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Can lottery organizations control the location of jackpot winning tickets?Reply
Response to good info from mrcraft in JWBlue's double-post in other thread: https://www.lotterypost.com/thread/250725/3401688 ... there are many layers of checks and balances to ensure integrity of its scratchers, and in order to perpetuate fraud (e.g., sending your friends to buy entire rolls of tickets at specific retailers to win top prizes) you need at least 6 people from the gaming company and lottery office participating in the conspiracy to pull it off. And yeah, that famous inci
Dec 23, 2013, 7:05 pm - Jon D - Instant ("Scratch-Off") Games Forum

Florida Scratch Offs - Post Pictures if posibleReply
Every Kmart store that is closing stopped selling scratch-offs .... now add storm damaged fire damaged theft lost pulled for not paying taxes etc. TONS of tickets that will never get scratched
Feb 16, 2018, 10:21 pm - jasefan - Instant ("Scratch-Off") Games Forum

NEW YORK Instant scratch off ticketsReply
The Cadiliac game doesn't make much sense for me at least, not living in NYC. 4 top prizes of 500k and a CTS. I assume you have to pay taxes on the car, I know you have to pay taxes on the 500K. Then there is the expense of owning a car in NYC, gas, cameras, the threat of theft etc.
Jul 29, 2014, 7:27 pm - Enigmas - Instant ("Scratch-Off") Games Forum

CA Lottery - California Love - CA Lottery ScratchersReply
Great day yesterday on the $20 game. Tickets 1-12 contained 2 break evens... 1-8 all losers... Got 13 today and it was another break even. Looks like this game is risk $20 and if you beat the odds you get your money back most of the time. Looks like legal theft to me...
May 21, 2014, 10:56 am - Ticket000 - Instant ("Scratch-Off") Games Forum

Florida Scratch Offs - Post Pictures if posibleReply
Ironically, I saw a few Publix stores having a roll of the $10 Holiday Gifts when I requested a report for all the rolls in the Jacksonville and Gainesville area. There's a good number of $10 Holiday Gift rolls out there, many of which are in the lower distribution number 60k . Are you still focusing on Super Millions? I hope you hit a $100k+ prize bud. I sent an email to the lottery asking them to clarify what happens when rolls are deactivated/destroyed, and asked for information they
Jun 20, 2016, 9:35 pm - Dracos - Instant ("Scratch-Off") Games Forum

Florida Scratch Offs - Post Pictures if posibleReply
In addition to change of ownership and businesses shutting down resulting in ticket destruction this also happens when: Retailers give the rest of an active book back to their rep for credit, the rep offers (potentially acting like the retailer doesn't have a choice) to take back part of an active roll, theft (fire, water damage, etc), all can cause tickets to be destroyed without accounting for them. The reasons a retailer may push back part of an active book can be crappy sales, need more room
Jan 5, 2017, 9:58 pm - oldghost - Instant ("Scratch-Off") Games Forum

Indiana Scratch-Off ThreadReply
You obviously didn't read the post and play us for stupid by saying it's okay. Also, all you are doing is analyzing top prizes remaining per a percentage of tickets which can be done easily by just visiting the site. Trying to legitimize theft with a blanket statement of it's ok it happens everywhere nothing to see here does not sit well with me. Can you tell me how many states close games with 3/3 top prizes remaining after selling almost half the tickets? There distribution system allows them
Oct 23, 2016, 1:29 pm - Zebekyia - Instant ("Scratch-Off") Games Forum

Unclaimed jackpots from games that ended?Reply
It depends. In Florida, when a new game comes out, the local lotto distributor picks up the older games from the grocery stores and some other retailers and those rolls get deactivated. If a top prize is deactivated, the lotto website does not reflect the change. Also, there are prizes which are not claimed because people throw them away believing they are losers. I believe that accounts for 90% of the unclaimed top prizes. Some rolls may not make it into circulation because of defects, theft, d
Mar 23, 2016, 7:02 pm - gatorsrok - Instant ("Scratch-Off") Games Forum

refused to pay meReply
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
Oct 11, 2004, 1:01 am - DoctorEw220 - Instant ("Scratch-Off") Games Forum

Lost scratch off ticket did they know whether it is a winner or notReply
When they scan a book, they just know it is active and the tickets authorized to redeem. I don't think it provides anyone at the lottery anything more than they already know, probably more for just for theft and accounting purposes. They know where the books went. What you could claim as fraud is if they're aware of some top and 2nd prizes being destroyed, but then advertise in the top prizes report that they are still available. That might be an angle you could try. You would have to prov
Aug 6, 2011, 12:59 pm - Jon D - Instant ("Scratch-Off") Games Forum