Some stores like selling lotto, some don't

Reply #38

Stack47 — Tue, 24 Jul 2018 21:30:24 GMT

Or the clerk was looking for a big tip for doing nothing but doing their job.

Reply #37

Karen Nathan — Mon, 23 Jul 2018 22:28:35 GMT

That's really rude of them to complain to you that you are taking all their money. Especially since you warned them that it was a big winner. Straight up horrible Customer Service! Good for you for reporting them!

Edit. This was meant for KJ, not Hearse

Reply #36

Coin Toss — Sat, 21 Jul 2018 14:26:41 GMT

My faux pas then, took it the wrong way.

Sorry.

I read your post right after reading a few back to back to back posters and one of the total baloney 'countdown' threads.

Reply #35

uprrman — Sat, 21 Jul 2018 14:20:04 GMT

sorry if i offended you i was just making fun of the thread about how someone played to much so the laugh was just that.

Reply #34

Coin Toss — Sat, 21 Jul 2018 14:15:45 GMT

Yup..this was before Primm even existed at the Calif. border so we'd go to Nipton, good escape from Vegas.

One time the Calif. lottery was pumped up and a train stopped blocking traffic. People were honking and irked with the guy. He got down from the train, went in to the store and came out waving lottery tickets and now the people were honking - and cheering!

A 21 dealer I worked with said she and her husband never won in Nipton so they'd drive to Needles.

Reply #33

LottoLucy — Sat, 21 Jul 2018 04:13:30 GMT

It is funny how everyone thinks they spend THEIR money just right but how dare you buy reading material???

When you lived in Vegas did you play the lottery in California or Arizona? My husband s job used to take us to Las Vegas several times a year so we would often head out to Arizona to pick up tickets. Always funny to see how many Nevada license plates were filling the parking spaces when the jackpot was high.

Reply #32

Artist77 — Sat, 21 Jul 2018 01:42:21 GMT

I guess he is afraid to participate in the twice weekly pb and mm competitions. Lol

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Reply #30

Coin Toss — Fri, 20 Jul 2018 16:07:08 GMT

Hello, the forums are for discussions, nicht var?

There are others who post a lot more than me, and what's it to you anyway?

Besides, it only comes out to 74.9 a year.

Want me to stoop to your level and say, You sure don't post much.

Reply #29

uprrman — Fri, 20 Jul 2018 15:03:31 GMT

10793 posts you sure post a lot

Reply #28

Coin Toss — Thu, 19 Jul 2018 03:54:26 GMT

LottoLucy,

I like clerks that admit they themselves are players. And cashiers....I was in line once and my total was the same as the person that was in front of me and the cashier said, You know you have to play a Pick 4 now!

This was when I lived in Las Vegas....there was a magazine store and a grocery store close to each other. I would buy baseball and football magazines and then give them to my father.. One time I had bought 4 magazines - 1980s, maybe $3.99 or $4.99 each and the girl w... [ More ]

Reply #27

Tucker Black — Thu, 19 Jul 2018 03:39:42 GMT

I had more than one clerk comment about how much I spent and how they wish they had that money to spend.

What a rude comment! People like that do not belong in the customer service business! Let the store manager know, and that a clerk's failure to STFU will result in you taking your business elsewhere.

Reply #26

grwurston — Thu, 19 Jul 2018 00:08:42 GMT

I have to say the new machines they have now are much better than the old ones. The clerks don't have to keep sticking the play slips into the machine, turning them around, trying to find the sweet spot on the rollers where it will accept the slip.

Too bad they don't have a rule where you must use play slips. Getting stuck behind someone buying 40, 50, or even over 100 dollars worth of tickets with the clerk having to enter every number manually really sucks. Especially when it's getting clos... [ More ]

Reply #25

LottoBux — Wed, 18 Jul 2018 22:40:28 GMT

Flutie Flakes Only Came Out In 1998.

Long After Flutie Played For The Bears In '86.

Reply #24

Nodda4me — Wed, 18 Jul 2018 22:02:22 GMT

You should contact your state's lottery... violation of contract. The stores would lose their Lottery contract and will no longer be able to sell lottery.

