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• saintdel

  

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  Sep 18, 2012, 4:46 pm

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  I have no instance where a scanner that checked my ticket was wrong, but I still manually check my tickets even if the scanner said "Sorry Not A Winner". Sometimes tickets get all wrinkled up and I wonder how accurately the scanner can read such a ticket. And call me paranoid, which I definitely am, who knows what algorithm lies within that system and how subject to manipulation it may be? 

  Or, maybe I just refuse to believe I didn't win. Again.

  Anyone ever have a scanner say a ticket lost when it won something?

  Del, Saint of the Numbers. If only they'd stop moving around on me.
• Artemis

  

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  Sep 19, 2012, 3:50 am

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  Sometimes if I scan my tickets too fast, the scanner will repeat the message it had for the previous ticket.

  It is best to let it clear completely to the "Scan Here" screen before trying again  :-)
• rdgrnr

  

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  Sep 19, 2012, 11:58 am

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  I tried the scanners in Virginia a few times but it takes forever to get the ticket perfectly centered so the dam thing will read the bar code.

  Not worth the hassle.
• mcginnin56

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  Sep 19, 2012, 1:28 pm

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  Wherever a scanner is located, there should also be a local lottery official nearby with a painted bulls-eye on their behind. 

   

  When the scanner malfunctions or gives conflicting messages, you can then march over to the lottery official and offer them a good swift kick

   to their bulls-eye. This will not help the operation of the scanner so much, but will at least provide an outlet for the accompanying annoyance.

  I would suggest a limit of only three kicks/ per day/ per official. An annual cap of 1000 kicks per official should also be appropriate.