refused to pay me

Reply #30

DoctorEw220 — Sun, 16 Jan 2005 18:38:35 GMT

the place i go to asks if they can write you a check if they can't pay it out. i declined the option to take a check today when i cashed in my ticket.

Reply #29

LANTERN — Wed, 12 Jan 2005 06:31:36 GMT

A few clerks just don't know what they are doing, and a few others are just trying to steal your money if they think that they can get away with it.But it's not the stores doing those things, but the few individual clerks.And not all clerks are thieves, just some of them.Go to some other store if you have problems.And forgive and forget.Unless the same things happen again with the same person(s).

Reply #28

DoctorEw220 — Wed, 12 Jan 2005 06:00:40 GMT

i've known people who have thrown out winners because the clerks told them that they did not win. i know in PA and OH, a slip of paper prints out if you won as well, so it's extra assurance that you won. personally, i think the lottery needs to train the trainers of those who work machines, and they need a set of standards for people who want to work the machines. that way, the customers know that nobody is being cheated out of what's rightfully theirs.

Reply #27

Maverick — Wed, 15 Dec 2004 06:45:18 GMT

Quote: Originally posted by paymenow on October 10, 2004I have personally witnessed a store clerk tell an elderly woman that her lottery ticket was not a winner. The clerk proceeded to the next customer. I intervened and asked the clerk to give the woman back her non-winning ticket. At first she refused to do so, stating the ticket was no good anyway. I double-checked her ticket against the winning draw and found out that she had indeed won $750.00 on the ticket. We checked it right there... [ More ]

Reply #26

DoctorEw220 — Fri, 26 Nov 2004 22:53:09 GMT

In PA, the customer display will show the word winner if the ticket is a winner, but it will not sh0ow how much the person won. Personally, the lkottery machines need to accomidate everyone. If the person is blind, have a voice tell the person that they won. If the person is deaf, then have a sign or something pop out telling them that they won.

Reply #25

hgabel — Wed, 17 Nov 2004 03:53:15 GMT

In this area a few years ago, someone tried to cheat a deaf winner but hearing customers heard the winner's music from the lottery terminal and wouldn't let the clerk get away with it. Mind you, the deaf customer already knew he had won because he first checked the ticket either from TV or in the newspaper. Can't recall if the clerk was charged, but since it was in the paper, then maybe s/he was.Now we have spiffy new terminals here with a screen that shows ads for upcoming lotteries plus if s... [ More ]

Reply #24

DoctorEw220 — Thu, 28 Oct 2004 06:10:00 GMT

i've had a few, but they admitted that they did not have enough money in the cash registers to pay out.

Reply #23

CASH Only — Fri, 15 Oct 2004 20:01:01 GMT

I've never had a store refuse to pay me.

Reply #22

DoctorEw220 — Wed, 13 Oct 2004 05:24:57 GMT

i doubt it. the woman got what she wanted in the end. i think she was happy with what she got.

Reply #21

Justin — Wed, 13 Oct 2004 04:23:05 GMT

Reply #20

Littleoldlady — Tue, 12 Oct 2004 20:51:46 GMT

Just because someone works at a store, it doesn't mean they have brains . Some of these clerks are right off the streets and not only do not know how....don't want to know how..If the clerk thought the ticket was previously cashed, she could have checked it by calling her local lottery authorities..I would think something shady was going on there..how can u resell a previously paid out ticket? Boycott them and get your friends to boycott them, too. Also put a story about the incident in your... [ More ]

Reply #19

CASH Only — Tue, 12 Oct 2004 20:13:34 GMT

I would boycott that store.

Reply #18

DoctorEw220 — Mon, 11 Oct 2004 05:01:30 GMT

also, if a clerk tries to steal a winning ticket, not only would i talk to their boss and press attempted theft charges against the clerk, but i would demand an apology from the company headquarters, and demand the lottery revoke the store's license. if a store is crooked, then they do not deserve a license. states do need to do a better job on background checks. the stores do as well. when i was hired at my old work, they never even checked my references. at least with my RA job, they chec... [ More ]

Reply #17

DoctorEw220 — Mon, 11 Oct 2004 04:59:04 GMT

my old work would pay out on straight hits on the big 4 whenever.

Reply #16

cece — Sun, 10 Oct 2004 20:06:23 GMT

I will see that they never open againe.And i agree with paymenow baycott during business hours make sure they don't sell another ticket in their store.

