Some people on this board have written that they have to pay you if they sell lottery tickets, but that's not entirely true. Depends on the circumstances. Although it clearly says to take your ticket to any lottery retailer, there is a disclaimer (at least in the FL... [ More ]

Reply #11

AlecWest — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 17:06:59 GMT

I had a Navy buddy who, before he joined, got his girlfriend pregnant. He offered to pay child support - but the girlfriend's father told him to just stay away - that he didn't want him involved in his daughter's life anymore in ANY capacity (even support). So, that's what he did. But when he got out of the Navy and returned home to Indiana, he received a letter from the state welfare agency - asking for back child support for 5 children.

No (grin), the girlfriend didn't have quintuplets. She... [ More ]

Reply #10

GamerMom — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 16:54:35 GMT

WOW that's harsh. I guess all of the deadbeat dads that want to play lotto are moving to Kentucky in droves. I sure hope you are right and that's changed because that is totally unfair.

Reply #9

AlecWest — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 16:51:41 GMT

Yes, absolutely. They not only check the ticket to make sure it's genuine. They also run a background check on the winner to make certain there aren't any outstanding arrest warrants, liens (tax, etc.), or other judgements (child support). If a person was due to receive $1,000,000 from a state lottery commission but had an IRS lien outstanding for $200,000 on their record, they'd only get a check for $800,000 - with the remainder sent to the IRS.

BTW, and I suspect it's changed, but at one ti... [ More ]

Reply #8

AlecWest — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 16:42:30 GMT

What I'd do would depend on the state lottery I'm playing. I live right on the Oregon/Washington border. So, sometimes I get Oregon tickets, sometimes Washington tickets. I prefer Washington tickets because, unlike Oregon, they allow winners to set up a blind trust ... and have an attorney acting as trustee claim the ticket - thereby retaining anonimity for the winner. Other states like Ohio allow for the same anonimity protection via trustees. One state, Kansas, actually has an anonimity provis... [ More ]

Reply #7

RJOh — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 16:28:35 GMT

Someone correct me if I'm wrong. But I suspect validation is a process that takes place at Lottery HQ where they actually examine the ticket to make certain it's genuine.

As I mentioned in my earlier post, in Ohio winning tickets up to $5000 can be validated by the local lottery retailers but those worth $600 or more have to be taken to a designated bank to get the cash. Only winning tickets worth more than $5000 has to be validated by the state and the state not only check to make sure the... [ More ]

Reply #6

GamerMom — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 16:16:54 GMT

yeah i check mine online but i'm always afraid i'll miss a 2 or 3 dollar winner so i scan them all myself. I have just heard about that one guy who validated his ticket but lost it the actual ticket and the only reason he got the winnings after the claim date was because he validated his ticket. I just wondered if he scanned it or if he turned it over the clerk to scan it.

sucks to be that guy but personally if I won I wouldn't ever go back into the store I bought it from, but that's just me... [ More ]

Reply #5

AlecWest — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 16:10:35 GMT

Someone correct me if I'm wrong. But I suspect validation is a process that takes place at Lottery HQ where they actually examine the ticket to make certain it's genuine. BTW, I always check my tickets online. So far, the only tickets I've ever had are losers of low cash-prize winners. I used to take my tickets into a convenience store that had a machine in the customer area ... where customers could scan a ticket barcode themselves. I only saw 2 responses in the LED window when I did this ... N... [ More ]

Reply #4

GamerMom — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 14:16:33 GMT

wow that's awesome, i wonder if they do that in Florida

Reply #3

RJOh — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 14:14:40 GMT

In Ohio any winning ticket that's $600 to $5,000, can be validated at a lottery retailer and then taken to a bank cashing location for the money.

Winning tickets over $5,000 must be validated at one of the lottery regional offices, but I suppose any tickets can be validated at those locations.

Reply #2

Guru101 — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 13:43:16 GMT

If you have a jackpot winning ticket, take it to Lottery HQ to have it validated. There are people out there who will snatch it given the chance. I was watching a TV show one day; it showed a woman at a gas station who bought a scratch off ticket that won a lot of money. I can't remember how much it was, but it was enough for her to get very excited. She started screaming, jumping up and down, and gave a hug to the clerk. Some other woman came up and snatched the ticket out of her hand. The vict... [ More ]

Reply #1

Stew12 — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 13:01:42 GMT

If you don't want any convinient store cashiers to know, then you would take the ticket directly to the lottery HQ in your state.

so when you say "validate" a ticket

GamerMom — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 12:59:01 GMT

does that mean you have to turn it over to an actual person at a lottery retailer? Or can you just scan the winning ticket on the self scanners to have it validated? I wouldn't want some random cashier to know i'd even won a 5 out of 6 prize, let alone the big JP.