Lottery ticket plucked from trash wins $100,000

Comment #40

mark — Sun, 20 Feb 2005 12:21:57 GMT

I just got done telling my son in law the other day, that this was a hard ticket to play and that every ticket bought should be double checked, and that there was probably people who were tossing winners, and here is the proof.This was one ticket the lottery should have never came out with

Comment #39

RJOh — Sun, 20 Feb 2005 06:24:55 GMT

Quote: Originally posted by lazyjim on February 18, 2005Why else in the world would the clerk not have scanned the ticket? The scanner won't look only for a $40 winner, it will tell you exactly what you've won. In my area there is a restaurant and a coffe house that sell scratch-off tickets only. Since they don't sell any of the on line games, they don't have an online scanner to scan any tickets and depend on visual checks. I checked the Ohio website and found there were several places in m... [ More ]

Comment #38

Maverick — Sun, 20 Feb 2005 01:06:57 GMT

Quote: Originally posted by Todd on February 19, 2005Let me ask you a question: Did you ever sit outside a convenience store in Texas for an entire weekend, monitoring the number of people who go inside and buy lottery tickets? Just curious.

Comment #37

emilyg — Sun, 20 Feb 2005 00:42:27 GMT

Quote: Originally posted by biglooooser on February 19, 2005Personally as one of the biggest skeptics of the lottery, I investigate things as entirely as I can! I am not sure if anyone is aware. I am sure I mentioned it already, yet give this some thought.The security guy in an earlier game who was working for the lottery was busted with his two friends. the security guy in INDIANA told two friends where the winning ticket was at.Apparenty they have this info, so they know if the winning ticket

Comment #36

Todd — Sun, 20 Feb 2005 00:16:35 GMT

Oh boy, here we go again. Let me ask you a question: Did you ever sit outside a convenience store in Texas for an entire weekend, monitoring the number of people who go inside and buy lottery tickets? Just curious.

Comment #35

biglooooser — Sat, 19 Feb 2005 23:33:38 GMT

Personally as one of the biggest skeptics of the lottery, I investigate things as entirely as I can! I am not sure if anyone is aware. I am sure I mentioned it already, yet give this some thought.The security guy in an earlier game who was working for the lottery was busted with his two friends. the security guy in INDIANA told two friends where the winning ticket was at.Apparenty they have this info, so they know if the winning ticket is at a Safeway, Albertson, or Don's Deli on 5th and main.Th... [ More ]

Comment #34

RJOh — Sat, 19 Feb 2005 03:57:59 GMT

Quote: Originally posted by Maverick on February 18, 2005Quote: Originally posted by RJOh on February 17, 2005When you speak with a clerk working in the place where you buy your lottery tickets, you're not speaking to someone representing the lottery. In some cases, you're not speaking to someone who even understand the games. RJOhTrue, they're are sort of responsible, but I don't agree that they are totally responsible... kinda a sensitive subject.Last year, there was a case in Ohio where a... [ More ]

Comment #33

Maverick — Sat, 19 Feb 2005 03:40:16 GMT

Quote: Originally posted by lazyjim on February 18, 2005 I agree that the clerk may have been involved, but in a different way. The clerk may have seen it was a winner and knowing the buyer was naive, told them it wasn't a winner, knowing they would throw it away. The clerk then calls a friend with the scheme to take it out of the garbage can and they split it on the sly.Why else in the world would the clerk not have scanned the ticket? The scanner won't look only for a $40 winner, it will tel... [ More ]

Comment #32

Maverick — Sat, 19 Feb 2005 03:37:12 GMT

Quote: Originally posted by fwlawrence on February 17, 2005I recently picked up 4 wadded up tickets and found one that wasn't even scratched off. Didn't even win anything though. Wow. Jesus, that person must have needed to go to the bathroom quick

Comment #31

Maverick — Sat, 19 Feb 2005 03:35:57 GMT

Quote: Originally posted by qutgnt on February 17, 2005I also at the end of the year went through all my old tickets as I throw them out at end of year and found about 50 bucks in winners in scratch offs, so it happens a lot more than you would think.

