So, What's like to be a Lottery Retailer?

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danyo1332 — Sun, 15 May 2011 23:30:22 GMT

I'm a manager at a gas station and deal with lottery. As you all probably know, if you want to play an online ticket again, you can scan the top barcode. Well one of the employees at my work had to go outside to assist someone at a pump. When he came back in, there were $67 worth of powerball tickets and all the same exact ticket! When he went outside, he had a powerball ticket under the scanner that just kept scanning. Oh, and you can't cancel powerball tickets

Reply #9

GamerMom — Sun, 15 May 2011 20:21:40 GMT

wow NOT a good move..wonder why they decided not to sell tix?

I refuse to buy anything at a store that doesn't sell them

Reply #8

jimjwright — Sun, 15 May 2011 19:29:14 GMT

If by selling lottery tickets it also increased sales on other merchandise then yes, otherwise it wouldn't be worth the trouble if the increased customer traffic only bought lottery tickets.

I worked as a night clerk at a convenient store as a way to work my way thru college and by far the most sales I saw during my shift was beer/gas/cigarettes/ big gulp from 10:30 p.m. until 2:00 a.m. and gas/coffee/cigarettes/big gulp from 5:00 a.m to 7:00 am.

Other than gas, selling addictive products... [ More ]

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Litebets27 — Sun, 15 May 2011 14:47:46 GMT

Interesting subject...

I often make comments to the owners of the convenient store where I buy the majority of my lottery tickets, about how much money they are pulling in. Mind you... their convenient store resembles a miniture casino, which is a comment many people make when they first come into the store. Both the previous and the present owners state, they make very little money from selling lottery. But, let it be a rainy day or some big event is happening else where, they will always as... [ More ]

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sully16 — Sun, 15 May 2011 14:13:57 GMT

After some of the non-sense I've witnessed, Does drop kicking customers through plate glass count as assult

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rdgrnr — Sat, 14 May 2011 18:29:14 GMT

There was a convenience store in a town a few miles from me whose main business was drive-up beer and lottery ticket sales and they had a ton of regular customers lined up at the drive-up window and a great business. The business sold and the new owners decided not to sell lottery tickets.

The place is like a ghost town now. All their beer customers go to the filling station down the road now where you have to park and walk in to get your beer because they still want their lottery tickets too... [ More ]

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B$Rizzle — Sat, 14 May 2011 18:06:08 GMT

Thats an interesting topic to bring up. I know several retailers in my area and after speaking with them, I would probably sell lotto if I had a store.

About 1.5 years ago I had a skateboard shop opening up and pondered the idea of selling lottery since it would add to the uniqeness of the store. If you build good raport with regular customers, that usually makes them come back. If those same customers buy a winning PowerBall or FL Lottery ticket you get a decent commision. Plus having lotter... [ More ]

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JWBlue — Sat, 14 May 2011 17:05:10 GMT

If I sold the tickets, I would limit my work.

I am the type of person that trusts computers. The odds of a computer making an error with how much I would be owed would be so small, it would not be worth the bookkeeping.

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Spincognito — Sat, 14 May 2011 16:43:10 GMT

I know some store owners and they rely on lottery earnings from sales to survive. In Massachusetts, lottery agents get 1% of all sales and 5% of all cashed tickets. That makes for an excellent payout to agents with high lottery sales. Yes, they do get frustrated with the difficult customers and paperwork they need to maintain but the profits are well worth it.

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JosephusMinimus — Sat, 14 May 2011 14:57:03 GMT

I've talked with the lady who owns one of the two convenience stores in the village of Harper, Texas about it a few times. She has a wall to the side of the register and above the door papered with winning tickets sold or cashed in there over the years. She says it's a pain dealing with the commission, that the LC employees are inconsiderate when they visit, and that it's 'just one more thing to have to do'. My impression is that she mightn't do it if she had it to do over.

The other store th... [ More ]

So, What's like to be a Lottery Retailer?

GiveFive — Sat, 14 May 2011 11:20:19 GMT

Here at The Lottery Post, it's all about us players. Everybody writes their post from a players perspective, but what about the lottery retailer's perspective? Are there any retailers out there that are willing to share what it's like selling lottery tickets to the general public?

I know someone that owned a deli and sold both online and scratch-off tickets. They told me, just like everything else, there are pros and cons to being an agent for the state. For instance, this person said they En... [ More ]