is bet slip printing with the help of computer software programs illegal?

Reply #13

Stack47 — Tue, 23 Aug 2011 14:42:28 GMT

It was a parody of the 2000 presidential election and it's eerie how the lottery rules and regulations can be applied it.

Reply #12

grwurston — Mon, 22 Aug 2011 15:07:04 GMT

Didn't Florida learn its lesson from the hanging chads in the presidential elections awhile back?

In Maryland it says on the back of the playslip, This playslip is neither a valid receipt, nor proof of purchase . The lottery is only responsible for numbers actually played via the Lottery terminal.

Reply #11

rcbbuckeye — Mon, 22 Aug 2011 15:03:10 GMT

Did they use those before or after the general election electing W?

If after, they apparently didn't learn their lesson.

Reply #10

Stack47 — Mon, 22 Aug 2011 14:45:30 GMT

In Florida they experimented using punch cards play slips where the players would punch holes in the corresponding number instead of using pencils or pens. There was a big problem because some of the holes weren't punched all the way through. Some just had indentations and others had hanging chads that weren't read by the machines.

On the back of the play slip it said something like A play slip does not constitute evidence of a winning ticket or numbers selected; players must present a valid... [ More ]

Reply #9

BobP — Sun, 21 Aug 2011 06:41:47 GMT

It wouldn't hurt to actually read the rules of the game you are playing. Pretty sure no lottery cares how many losing tickets you buy with computer printer marked play slips, but when you win and lottery security checks with the store owner where the winning ticket was purchased, who knows? Better safe than sorry when it comes to millions of dollars.

BobP

Reply #8

RJOh — Sat, 20 Aug 2011 18:07:32 GMT

Every place I've ever bought tickets in Ohio, Michigan, Indiana and West Virgina the clerks run any ticket I gave them and only if the terminal couldn't read them did they try to explain why. If the printer fill in a fair amount of the number squares then the terminal can tell if it was fill out manually or by a printer.

I think states put in that rule just to discouraged players from using systems or schemes that required a lot of tickets to be played just as they limited the time one perso... [ More ]

Reply #7

LANTERN — Sat, 20 Aug 2011 14:09:13 GMT

Yes, here on Tx the playslips say that:

Don't use red ink

So black or blue ink from a pen, marker or whatever might be O.K.

Also a pencil can be used.

The playslip says that the ticket must be completed manually and that if it is not the the tecket made from it will not be valid, but How will TLC know about it? They can't know unless you show the playslip to them.

I don't know if the lottery terminal will print and or take a playslip was was not filled by hand, but the clerk who t... [ More ]

Reply #6

rcbbuckeye — Sat, 20 Aug 2011 03:31:36 GMT

The Dragon Lady must have personally selected your clerk. Don't cross the Dragon Lady or she will change the code in the draw computers and YOU will never win!

Oh wait.... she already did that with Pick 3

Reply #5

rdgrnr — Sat, 20 Aug 2011 00:56:04 GMT

My clerk told me it has to be a Papermate pen, medium point, and if I went outside the lines I would have to do them all over again. And he checks thoroughly.

He's a real taskmaster.

But he must know what he's doing. How else would he be in a position of such authority?

We must respect his authoritaaaaay.

Reply #4

Stack47 — Fri, 19 Aug 2011 22:31:09 GMT

The only question is if the terminal can read the playslips and print the correct numbers. The readers in some terminal need the entire box covered while others will accept an X , and others will pick up a speck of dust give an error message saying too many numbers were selected.

Winners are only required to show their winning tickets not their play slips.

Exactly and I'm guessing some know-it-all clerk told them the lottery only accepts tickets where the boxes are checked with a bold bl... [ More ]

Reply #3

RJOh — Fri, 19 Aug 2011 20:52:29 GMT

I remember Ohio once had a similar rule but I couldn't find it on any of the present play slips. How would they check? Winners are only required to show their winning tickets not their play slips.

Reply #2

rcbbuckeye — Fri, 19 Aug 2011 12:51:37 GMT

In Texas playslips must be completed manually. It says on the back of the playslip that a ticket that is generated from a playslip that is not completed manually is not valid.

Other states may have different rules.

Reply #1

CARBOB — Fri, 19 Aug 2011 09:55:57 GMT

If I understand your question right, I think you are under the impression, the computer is printing the playslip and that's not correct. The printer is printing your number selections on a valid playslip to put into the printer I've never heard of an instance where this is illegal.

is bet slip printing with the help of computer software programs illegal?

thealfa — Fri, 19 Aug 2011 09:20:04 GMT

Does it vary in different state? Does it depend who and where you buy the tickets from (busy stores have no time to be nosy, unlike smaller stores, you know?) I don't see what the problem is with this. It's almost like the people at the lottery headquarters do not want anyone to have an advantage in being productive and practical. Though I have not yet figured out how to use my bet slip printing software, I'm just asking this question for future reference.

If I play about $100 worth of number... [ More ]