Comment #30

Maverick — Sat, 19 Feb 2005 03:34:18 GMT

Quote: Originally posted by Todd on February 17, 2005Quote: Originally posted by four4me on February 17, 2005I worked with a guy that won 500,000 on a scratcher. he had taken his wife and family to dinner there were 4 adults and 2 children. his wife asked him to buy this ten dollar scratcher. The place where he bought the ticket for her was more of a restaurant than a bar and selling lottery tickets was a side line affair. So she scratches the ticket and they have uncovered 500.000 on the ticke... [ More ]

Comment #29

Maverick — Sat, 19 Feb 2005 03:32:55 GMT

Quote: Originally posted by tg636 on February 17, 2005Just think of the winning tickets thrown away that aren't found. I don't buy scratch tickets anymore, but I like to grab a few from the trash and look them over. Almost as much chance of winning as buying them and a lot cheaper, I like to say. I've found a few winners in the $1 -15 range, so I know people do toss out winning tickets. Exactly. I don't buy scratchers anymore either, but may in a rare case. I also pick up and keep the discarde... [ More ]

Comment #28

BobP — Sat, 19 Feb 2005 03:31:32 GMT

For a time in Florida we had stores that could sell scratchers, but were not hooked up to the lottery by computer, they had to read the ticket like a player would to see if they had to pay off. If a clerk knew their customers habits, such as tossing losing tickets into the trash, they could declare winners to be losers and pull them out later to cash at another store. The news used to tell us, who, what, when, where, why, now they always seem to leave out the bits of information you'd need to m... [ More ]

Comment #27

Maverick — Sat, 19 Feb 2005 03:23:53 GMT

Quote: Originally posted by tg636 on February 17, 2005The person did not drop $100,000 in the street. The person was told the ticket was not a winner by the clerk working the lottery machine, and then put it in the trash as most people do with losing tickets. It's one thing to throw out a winner without checking like the couple in MA allegedly did - it's another to think you've won and then have a lousy lottery clerk screw you over.That is true. Although I think most clerks dunno jack, technical... [ More ]

Comment #26

Maverick — Sat, 19 Feb 2005 03:18:10 GMT

Quote: Originally posted by fja on February 17, 2005technically the store clerk was right it was not a $40 winner, thats what they asked him to check forheh another good point

Comment #25

Maverick — Sat, 19 Feb 2005 03:13:17 GMT

Quote: Originally posted by RJOh on February 17, 2005When you speak with a clerk working in the place where you buy your lottery tickets, you're not speaking to someone representing the lottery. In some cases, you're not speaking to someone who even understand the games. RJOhTrue, they're are sort of responsible, but I don't agree that they are totally responsible... kinda a sensitive subject.

Comment #24

Maverick — Sat, 19 Feb 2005 03:11:12 GMT

Quote: Originally posted by Todd on February 17, 2005Shame on the ticket-buyer for not checking their own ticket, and shame on the store clerk who should know how to examine the ticket.True. I blame the ticket buyer most. If I wanna make sure, I ask the clerk AND have the clerk run it through the machine, THEN bring the ticket home to make sure again for myself, or by another person.Would the lottery organization make it public if a 1st prize scratch ticket has won, but not claimed? I hope so.... [ More ]

Comment #23

MADDOG10 — Fri, 18 Feb 2005 22:11:15 GMT

well, i,m

Comment #22

lazyjim — Fri, 18 Feb 2005 15:45:43 GMT

I agree that the clerk may have been involved, but in a different way. The clerk may have seen it was a winner and knowing the buyer was naive, told them it wasn't a winner, knowing they would throw it away. The clerk then calls a friend with the scheme to take it out of the garbage can and they split it on the sly.Why else in the world would the clerk not have scanned the ticket? The scanner won't look only for a $40 winner, it will tell you exactly what you've won.Something that would solve... [ More ]

Comment #21

biglooooser — Fri, 18 Feb 2005 07:53:35 GMT

The indiana lottery has already been BUSTED IN THE PAST! The SECURITY GUY TOLD HIS TWO FRIEND WHERE THE WINNING TICKET WAS WORTH I MILLION DOLLARS,His two friend went into the store,purchased700 DOLLARS WORTH OF TICKETS, WHOLE ROLL.Then brought the winning ticket into the Indiana lottery office to collect the money.One of the lottery workers recognizes one of the two guys as the security officers friendAN INVESTIGAION beginsTHEY WERE BUSTED FOR THEFT ALONG WITH THE SECURITY OFFICER.SINCE THIS I... [ More ]

Comment #20

JimmySand9 — Fri, 18 Feb 2005 07:19:30 GMT

Quote: Originally posted by fwlawrence on February 17, 2005 I recently picked up 4 wadded up tickets and found one that wasn't even scratched off. Didn't even win anything though.I found unscratched tickets before. They did have a little bit scratched that had all the binary and stuff. But not the actual game. Again, no winner.

