Vending Machines

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DG1USA — Thu, 07 Jan 2016 14:46:43 GMT

That made me laugh! Thanks MaximumMillions

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MaximumMillions — Thu, 07 Jan 2016 14:35:11 GMT

With a little battery so you get zapped if you don't play.

Reply #5

DG1USA — Thu, 07 Jan 2016 14:32:30 GMT

Next they will be asking for fingerprints. Although it is unlikely at this point, I would not be surprised if down the road all lottery players must have a special chip inside their bodies to play.

God help us all

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dr65 — Wed, 06 Jan 2016 21:42:42 GMT

Assume it is rather than is not. With talk of chip implantation for humans under the pretense

of making life easier and hassle free, it would not surprise me that lotteries through the use of

vending machines, collect information other than that you are of legal age to purchase.

Information of how often one plays what, preference of games, age group of players, frequency

of purchasing among other things would be useful in marketing tactics and data tallies for

players to includ... [ More ]

Reply #3

DELotteryPlyr — Wed, 06 Jan 2016 20:58:38 GMT

Good point! We don't have to put our DL in our machines, but I would NOT be happy if I had to do that.

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Ron5995 — Wed, 06 Jan 2016 20:55:37 GMT

When in doubt, assume the information is being stored, shared, and likely used for other purposes too, such as marketing (not necessarily directly, but such as collecting demographic information; residence, age, sex, etc). On the other hand, it's possible, the machine only checks the date and doesn't store much, if any data. However, to reiterate, when in doubt, assume the worst when it comes to data collection.

Even if such data is being stored, shared, etc, it's near certainly not being cro... [ More ]

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RedStang — Wed, 06 Jan 2016 15:27:49 GMT

I hope not. When i visit family in NC i have to use my sisters old license. It's only used for verifying your of age. I also found out there some clerks can deactivate the machine with a remote after i asked them to turn it off.

Vending Machines

dk1421 — Wed, 06 Jan 2016 13:13:50 GMT

Here in North Carolina, we can buy lottery tickets - both ticketed and scratch-offs - from vending machines. Some stores make you validate your age by scanning your driver's license before taking money. Other ones just let you put the money directly in.

My question is: if I use the vending machine that needs to scan my driver's license - does it retain that information/send it to the lottery commission? If I purchase the winning Powerball ticket from one, I'd rather stay as anonymous as possi... [ More ]