Finding Winning Lottery tickets on the ground? :)

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Pocono Player — Sun, 25 Jul 2021 02:53:10 GMT

My hobby is to check discarded lottery tickets. Any given day I'll check 200-300 thrown away tickets where the player failed to scan the ticket to double check their assumption that they lost.

I started on Memorial Day weekend in 2018 when I found a ticket left on a Coinstar machine. Out of curiosity I took it to the scanner and found out it was a $5 winner. Within a week I had found a $50 winner and was hooked. Total found winnings now top $17,000. Since I don't buy lottery tickets myself th... [ More ]

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JeetKuneDoLotto — Mon, 12 Jul 2021 02:30:02 GMT

Those scratchers can be awfully complicated.

I did find some tickets once in the middle of the street. It was weird. They were in a manila envelope and they were all the same number. I should have taken them to the store to scan them. I could have been rich

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TheMeatman2005 — Fri, 11 Jun 2021 09:21:02 GMT

Well... I have found a few winning tickets (that I didn't pay for.)

Many years ago, I worked in a store that sold lottery tickets. There was a ticket laying on the counter (face down) and I picked it up. It was a Loose Change ticket. You needed to add up to over $1 to win. It was a $40 winner. I guess the person didn't know how to add and thought it was a looser.

Last year I walked into my regular lottery shop and there was a $30 scratcher on the self-service machine. I picked it up and no... [ More ]

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Speler — Tue, 08 Jun 2021 17:39:40 GMT

I once found a 50-bill. But psst, don't tell anyone

Finding Winning Lottery tickets on the ground? :)

Karen Nathan — Mon, 07 Jun 2021 09:06:40 GMT

Years ago,I found a Lottery Ticket on the ground. It was a Snowman themed game. The game rules were Match Your Numbers to the Winning Number. If you see a Snowman, win prize Snowman is on top. The Snowman was on top of a $2 prize for a $1 ticket. The person assumed they lost because their numbers didn't match any Winning Numbers. They forgot or didn't know that the Snowman was a Winning Symbol. I was happy for the free $2! :D I remember someone saying they found Lottery Tickets on the floor wher... [ More ]