Comment #19

fwlawrence — Fri, 18 Feb 2005 04:48:34 GMT

I recently picked up 4 wadded up tickets and found one that wasn't even scratched off. Didn't even win anything though.

Comment #18

qutgnt — Fri, 18 Feb 2005 03:05:59 GMT

I pick up tickets all the time and always see the bonus box on certain tickets NEVER scratched. I also at the end of the year went through all my old tickets as I throw them out at end of year and found about 50 bucks in winners in scratch offs, so it happens a lot more than you would think.

Comment #17

JimmySand9 — Fri, 18 Feb 2005 02:31:51 GMT

Quote: Originally posted by tg636 on February 17, 2005 Just think of the winning tickets thrown away that aren't found. I don't buy scratch tickets anymore, but I like to grab a few from the trash and look them over. Almost as much chance of winning as buying them and a lot cheaper, I like to say. I've found a few winners in the $1 -15 range, so I know people do toss out winning tickets.I do that all the time. No luck yet though.

Comment #16

four4me — Fri, 18 Feb 2005 01:51:06 GMT

Todd this guy kills me he is one of those guys you can't talk to until he has 3 cups of coffie in em....... knows it all. Is an avid hunter in his spare time. If the ticket was for boxes of ammo he probably would have jumped for joy in the resturant. I would have been embarrased to admit that i couldn't understand that i won 500,000 grand this guy was practacally bagin about how he needed varyfication from additional people. He's very lucky the waitress didn't keep walking out the door with the... [ More ]

Comment #15

Todd — Thu, 17 Feb 2005 20:51:15 GMT

Quote: Originally posted by four4me on February 17, 2005I worked with a guy that won 500,000 on a scratcher. he had taken his wife and family to dinner there were 4 adults and 2 children. his wife asked him to buy this ten dollar scratcher. The place where he bought the ticket for her was more of a restaurant than a bar and selling lottery tickets was a side line affair. So she scratches the ticket and they have uncovered 500.000 on the ticket three times. She doesn't know if it's a winner or n... [ More ]

Comment #14

DoctorEw220 — Thu, 17 Feb 2005 20:37:04 GMT

to make things worse, it's the Hoosier Lottery that tricked the buyer out of $100,000. if i were the guy, i would beat the crap out of the clerk. then, i would go to their boss, and demand their firing.

Comment #13

tg636 — Thu, 17 Feb 2005 20:12:05 GMT

Just think of the winning tickets thrown away that aren't found. I don't buy scratch tickets anymore, but I like to grab a few from the trash and look them over. Almost as much chance of winning as buying them and a lot cheaper, I like to say. I've found a few winners in the $1 -15 range, so I know people do toss out winning tickets.

Comment #12

four4me — Thu, 17 Feb 2005 19:01:02 GMT

I worked with a guy that won 500,000 on a scratcher. he had taken his wife and family to dinner there were 4 adults and 2 children. his wife asked him to buy this ten dollar scratcher. The place where he bought the ticket for her was more of a restaurant than a bar and selling lottery tickets was a side line affair. So she scratches the ticket and they have uncovered 500.000 on the ticket three times. She doesn't know if it's a winner or not she hands it to him he looks at it and see's the thre... [ More ]

Comment #11

tg636 — Thu, 17 Feb 2005 18:46:45 GMT

> If I drop $100,000 in the street and walk away and the next person picks it up, it's their money, Ellen Corcella, the lottery's security director, said Wednesday.Saying this is disingenuous at best, or a complete lie to distort the situation. If the person had their ticket read correctly and then got a check for $100,000, then cashed that check, then had $100,000 cash, then dropped that money in the street where it was found by someone else who took it never to return it, then what she says w... [ More ]

Comment #10

JimmySand9 — Thu, 17 Feb 2005 18:32:12 GMT

Quote: Originally posted by Todd on February 17, 2005 Shame on the ticket-buyer for not checking their own ticket, and shame on the store clerk who should know how to examine the ticket.