Reply #15

paymenow — Sun, 10 Oct 2004 19:25:29 GMT

One would think that problems such as these are rather infrequent, when in fact, they may be more common than you think. I have personally witnessed a store clerk tell an elderly woman that her lottery ticket was not a winner. The clerk proceeded to the next customer. I intervened and asked the clerk to give the woman back her non-winning ticket. At first she refused to do so, stating the ticket was no good anyway. I double-checked her ticket against the winning draw and found out that she... [ More ]

Reply #14

four4me — Sun, 10 Oct 2004 18:52:10 GMT

What you know or may not know is the lottery will give practically anybody a machine so they can sell tickets for them. Then the retailer buys scratch off tickets to sell for them. When the retailers pays on a scratch off ticket the retailer has to go through all kinds of crap to get their funds from the lottery. the lottery wants to credit the retailer for any winning tickets that the retailer pays out for. So in fact the retailer is paying out of his register for any winning tickets since many... [ More ]

Reply #13

DoctorEw220 — Sun, 10 Oct 2004 18:05:51 GMT

some convenience stores will not cash big winners because they may not have that much in the store at the moment.

Reply #12

PrisonerSix — Sun, 10 Oct 2004 17:40:17 GMT

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Reply #11

DoctorEw220 — Thu, 30 Sep 2004 21:05:36 GMT

lotteries should be cracking down on stuff like this. i know of a few stores that wouldn't settle packs of tickets once they were sold because they weren't selling too many other items, and had those bills to pay, and didn't want their bank accounts to be overdrawn. i'm guessing those stores also din't activate the packs of tickets because then the lottery would be on to them. nowadays, the PA lottery always settles a pack once 90% of the winners have been claimed. i'm guessing a few reatilers h... [ More ]

Reply #10

DoctorEw220 — Sun, 26 Sep 2004 02:19:58 GMT

Quote: Originally posted by ONEDAY on September 25, 2004Quote: Originally posted by DoctorEw220 on September 20, 2004it may also have been human error. a lot of people who have tried to cash my scratch-offs have no idea how to do so. one time, i had to do it for them.this sounds like small time store I know..:)where in ohio you from

Reply #9

ONEDAY — Sun, 26 Sep 2004 02:13:00 GMT

Quote: Originally posted by DoctorEw220 on September 20, 2004it may also have been human error. a lot of people who have tried to cash my scratch-offs have no idea how to do so. one time, i had to do it for them.this sounds like small time store I know..

Reply #8

DoctorEw220 — Sun, 26 Sep 2004 01:56:50 GMT

if they sold you a previously cashed ticket, you should ask the lottery to revoke the retailer's license.

Reply #7

emilyg — Tue, 21 Sep 2004 02:14:55 GMT

Quote: Originally posted by shelbyjean on September 20, 2004while out of town to a nearby state i purchased some instant scratch off tickets there were a couple of winners the retailer paid me for one of my winning tickets but she refused to pay me for another by stating the ticket had been previously paid out i had bought the tickets about 1/2 hour prior along with some other purchases. she gave me the pc printout ticket verifying that it was a valid ticket so i was in the store two times but s... [ More ]

Reply #6

DoctorEw220 — Tue, 21 Sep 2004 02:11:10 GMT

it may also have been human error. a lot of people who have tried to cash my scratch-offs have no idea how to do so. one time, i had to do it for them.

Reply #5

DoctorEw220 — Tue, 21 Sep 2004 02:09:37 GMT

i had something like that happen in ohio. it was probably just a bug in the machine. go to another store and try to cash it.

Reply #4

percygrinder — Tue, 21 Sep 2004 00:36:27 GMT

Don't worry

Reply #3

shelbyjean — Tue, 21 Sep 2004 00:03:06 GMT

aha two

Reply #2

Grammy3 — Mon, 20 Sep 2004 23:41:52 GMT

I would put a letter in the newspaper about the store. And I would never go in the store again. I had something else happen to me in a store and I do not go in there anymore either.

Reply #1

CASH Only — Mon, 20 Sep 2004 23:39:29 GMT

Don't give them your business again.

refused to pay me

shelbyjean — Mon, 20 Sep 2004 23:34:39 GMT

while out of town to a nearby state i purchased some instant scratch off tickets there were a couple of winners the retailer paid me for one of my winning tickets but she refused to pay me for another by stating the ticket had been previously paid out i had bought the tickets about 1/2 hour prior along with some other purchases. she gave me the pc printout ticket verifying that it was a valid ticket so i was in the store two times but she kept insisting the ticket had already been paid out can y... [ More ]