Ghost in the machine? (Florida)

Reply #7

MatrixMan369 — Sun, 31 Jan 2021 15:04:20 GMT

Hopefully it was a clerical error and not a glitch, which could effect other players as well.

Reply #6

KY Floyd — Sun, 31 Jan 2021 13:46:37 GMT

it isn't possible for the machine to print this way.

Apparently it is.

AFAIK buying tickets is never foolproof. If you don't use playslips you're relying on the clerks to press all of the right buttons and none of the wrong buttons, and to hear your numbers correctly. If you do use a playslip you're still relying on the clerks to press all of the right buttons and none of the wrong buttons. There are probably fewer ways for them to screw things up when you use a playslip, but the playslip... [ More ]

Reply #5

Karen Nathan — Sun, 31 Jan 2021 08:07:55 GMT

The thing is, he DIDN'T choose Advance Play. He only wanted TWO tickets for that night. The machine somehow malfunctioned and said he owed TWO weeks for $28 when he JUST wanted TWO tickets for that night....

Reply #4

BobP — Sun, 31 Jan 2021 06:38:13 GMT

From the Florida Lottery Website Pick-3

6. To Advance Play the same numbers and play types up to 14 consecutive days for the selected draw time(s), simply mark the number in the Days section on your playslip.

BobP

The squirrel gun wasn't anything like I imagined.

Reply #3

Karen Nathan — Sat, 30 Jan 2021 23:38:41 GMT

In all honesty, it's better to add Fireball. For example, 088 came up a couple of days ago with a Fireball of 8. Meaning that it would pay like 888, and you'd get like $494 instead of NOTHING.... I personally am mad about 088 coming up because I had 880 STRAIGHT. Had I boxed it, I would have won $80 on a .50 cents bet. Had 880 came out STRAIGHT, I would have won at least $250.

Good luck, you have a very good chance of getting an 888 today since 088(with Fireball 8) showed up a couple of... [ More ]

Reply #2

Karen Nathan — Sat, 30 Jan 2021 22:35:49 GMT

That makes a lot of sense. Luckily, OP wasn't playing like $500+ and didn't notice that he accidentally played $26 more than he wanted....

Reply #1

thepiman — Sat, 30 Jan 2021 21:04:31 GMT

sounds like the 14 day multi-draw was touched/filled in/ or miss read by the machine.

Ghost in the machine? (Florida)

Pick3master3838 — Sat, 30 Jan 2021 20:23:36 GMT

Very strange thing just happened which isn't even possible. I went to the store to get a few things and bought two tickets for tonight. Two tickets of 888. The clerk brings them to me and before he gets close to me he says 28 dollars please...lol

I said what are you talking about, it should be 2 bucks, sure enough I saw the tickets, each one showed 14 dollars equalling 28 bucks. I said to him that I've never seen this before, and it isn't possible for the machine to print this way. He agreed,... [ More ]