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Michigan Lottery cracks down on retailers who cheat customersReply
Aberration Mr Holyfield? That you know of! Out here in California,the lottery authorities pull their equipment from cheating vendors, and it's possible to be charged.l guess the lesson for those purchasing scratchers, do your own tearing up of your tickets.
Nov 17, 2017, 3:20 pm - noise-gate - Lottery News

Cops bust long-running illegal Philly 'street lottery'Reply
Yes corner stores vendors barbershops beauty salons/supply stores pretty much anywhere imaginable. I play there instead of the state since they pay more. South FL pays 800-1
Oct 21, 2017, 1:41 pm - BigGreg7288 - Lottery News

Arizona Lottery computerized drawing machine generated identical winning numbersReply
Lotteries rely very much, to the extent of often blindingly, on their lottery vendors and consultants. The failed $5 Monopoly Millionaire game is one example. Another is Texas Lottery original All or Nothing game which had no prize cap. Well that is until there was a near miss, which highlighted the problem, which should have been obvious from the start. However, again, lotteries rely mostly on vendors and consultants who often get paid a commission on sales; just see $$$. RNG draws are cheaper
Oct 9, 2017, 2:24 pm - Ron5995 - Lottery News

Details of new Illinois Lottery manager deal kept secretReply
I think the players are going to have the same problems that existed with Northstar. The more ways the state and vendors have to share profits, the lower the prize pool for players. Glad I don't buy tickets there.
Oct 4, 2017, 9:08 pm - gatorsrok - Lottery News

Man sues California Lottery for not honoring winning $5M Scratcher ticketReply
I know when some one wins PB or MM or Calif SL, the lottery people show up and grab the video of it being sold and put up banners. In this case, as soon as he verified it, would they swoop in and grab the video? Or, would the store owner have tipped them off? Do vendors make money from winning scratchers? If so, why wd they have snitched? Oh, well, hope the guy prevails in his suit.
Jul 21, 2017, 4:20 pm - Redd55 - Lottery News

$500 MILLION: Powerball jackpot explodes in ticket-buying frenzyReply
I don't know how Todd checks but MUSL has a data feed that goes to all the lottery vendors. The number of winners gets posted in advance of the jackpot being updated....usually 15 minutes before but sometimes sooner. The lotteries won't post these figures until the jackpot is made official
Jan 7, 2016, 12:35 am - LottoMetro - Lottery News

D.C. woman's 'winning' scratch ticket voidedReply
Seems like lotteries should be required to carry Errors Omissions insurance so they can pay when they make a mistake. Which this was. They said it was cut wrong - which I think means it came from the factory that way. A trained lottery official loaded the machine and didn't notice it. The buyer didn't notice it. The lottery and/or one of their vendors screwed up, pay the woman her money!
Sep 9, 2015, 1:36 pm - HoLeeKau - Lottery News

$HALF-BILLION! Powerball raised again on monster salesReply
I always see news stories of major long lines and big waits for tickets when a JP gets this large. I must live in a state with a huge amount of lottery vendors. I've never had more than 1 person in line ahead of me at a lottery terminal no matter how big the JP gets.
Feb 11, 2015, 1:57 pm - msharkey2001 - Lottery News

Retired NY principal claims $326M lottery jackpotReply
My question was not advocating that the NY vendors should be getting paid more l was merely comparing that payout for a multi million dollar jackpot in relation to what a vendor would pull down out here... that's all.For instance the Subway restaurant owner who sold the winning $400 mil plus jackpot ticket in Milpitas in Feb 2014- got a check for a Mil. California ( at present) does not tax lottery winnings, and that is a good thing.
Jan 14, 2015, 12:19 am - noise-gate - Lottery News

N.M. man told $500k winning lottery ticket a 'misprint'Reply
Why, they didn't make the ticket. One of their vendors did. They admitted the ticket was printed incorrectly and reported it to the vendor. They offered fair compensation. The player realized the error in the printing process and tried to capitalize on it and succeeded by getting 5 times the value for his losing ticket. How could he think his ticket was worth 2X the top prize?
Jan 7, 2015, 4:40 pm - infiniti30 - Lottery News