Comment #9

winner2b — Thu, 17 Feb 2005 17:10:49 GMT

What the clerk SHOULD have done is to scan the ticket, type in the little code that appears on it, and the machine would indicate if it's a winner.

Comment #8

Todd — Thu, 17 Feb 2005 16:19:17 GMT

Quote: Originally posted by fja on February 17, 2005technically the store clerk was right it was not a $40 winner, thats what they asked him to check for,,,,,they obivously did not look at the ticket correctly or did not read the instructions.....and didn't the store have one of those scanning machines.....or doesnt that work for scratch offs....I don't play themWhat the clerk SHOULD have done is to scan the ticket, type in the little code that appears on it, and the machine would indicate if it... [ More ]

Comment #7

fja — Thu, 17 Feb 2005 16:09:51 GMT

technically the store clerk was right it was not a $40 winner, thats what they asked him to check for,,,,,they obivously did not look at the ticket correctly or did not read the instructions.....and didn't the store have one of those scanning machines.....or doesnt that work for scratch offs....I don't play them

Comment #6

whodeani — Thu, 17 Feb 2005 15:38:37 GMT

Whoever bought that ticket got what he or she deserved. For the life of me I will never understand why somebody would spend money on a ticket and not bother to check the ticket. Wouldn't it be worth the time to scratch the ticket and check to see if it is a winner for a $100,000? It is good this person didn't end up with that money because his/her own actions tell me this person didn't care if he/she had the money or not in which case winning the money isn't deserved.

Comment #5

Todd — Thu, 17 Feb 2005 15:32:18 GMT

Quote: Originally posted by RJOh on February 17, 2005Quote: Originally posted by tg636 on February 17, 2005But if I toss that $100,000 because the person working the lottery machine tells me it's not a winner and is worthless, that's not dropping $100,000 in the street. That's making a real effort to ask someone representing the lottery if it's a winner and not getting the correct answer.When you speak with a clerk working in the place where you buy your lottery tickets, you're not speaking to s... [ More ]

Comment #4

RJOh — Thu, 17 Feb 2005 15:13:27 GMT

Quote: Originally posted by tg636 on February 17, 2005But if I toss that $100,000 because the person working the lottery machine tells me it's not a winner and is worthless, that's not dropping $100,000 in the street. That's making a real effort to ask someone representing the lottery if it's a winner and not getting the correct answer.When you speak with a clerk working in the place where you buy your lottery tickets, you're not speaking to someone representing the lottery. In some cases, you... [ More ]

Comment #3

onenumber — Thu, 17 Feb 2005 14:41:43 GMT

I'm with you Todd, if someone spends $5 on a ticket they should know how to read it to determine if they are a winner or not. I've been in the store when someone ahead of me buys instant tickets and will scratch off the numbers at the bottom and tell the clerk to check to see if it's a winner. They can't even take the time to scratch it off and look for themselves. That's ridiculous

Comment #2

Todd — Thu, 17 Feb 2005 14:17:22 GMT

Shame on the ticket-buyer for not checking their own ticket, and shame on the store clerk who should know how to examine the ticket.

Comment #1

tg636 — Thu, 17 Feb 2005 14:04:30 GMT

>Told the ticket wasn't a winner, the buyers pitched it in a store wastebasket.This is different than looking at the ticket yourself and deciding it's not a winner.> If I drop $100,000 in the street and walk away and the next person picks it up, it's their money, Ellen Corcella, the lottery's security director, said Wednesday.But if I toss that $100,000 because the person working the lottery machine tells me it's not a winner and is worthless, that's not dropping $100,000 in the street. That's... [ More ]

Lottery ticket plucked from trash wins $100,000

Lottery Post — Thu, 17 Feb 2005 13:35:59 GMT

Finders keepers.That's the word from the Hoosier Lottery after a winning ticket worth $100,000 purchased in Shelbyville was tossed in the trash, then plucked out by a luckier person. If I drop $100,000 in the street and walk away and the next person picks it up, it's their money, Ellen Corcella, the lottery's security director, said Wednesday.The lottery paid the winnings, minus taxes, to Kerry Jeremiah, a Shelbyville woman who took the Hold 'em Poker ticket to the lottery's Downtown Indianap... [ More ]