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$800,000 lottery ticket now worthlessReply
Exactly what do you suppose the retailer should sue for? Following the rules? I've never quite understood why retailers are paid anything other than a modest processing fee for winning tickets (and such a fee should be paid to the retailer that pays the winning ticket rather than the retailer that sold it), but the rules are what the rules are. As far as giving the prize to a different player, why should they benefit just because somebody else lost out? If there were two winners, then the oth
Apr 27, 2007, 1:54 am - KY Floyd - Lottery News

Change of minor details...Reply
If they are reported their lotto license will be pulled. I have printed all the rules and regs on getting a license to open a lotto store.. If caught not redeeming a ticket .. license can be pulled.. Check with your state online and see what the rules and regs are for the retailer.. You should be able to get this information. Then when it happens to you.. flop the rules and regs out for the retailer to see. It could be an oversight with the retailer..
May 30, 2006, 8:40 pm - tntea - Lottery Discussion Forum

What VALIDATE TICKET means?Reply
In Illinois, winnings less than $600 can be paid at any lottery retailer, providing they have the cash on hand. I never cash a ticket until I ask if they have enough money to pay me. Winning tickets for over $600 can be redeemed at either your local lottery retailer or at a lottery distribution center. If you redeem the ticket at a lottery retailer, they will scan the ticket and provide you with a claim form, however, it will take several weeks for you to receive your money. For prizes
May 4, 2006, 11:26 pm - onenumber - Lottery Discussion Forum

Lottery shipments confusing to Oklahoma retailerNews Story
For a guy prohibited from participating in the Oklahoma lottery, Nels Bentson sure has a bunch of tickets that say otherwise.The shipments keep coming, along with calls from lottery representatives asking how his sales are going.Confused? So is Bentson.Bentson owns 11 Cashland payday loan stores throughout Oklahoma.He spent $1,045 last summer on application fees to become a lottery retailer and says he invested an extra $3,400 to send employees to the mandatory training sessions.On Oct. 11, the
Nov 28, 2005, 6:54 am - Todd - Lottery News

Winning lottery ticket purchased with stolen credit cardReply
The difference between a credit card and a debit card is minimal; strictly an accouting seperation; one has an instant funds tranfer and the other has a delayed funds tranfer - with extended reimbursement option. Use, in most cases, is interchangeable. Only the intelligent retailer, the one looking to reduce their cost, questions their use. To the retailer, the fee for the debit option is cheaper; by as much as 15%. Most retailers prefer cards over cash. Safer, easier book-keeping, electronic t
Oct 30, 2005, 10:20 am - Chewie - Lottery News

Internet lottery game not popular with Kansas playersNews Story
Despite a redesign and humorous new commercials, the Kansas eScratch lottery game is still underwhelming players.The lack of success by the Kansas eScratch lottery game illustrates that lottery players do not want a game to be played on the Internet just for the sake of being an online game.Since May, when the game was relaunched and promoted heavily, sales have been 89 percent higher than last year. But the games have still generated only $260,000 in the last month and a half, a mere drop compa
Jul 8, 2005, 12:24 pm - Todd - Lottery News

The TN lotto answers my questions.
1st questionI've been wondering since lotto 5 got above $1 million, are you guys thinking of joining lotto south or even starting a Volunteer lotto or Lotto TN? I would like to play a game like one of those because the odds are a lot better than Powerball and there would be more winners here at home. If it was an Instate Lotto game it might do better than lotto south because some players may look at Lotto south as Small powerball because it's a multi state game. Just my thoughts. I hope ya
May 17, 2005, 7:46 pm - Tnplayer805 - Lottery Discussion Forum

Michigan Lottery selling scratch games after top prize goneReply
This here kind of reminds me of Pull-Tab games. Here in Ky you used to only be able to cash winning tickets in the store were the ticket was purchased. A few years back they changed it so you could cash them at any lottery retailer. I was told it was to make it easier for players to cash in winning tickets. Personally, I think it was done so that no one would know if the big prize was in the machine because it could be cashed anywhere. I've seen it before where a regular player would ask the
Feb 26, 2005, 10:35 pm - KyMystikal - Lottery News

Penn. Lottery unveils self-service ticket machinesNews Story
Lottery players throughout Pennsylvania will soon be able to play the Pennsylvania Lottery's online and instant games using state-of-the-art, touch screen terminals.Secretary of Revenue Gregory C. Fajt and Executive Director of the Pennsylvania Lottery Ed Mahlman today unveiled the first of the new self-service Player Activated Terminals (PATs) at a retailer in Harrisburg. Pennsylvania is the first state to offer self-service units that sell both instant and online games. The Lottery will instal
May 20, 2004, 7:14 am - Todd - Lottery News

Tennessee Lottery to launch Powerball on April 19News Story
Powerball is rolling into Tennessee in just 12 days, the Tennessee Lottery announced Tuesday.The multi-state lotto game, which will launch on April 19, gives players a chance to win one of nine different cash prizes, including a multimillion-dollar jackpot.Powerball is a proven favorite of Tennesseans who have been anticipating its arrival since a lottery was created in the state, said Rebecca Paul, CEO and president of the Tennessee Lottery.Powerball will be an excellent enhancement to our curr
Apr 7, 2004, 3:19 am - Todd - Lottery News