A Store today selling preprinted tkts?

Reply #6

DoctorEw220 — Mon, 11 Oct 2004 04:56:49 GMT

here's what we did. we printed off a bunch of $5 quick picks, and sold them to the customers. we even scanned a few tickets thyrough the machine bfeore the draw to show customers that they were valid, and not fake.

Reply #5

fja — Sat, 09 Oct 2004 18:55:04 GMT

becareful...with todays copying techniques they could be selling the same 5 tickets over and over again....the only way you would find out is winning....I wouldnt buy preprinted tickets either.............

Reply #4

DoctorEw220 — Sat, 09 Oct 2004 04:24:19 GMT

back in the summer of 2002, when te powerball jackpot was at $270 million, i sold preprinted tickets. my boss didn't mind. they figured we'd sell out of them, and we did.

Reply #3

RJOh — Sat, 09 Oct 2004 04:20:45 GMT

Since those preprinted tickets can't be canceled, the store own the ones that don't sell so the only time a store will preprint them is when there is a line of buyers. When they hire an extra clerk to help out, they can't afford to wait around while some players make up their minds about what they would like to play.RJOh

Reply #2

JADELottery — Sat, 09 Oct 2004 04:02:31 GMT

Preprinted tickets should be made illegal, but they are not. A ticket should be paid for at the time of creation. They should not be allowed to precreate without being paid for. State laws state that no lottery shall be paid for on credit... but this is what retailers are doing when they preprint a ticket on thier store credit.

Reply #1

RJOh — Sat, 09 Oct 2004 03:58:18 GMT

It is faster. I see gas stations on the Indiana/Ohio boarder doing the same thing when they have a lot of costumers. Since most people are buying QP's, it doesn't make any differences. I like to make out cards and play in a systematic way, so I take the time to drive a mile farther and buy my tickets at a grocery store. If you're in a hurry and don't really care which numbers you are playing, it works fine but not for me.RJOh

A Store today selling preprinted tkts?

passion&purity — Sat, 09 Oct 2004 03:25:47 GMT

Hello Everyone! The madness about Powerball is in the air here! I have a question that hopefully someone could answer. Today I saw powerball tickets beings sold in a way that I had never seen before. As a customer would order quick picks --which evidently must be sold more frequently in groups of 5 picks per ticket, instead of the cashiers printing quickpicks for customers wanting five quickpicks or multiples of 5 picks, the cashier just gave them a ticket that had been already printed (the