Do they not know the store gets money for selling big winning tickets

Reply #23

LottoLucy — Wed, 18 Jul 2018 21:52:06 GMT

Maryland is very bad about responding to emails. You re better off calling them at 410-230-8800 and talking to someone. Also, depending on where you are in Maryland the new system of being able to cash tickets at either Maryland Live or the MGM National Harbor casino (at the cashiers window) works well and they are bound to have more than $250 in their drawers.

Reply #22

LottoLucy — Wed, 18 Jul 2018 21:44:04 GMT

No, I don t think it has anything to do with how much they have to sell. I don t think the clerks really care about that. I do think it has to do with a couple factors. 1) it is more work for the clerks to run the lottery machine than it is the cash registers. 2) The Lottery takes more time and they can get a line of impatient people. 3) I used to routinely fill out a bet slip and make a purchase for 15 draws in advance so it wasn t unusual for me to spend over a $100. I had more than one clerk

Reply #21

grwurston — Wed, 18 Jul 2018 01:30:46 GMT

If any clerk gives you s@*t about cashing tickets, they probably don't like gambling and are acting holier than thou. Chances are they're doing it with other players too. Now at this point you have 2 choices, keep going there or take your business elsewhere.

I'll go elsewhere in a heart beat. If I'm putting my money in your cash register every day, even if it's just for lottery tickets, I'm still as much a customer as anyone else that walks into your store. You want to give me lousy service,... [ More ]

Reply #20

Coin Toss — Tue, 17 Jul 2018 16:09:27 GMT

Also people who buy a scratch off from the machine and then scratch them on the window of the machine, blocking other people from getting to it. Hey, I just put a dollar in there so now it's my machine.

Others stick dollars in one by one instead of putting what they intend to spend all at once.

Some outlets aroubnd here have put signs up - If you're going to play more than one Pick 3 or Pick 4 fill out play slips. Sad that they have to tell people that.

Reply #19

DELotteryPlyr — Tue, 17 Jul 2018 09:38:44 GMT

YUP! I have written here on LP about Royal Farms (in Delaware Maryland) having a specific lottery 'drawer' that only has $250 at the most to do payouts. I finally got them to cash a $250 ticket but it took stopping at 3 different stores.

Tried emailing both states and RF's. Got a response from RF's but that was because i emailed the wrong department and they seemed concerned and passed it to the correct department, but then nothing after that. Really sad the states just dont care.... [ More ]

Reply #18

Stack47 — Tue, 17 Jul 2018 07:50:02 GMT

Being very rude and annoying is very true about some clerk and some players. Do you think it's because a store needs sell over $150 worth of lottery tickets an hour just to offset a clerk's wages and selling lottery tickets is not a priority

Reply #17

Stack47 — Tue, 17 Jul 2018 07:45:48 GMT

Might be an industry standard because when the Ohio Lottery and the KY Lottery offered Keno it was in a select few locations like sports bars, service clubs, some gas stations and some restaurants. And each location had a big screen TV showing the drawings. But after a few months, every lottery terminal started selling Keno tickets. Sort of a rule of thumb for me is to go to the places with make shift Keno lounges where I can watch the drawings. The problem is even in some of those places the cl... [ More ]

Reply #16

NeedyNotGreedy — Tue, 17 Jul 2018 05:59:34 GMT

I see that also. I m like in the animal kingdom: most animals take their wins (prey) to a secure hiding place. Eating your prey (scratching a winner) in clear view puts you in a greater position to be ambushed by other predators (customers, store clerks, etc.).

Its not their fault, but some people treat convenience stores as casinos. By all means, use a little tact. You don t buy a bag of chips and eat it at the encounter. You don t buy a case of beer and consume it right it front of eve... [ More ]

Reply #15

Tucker Black — Tue, 17 Jul 2018 05:06:32 GMT

People who scratch off tickets on the counter are annoying. That is an easy problem to fix... put up a sign prohibiting such and make them go outside.

I don't get it... convenience stores don't HAVE to sell lottery tickets. Why do they bother if they don't like it

Reply #14

LottoLucy — Tue, 17 Jul 2018 04:03:17 GMT

I laughed when I read that store clerks say some of the players are annoying. A lot of players think that not only are the clerks annoying but also dishonest.

