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Oregon lottery kept my $1500 winning ticket
Hi my name is Howard Drummond. A few months ago I won a jackpot at Jake's tavern on se Milwaukee Ave in Portland Oregon. I won it on the second machine from the door on a game called huff n puff during the bonus it gave me the major jackpot it payed $1500 and printed out a ticket right away. My friend Tim spreager was with me when I won. I didn't have a car so getting down to Wilsonville wasn't easy, so a friend of mine Shelby I owed him some money and told him that I won and showed him the tick
May 19, 2026, 8:11 am - HowdyDoody2 - Lottery Discussion Forum

Kindness is never wasted! 😊Reply
A $1.00 balance left in the lottery vending machine when I approached it . I bought a one dollar ticket.
Oct 7, 2025, 3:51 pm - MsBee18 - Lottery Discussion Forum

is it luckier to buy tickets on the rich side of town?Reply
Brock Lee, This one might make people 'luckier', not blocking others from getting to a lottery machine because you put money in it and are using the front of the machine to scratch the instant ticket you bought.
Jun 3, 2026, 8:53 pm - Coin Toss - Lottery Discussion Forum

Cash4life is coming to an end in two days. Truly the end of an era.Reply
Apparently they are continuing to update the databases for both the p3 and p4 . They are posting on the NM website and charging for tickets the machine won't print. If a clerk is unaware then the slip is fed in t h e machine and charges for a ticket the the system won't print.
Feb 21, 2026, 10:26 pm - lakerben - Lottery Discussion Forum

Lottery vending machine
Never encountered this before, put dollar bills in for ticket cost, machine gobbled up the play slip. This machine has gobbled up currency before but a play slip? So I just hit the button for a QP for the same game, first two numbers were the same as those on the play slip.
Sep 18, 2025, 8:29 pm - Coin Toss - Lottery Discussion Forum

Is there any method or system that can an predict the first digit that will fall in Pick 3Reply
How long would it take to print every Powerball ticket? AI Overview Printing every possible Powerball combination (over 292 million) using a single, standard lottery machine would take roughly 3,000 days or over 8 years . Even if printing 10,000 combinations per hour, the time required, combined with the 2-3 day window between drawings, makes it impossible for one person to buy all combinations. Key Takeaways Total Combinations: 292,201,338. Time Calculation: Assuming 1
Feb 21, 2026, 1:58 am - grwurston - Lottery Discussion Forum

Kindness is never wasted! 😊Reply
I agree. Being kind or helpful is buying food or gas, etc for a person in need. If the ticket is a bonus fun thing in addition to food, then I can understand. When I stop at a grocery store lottery machine, I have had men offer me a ticket. I always say no thanks. But other women will take the ticket. It creeps me out. If there is a jp winner in that store, the gift giver could claim he lost his ticket or I promised to split it with him.
Oct 7, 2025, 8:45 pm - Artist77 - Lottery Discussion Forum

Mega Millions and Powerball RaceReply
I think what winoneday meant was that it was bad luck for the house. In the long run, the average jackpot won will equal the expected value. In a game like this, a drawing every few days with odds of 1 in 300 million, the long run could be many years. In a short period of time, the players can be lucky which means the house (MUSL) is unlucky. Unlike other games like pick 3 or any table game or slot machine in a casino, where more jackpots are good for business because the long run for th
Mar 12, 2026, 2:56 pm - Tucker Black - Lottery Discussion Forum

I'm done playing the lotteryReply
I don't see how a vending machine problem is the retailers responsibility. A vending machine is a way for a store o sell tickets and collect the commission without paying an employee. Why shouldn't equipment the store uses to take your money be the store's responsibility? Lottery retailer responsibilities. This is per Fla, I would assume other states have more or less the same rules and regs. https://www.law.cornell.edu/regulations/florida/Fla-Admin-Code-Ann-R-53ER24-36#:~:text
Dec 31, 2025, 9:26 pm - grwurston - Lottery Discussion Forum

I'm done playing the lotteryReply
So sorry to hear about the Bad Machine and I can understand the frustration involved. But, I think I would prefer to just find another place for ticket purchases, preferably where there is a live clerk. Please do as you wish, but it has been my experience that decisions I make when I am angry, upset, or just PO'd are usually not the best decisions I could have made at the time. Best wishes to you.
Dec 30, 2025, 9:39 pm - IAmABadOne - Lottery Discussion Forum