Have you ever had a store clerk split the cost of an Instant?

Reply #17

rgse90 — Thu, 24 Sep 2015 18:06:39 GMT

BEWARE: People are actually giving tickets to the store clerk to check for validity without knowing it is a winner or not. The clerk has losing tickets under the counter and if it is a winning ticket they switch the wining tickets and give back the losing tickets to the customer. It is extremely important NOT to hand over any tickets to anyone to check for you. You can mail them into the lottery agency and they will check them for you and if you win will contact you. NO members of the lottery ag... [ More ]

Reply #16

Rudeboy805 — Thu, 24 Sep 2015 15:40:22 GMT

A clerk at a gas station that sells lottery tickets and scratchers has won two huge prizes 1K and 5K. Each time he split the prize with someone else. I've been suspicious of that store ever since finding that out.

Reply #15

rgse90 — Thu, 24 Sep 2015 15:12:29 GMT

I have to agree that the Indian workers/employees/owners are the worse because they have no morals no decency no integrity in their world so they will do anything to get ahead. You have to ask to see th receipt that the machine prints to know if it is a winner or not. Do not trust them when you bring in your tickets.

Reply #14

weshar75 — Tue, 22 Sep 2015 04:28:57 GMT

I have never had a clerk ask to split a ticket cost with me but I have seen clerks play at their own store in sheridan, oregon years ago. Which put me at a disadvantage as a scratch-its player because they would sit their on their shift and watch tickets all day or as long as their shift was. Then they would buy tickets when it became in their favor I saw a clerk win $5000 on a $10 holiday themed scented scratch-it around christmas time. I will never forget it because I was going to buy the tick... [ More ]

Reply #13

Ralphie762 — Tue, 22 Sep 2015 02:28:28 GMT

I've heard similar stories in NY about clerks not wanting to sell the remaining tickets (they'd promised to sell the tickets to someone else who probably gives them a kick-back in return).

If any store clerk offers to split the cost of a ticket, and especially if the store clerk refuses to sell a ticket, he or she should immediately be reported to the authorities.

Never make a deal with that person because he or she could have made other similar deals with other ticket-buyers and the chanc... [ More ]

Reply #12

fast eddie — Mon, 21 Sep 2015 17:14:09 GMT

I don't know about splitting a ticket or refusing to sell a ticket but I know clerks who will tell you things like the last five tickets were losers and steer you towards that ticket and hope you win and then tip them and I also know clerks who are allowed to play where they work and like to buy a ticket after someone buys a few in a row and there isn't a winner and I kind of think that was what happened to you.

Reply #11

grwurston — Tue, 15 Sep 2015 22:59:29 GMT

You should report his ass ASAP. If you had turned around and walked out, chances are he would have tried the same thing with somebody else.

Bottom line, you came into his store to buy lottery tickets. The store already gets a cut of all tickets sold or cashed. As you said, he separated them and asked which one do you want? He knew something was up. He probably wanted to buy the ticket himself, and offered to split it with you in hopes you wouldn't say anything about him refusing to sell it. I... [ More ]

Reply #10

dr65 — Tue, 15 Sep 2015 22:47:33 GMT

and good move coming here! You'll get lots of advice from different posters.

Gl!

EDIT - just one more thing, in no way are you in the wrong. You were pressured. I sometimes

get huffy and come on too strong. I just wanted you to know he is wrong....not you for

going along with it.

Reply #9

SafeCracker — Tue, 15 Sep 2015 22:25:26 GMT

You know...I hadn't thought about the taxes part. Good point...

Reply #8

Jorli D — Tue, 15 Sep 2015 22:21:28 GMT

Reply #7

dr65 — Tue, 15 Sep 2015 22:19:09 GMT

SOB should be fired and if he owns the store should have his ability to sell tickets

revoked.

The advantage of going halvsies is that the clerks - some of them - know and keep

track of what they sell. They anticipate a winner.

At the risk of sounding racist, I'm NOT - the Indian store owners/workers are the worst.

Best at what some of them do but the worst in the integrity department. They - some -

are shrewd. Do not EVER turn over a ticket to cash in without first scanning it... [ More ]

Reply #6

SafeCracker — Tue, 15 Sep 2015 21:56:48 GMT

Heh, I get what you're saying.

I suppose you're right; I should send an email to the MSL and let them know what happened.

But, the refusal guy today aside, is there a benefit to the clerk when it comes to splitting the cost (other than better odds for a higher priced ticket with a lower entry fee) that I'm not seeing

Reply #5

river26 — Tue, 15 Sep 2015 21:56:36 GMT

never agree to anothers proposition u always lose

Reply #4

Jorli D — Tue, 15 Sep 2015 21:50:35 GMT

Reply #3

SafeCracker — Tue, 15 Sep 2015 21:41:54 GMT

I was wondering about that. (I have filed a complaint in the past for one store where I played an Easy Match draw and the clerk cashed in and gave me the reprint without ever letting me see the winning ticket. The MSL emailed me that they were going to have the clerk retrained. ::shrug::)

I mean, obviously, I could file the complaint that he wouldn't sell the ticket unless I split it (and he did pay half). Before I made this post, I asked a friend and he had never heard of a clerk going halfs... [ More ]

Reply #2

CajunWin4 — Tue, 15 Sep 2015 21:34:04 GMT

Reply #1

Jorli D — Tue, 15 Sep 2015 21:33:12 GMT

You should turn him in to the MSL.

Have you ever had a store clerk split the cost of an Instant?

SafeCracker — Tue, 15 Sep 2015 21:29:02 GMT

Hey all, normally a lurker here (you all seem to have far more knowledge than I, so I can rarely contribute). Something happened to me today that has left me scratching my head.

As the subject asks: Have you ever had a store clerk split the cost (or offer to) on an instant ticket?

As of today, I have had it happen three times over the past couple years. The first time, I politely refused. The second time I did it and we each paid half the cost of the ticket. Both times, they were winning t... [ More ]