retailers not validating sratch offs

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jwhou — Sun, 29 Aug 2010 07:28:54 GMT

That's a very clever scam. Selling lottery tickets is a sure way to make money but only the government is allowed to sell lottery tickets. By not activating the tickets, those tickets were never sold and he pockets the sales revenue, small prizes are not a big deal for him to cover and should the win be big enough that he couldn't cover it, he could still activate the ticket. He is taking a risk because if he's doing this systematically then the lottery commission will detect that his sales are... [ More ]

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grandmadec — Sun, 22 Aug 2010 19:35:19 GMT

He will have to validate them soon or when someone takes a winner elsewhere to cash in during the week the place you take it can call the lottery if it is not validated and the lottery will call him and tell him to validate it so winners can be cashed in.

Also retailers settle up time for ticket books sold for the week ends Sat at midnight and they have to pay for these books sold the beginning of the week with the lottery so he might be trying to delay payment until the next week for the tic... [ More ]

retailers not validating sratch offs

fieldysgrl98 — Sun, 22 Aug 2010 19:09:29 GMT

i was wondering are retailers suppost to validate lottery scratch offs before you buy them?? i buy sratch offs from a guy who doesn't validate them before you buy them so you HAVE to go back to his store to get your money. and sometimes when you take them back he doesn't even scan them, he just asks you how much you won and gives you the money. i think the guy might be running a scam.