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• JAP69

  

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  Every time I see where a lottery prize is not claimed I wonder why a players s.s. number is not available for entry on each ticket.
  The lotteries have other data on the tickets for info.Why not your s.s. number
  contact your state lotteries and ask why your s.s. number can not be entered on the ticket.
  Your s.s. number can also be valid proof of ownership in the event the ticket is lost,stolen or destroyed and your prize can be collected without it.
  After a certain lenght of time the lotteries should contact the holder of the s.s. number and see why it has not been claimed. With your s.s. number they certainly can find you if they wanted. In the event of someone buying a ticket without a s.s.number issued to them is another matter. They would have to just check a box for no s.s. number.
  I will be posting a message to my state lottery with this question of a s.s.number being entered on the ticket.
  Have a nice day, John
  
  
  

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  Have you seen the numbers of people standing in line when the jackpot is over $100M. Do you really think the clerk have time to punch in that kind of information or if you could put it on the lottery cards that people would want someone to record how much they spend on the lottery every year. If a player is really interested in his winning ticket he will check his tickets after each draw.
  
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• RJOh

  

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  When ever I travel to Michigan to get some Biggame tickets or to Indiana to get some Powerball tickects, I always get a request from friends and former co-workers to pick up some extra quick pick tickets for them. If I had to have their S.S. numbers for their tickets, they wouldn't get any tickets.
  
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• CASH Only

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  As I've posted before, _neither_ MA Megabucks 6/42 (game ticket came from) or Mass Millions 6/49 have a cash option.
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  So, Cash Only you wouldn't take the money if you won? I would take it even if it was annuity!
• CASH Only

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  As a lottery player, isn't it always better to have a choice of cash OR annuity? Does it make any sense that the 6/42 and 6/49 games in MA remain annuity-only even though Big Game players in MA _are allowed_ to collect in lump sum?
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  So would you reject the prize if you won then? I mean, it's free money. We all understand that MA is wrong in what they're doing, but you'd be wrong to say no to the money even if it was annuity.
• CASH Only

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  A lottery ticket has to be paid for. So, if I spend CASH to buy a lottery ticket, shouldn't I be allowed to receive CASH (ie, lump sum) if I win? Actually, even in sweepstakes, giveaways, and the like ("no purchase necessary") I don't believe in mandatory annuities.
• JAP69

  

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  Whenever I travel to Ga to purchase tickets for family or friends they must fill out playslips for their numbers as I have extra playslips available. If I were to buy six quickpicks for six people and one of them hit something they would be pod as to who should have had that qp ticket.
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• JAP69

  

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  It could be left as an option for players to have their s.s. number on the slip. Although the lotteries may not see it that way. You are right in a persons privacy on how much they play.
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• JAP69

  

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  If that player did not want the money because of annuity payments he may just as well gave it to his favorite charity.
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• CASH Only

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  If someone wins an annuity, I don't think the player can dictate which _charity_ they wish to benefit.
• JAP69

  

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  The winner could have donated the ticket for the charity to claim.
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• Abe

  

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  Relative to the amount most people spend on their lottery purchases it is essentially free.
• JAP69

  

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  although you may get a smaller amount there are places that will buy annunity payments for cash. I would check with an attorney and an accountant first. They buy at a substantial discount. I have heard some lotteries do not allow this type transfer of annunity.
  John

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