There should be a law against scratching in the store

Reply #7

CarHauler — Sun, 25 Sep 2011 19:38:39 GMT

Sounds like a good idea to me. I usually just grab a few and take them home, but sometimes I scratch them in the store. Take today for example. I bought a $20 Maximum Green and it lost. I purchased another ant it won a ticket. The numbers were going down: 005 lost, and 004 won a free ticket, so statistically speaking even if there was a $100 winner in there, the best I could have hoped for would been still losing $20, assuming it was the last ticket in the roll, and it was $100, but who knows, s... [ More ]

Reply #6

LottoGuyBC — Sun, 25 Sep 2011 01:59:59 GMT

time to pull the Donald Trump is start firing

Reply #5

Ralphie762 — Sun, 25 Sep 2011 01:12:41 GMT

I've seen lurkers virtually live in some of these stores, and these same lurkers 'pay off' the clerks whenever they are alerted to a 'hot ticket'. If the lurker wins, the clerks gets a piece of the action.

Are the clerks 'supposed' to get a piece of the action? Is this even ethical? Sure, you tip a barber, a waiter, but a clerk selling you a scratch off ticket?

Ethical? No, but it happens more often than we realize. And it's not fair to those of us who purchase the next ticket(s), the losi... [ More ]

Reply #4

RJOh — Sun, 25 Sep 2011 00:50:14 GMT

I've noticed a lot of players scratching them in their cars and if they have any winners they go back into the store and get some more tickets. They usually continue doing this until all their winnings are gone or the get a big winner, $100 or more.

Reply #3

haymaker — Sun, 25 Sep 2011 00:47:57 GMT

that won't work either, they'll just take em in the restroom,no camera.

Reply #2

LottoGuyBC — Sun, 25 Sep 2011 00:41:58 GMT

something like employees are forbidded to play in the store where they work

if they play and win, their tkts will be voided

Reply #1

haymaker — Sun, 25 Sep 2011 00:35:03 GMT

a law is not going to do anything they'll just scratch them outside.

There should be a law against scratching in the store

Ralphie762 — Sun, 25 Sep 2011 00:31:28 GMT

Seriously. Lately (and it doesn't matter which ticket I purchase), if I purchase one or two of the same tickets, and take then home - nada. There used to be a time when I would purchase two of the $10 and $20 tickets and win on at least one of them, but that hasn't happened in months. Every time I purchase two tickets I never win!

I suspect one of the reasons is that more customers are scratching in the store to offset their losses, and when they finally win on a ticket, the losers are left f... [ More ]