Reply #13

LottoLucy — Tue, 17 Jul 2018 04:00:55 GMT

Maybe the clerks don t like selling them but convenience store owners LOVE the lottery. I just read recently that 95% of people who go into a store to buy a lottery ticket also buy something else and, on average, spend over $10. In my state the association that represents gas stations and convenience stores lobbied hard against the state allowing online ticket sales because that would stop people from coming into the stores to purchase tickets. They were successful in stopping online sales.

Reply #12

grwurston — Tue, 17 Jul 2018 00:10:40 GMT

A money order? A gift card? I don't think so.

I would take that up with the Wisconsin lottery pronto.

Reply #11

Chix-boy — Mon, 16 Jul 2018 23:41:14 GMT

Try cashing one at a quick trip in wi. Money order they gave me and no one will cash it. Went back they will give me a 500.00 gift card.

Reply #10

Sarge0202 — Mon, 16 Jul 2018 21:17:58 GMT

I assume they don't sell 155$ an hour worth of Slurpies or HotDogs either. And they won't get 50,000$ bonus for selling a winning fountain drink either. Here in Illinois, vendors get x% and they also get y% for cashing in a winning ticket, no matter where sold.

Now if they get those pick3-4 players that bring in stacks of 50+ unchecked tickets, and have the cashier run them all thru the machine for 15 minutes... I can understand the reluctance to sell them.

Reply #9

Stack47 — Mon, 16 Jul 2018 20:39:47 GMT

It's only a nickel on the dollar and lots store clerks will say some of the players are very annoying. I had to stop playing Keno at a couple of stores because I didn't want to get shut out and watch the numbers being drawn. Possibly one of the reasons the lottery decided to sell Keno tickets online.

Just to pay minimum wage, stores must sell $155 worth of tickets an hour so it not exactly a money making proposition.

Reply #8

four4me — Mon, 16 Jul 2018 17:13:32 GMT

they don't like selling lottery tickets because they only make penny's on the dollar

Reply #7

Coin Toss — Mon, 16 Jul 2018 15:17:23 GMT

music,

There's a county a few counties south of where I am that truckers avoid because it's known for speed traps.........this is near the Illinois - Missouri - Kentucky area. The truckers know it takes an extra hour to avoid it but consider it worth it.

If I ever did won and moved it would be to some place cooler, dryer, and not near any river.

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kj4ever,

Sounds familiar

Reply #6

zephbe — Mon, 16 Jul 2018 13:10:17 GMT

Reply #5

hearsetrax — Mon, 16 Jul 2018 10:07:23 GMT

make thar heads explode

Reply #4

kj4ever — Mon, 16 Jul 2018 09:01:40 GMT

I won $500 on Cash4Life at a local gas station. They have the same setup and you can tell they don't like selling lottery tickets or scratch off tickets. If you think they get an attitude about selling, you can imagine their attitude about cashing one in. When I checked and saw that you can cash anything under $600 in a store I took it back there. I even told them it was a big winner, did they have enough money. They never asked me how much, just grunted and checked the ticket.

The employee t... [ More ]

Reply #3

music* — Mon, 16 Jul 2018 08:50:54 GMT

Coin Toss, Thanks for the update. Are you where the police cars hide in traps to catch the tourists? Or are you so far South that you never see a police car.

Will where you move to after you win? You don't have to answer that question if you want to hide where you will be.

and donuts

Reply #2

Coin Toss — Sun, 15 Jul 2018 23:48:05 GMT

music,

You would think so but I'm so far downstate that the stores never even got Flutie Flaks, I'm still waiting.

There's a saying the dog barks in Chicago and wags its tail in Springfield.

We're over 100 miles closer to Nashville, TN than Chicago. A guy from Chicago once told us that anything south of 183rd street is 'downstate.

Reply #1

music* — Sun, 15 Jul 2018 23:38:27 GMT

A phone call to the right Lottery agency or office should fix that problem.

Some stores like selling lotto, some don't

Coin Toss — Sun, 15 Jul 2018 22:42:53 GMT

Stopped at a place called Hucks today to get gas.

There's a scratcher machine so I wondered where the play slips were for the lotto.

(Not all machines around here are lotto and instants, some are just scratcher machines.)

So when I got up to the counter to pay for the fuel I noticed that the play slips were behind the counter, out of reach to anyone who wanted one.

Also there a liquor store here where a few of the clerks let it be known they don't like running tickets, especially i... [ More ]