Lottery machines cut tickets at the wrong place

Reply #9

dr65 — Mon, 25 Jul 2011 01:23:10 GMT

LOL!!

I get a harder time at big grocery stores....waiting, out of stock, problems with clerks attitudes and terminals down.

The only thing the bigger stores are good for is having cash on hand, you can't find that at the smaller gas stations

- they constantly drop their money. At the favorite store, the gal will hold drops so I can cash in while I'm there. It's

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Reply #8

James1 — Mon, 25 Jul 2011 01:05:32 GMT

I prefer to buy and cash decent winners at a convenience store. why because the clerk will give you free beer if you cash a $500 winner or buy any roll.

Reply #7

redhot7 — Mon, 25 Jul 2011 01:00:11 GMT

I don't know. I find that the the clerks behind the counter of well known grocery stores are more courteous, professional and friendly to me than the one from convenience stores. I trust them more than convenience stores. And I rarely have to wait in line and never seen any hawk. Other than few incidents like I described, my experience buying scratch and lotto tickets from grocery stores have always been great.

Reply #6

James1 — Mon, 25 Jul 2011 00:52:12 GMT

wow. sometimes i gotta wait behind 10 people who are in line to buy from the machine, all the while being surrounded by a good 3-4 hawks.

I agree though the stores seem to hate the machines. they close them an hour before closing the store and often times i see an out of order sign on them at those same grocers. some of the $20 tickets are not refilled for days at times. And I wont even get started with cashing $500 winners. you are either meet with a spiteful clerk jealous cause you won, a

Reply #5

Mamma28z — Mon, 25 Jul 2011 00:03:59 GMT

Happened to me in Ohio- it was a dollar ticket.

I had the directions on one half of it and the playing area along with the bar code on the other half- I won $18 and when I turned it in the clerk never said a word. I did notice the next time in that store that ticket was marked out of order.

I also had a machine shooting out two at a time.. Only happend a few times and someone 'fixed' it

Reply #4

Jon D — Sun, 24 Jul 2011 17:11:55 GMT

I've seen it a few times, but not that bad, only like 1/8 off, so I let it go. Wondered how much it would take for the lotto to declare a ticket void?

These machines do not seem to be high precision instruments, or at least not well maintained. Or could just be clerk loading sloppiness, the same clerks who sometimes load the ticket roll backwards starting with high ticket numbers instead of 000.

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Reply #3

sully16 — Sun, 24 Jul 2011 14:11:40 GMT

Thats a nice surprise, Did you win

Reply #2

martinfan763 — Sun, 24 Jul 2011 13:55:06 GMT

I once had put $5 into a machine, chose one $5 ticket, and it gave me 4 of them.

Reply #1

cooldude — Sun, 24 Jul 2011 13:46:02 GMT

Here in Illinois it happens time to time.. It hasn't happen to me all that often. But I have heard other people complain about it.

Lottery machines cut tickets at the wrong place

redhot7 — Sun, 24 Jul 2011 03:27:10 GMT

Have you ever had a lottery machine cut a scratch ticket at the wrong place? I have had one 1/5 of the way down. I got a new replacement from the manager. I wonder if it happens to others before and does it happen frequently