Cashing Tickets!!

Reply #10

luteman — Tue, 21 Feb 2012 00:30:46 GMT

For $500 I always go to a grocery store like Jewel or Dominicks. They always have the money to cash it.

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savagegoose — Tue, 21 Feb 2012 00:27:30 GMT

we put the con in convenience. seems to be the modern motto.

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THECAVES06 — Mon, 20 Feb 2012 21:46:59 GMT

Lottotwister I play in GA and I will tell you what I was told............the GA Lottery stop giving a commision on winning tickets. They also stop giving them a commision on selling a winning cash 3 ticket. The GA Lottery also has changed the pay time frame on winning tickets so these stores really dont have the same incentive to cash them in and get this the GA Lottery only pays them 0.03 for each ticket they run. I play at the same store everyday and before the changes I could cash in 4 to 5 t... [ More ]

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rdgrnr — Mon, 20 Feb 2012 21:22:39 GMT

Sounds like you might be in the Chicago area.

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uklotteryplayer — Mon, 20 Feb 2012 20:21:42 GMT

No problem like this in UK.

Go to store, show your tickets and more often than not they congratulate you for a prize.

Reply #5

Lottotwister — Sun, 19 Feb 2012 19:57:31 GMT

Thanks for the replies, I'll just go over to the next county and buy my tickets. It seems like a whole differnt world there anyhow much nicer people. The town I live in are all jerks!!!

Lottotwister

Reply #4

garyo1954 — Sun, 19 Feb 2012 19:45:37 GMT

Had that happen once years ago. It was a mom and pop store. I rarely went in there anyway, but the guy was rude enough I never went back. Seems to happen mostly at the mom pop places though.

Sometimes you have to think from the other side of the counter. Your best weapon is common courtesy.

Think about it, you are by yourself, the lunch crowd or the after work gang are all stopping. You got 6 people in line wanting to give you money, and the next guy hands you a pile of $1 scratch-offs to

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ONEDAY — Sun, 19 Feb 2012 17:47:21 GMT

I buy my tickets at my local gas station, but never cash them in there..always at a large grocery store chain eg Kroger..there I never have a problem..

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Stack47 — Sun, 19 Feb 2012 17:40:42 GMT

It's difficult to cash a $500 winner at a gas station/convenient store in every state. The lottery will tell you to ask for a money order, but the clerk probably won't do that either. If you really want to tick off a clerk, hand them your signed ticket, pretend you don't know the value, and they will have to find a way to pay you because the ticket was validated.

The best solution is to take you ticket to a large grocery store that cashes checks.

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rdgrnr — Sun, 19 Feb 2012 16:54:34 GMT

They probably don't get a percentage on cashing them or the clerks just don't want the hassle.

Report 'em to the Muckety-mucks and don't buy there anymore.

Cashing Tickets!!

Lottotwister — Sun, 19 Feb 2012 14:35:53 GMT

Is it just me or is anybody else having trouble cashing your cash 3 tickets in ga? The store that I buy them at always has an excuse they just put the money in drop or we dont have enough on hand or blah blah blah!!!! But it's not just one store it seems they all do this around my area. I know they have the money because they are selling the pudding out of these tickets. So whats the deal anybody know? anybody else having trouble? Do I need to confront ga lottery headquarters? If their not gonna... [ More ]