Mass. man keeps mistake lottery ticket, wins $1 million

Comment #18

Astekblue — Tue, 04 Sep 2012 19:11:43 GMT

I do the same thing Smoky

If they have a ticket the few places that I play ( a mistake walk away ticket on the PB or MM ) , they will usually tell me about them , as they know I will buy them )

I win small amounts on them quite often also it seems ( but no big winners yet )

I do this because many years ago a friend of mine ( I met her years later after it happened , but heard about it for many years ) ...... she worked at a place in Ohio and someone came in and I think wa... [ More ]

Comment #17

SmokyMountain — Sat, 01 Sep 2012 16:06:42 GMT

I really don't spend a lot. I spend on average around $20 a week. I just always seem to be at the right place at the right time. I do better with scratch off's then the jackpot games and I always look at the website for remaining prizes so I don't waste my money.

I am not new. My old screen name was tnlottodreamer. My email changed and I couldn't get into it to reset the password so I had to create a new account. I wish I still had my old account. Just can't rememer the password...ugh... [ More ]

Comment #16

rdgrnr — Wed, 29 Aug 2012 19:22:15 GMT

Welcome to Lottery Post SmokyMountains and good luck to you.

Congratulations on your $500 a week winnings, that's pretty impressive.

How much do you have to spend a week to win that much

Comment #15

SmokyMountain — Wed, 29 Aug 2012 17:10:09 GMT

I had this happen to me, but it wasn't a million dollar ticket. I wanted a $5.00 5x's the money ticket and they gave me a $5.00 Jumbo Bucks ticket and I scratched it off and won $1000.00. I often ask the store clerk if they have any powerball tickets people decided they didn't want and have won off them a few times, but not a huge win ,but still a win.

I win at least $500.00 on average a week off of Tn Lottery Scratch off's. Everyone that works at the Memphis District office know me by name.... [ More ]

Comment #14

mcginnin56 — Thu, 23 Aug 2012 22:57:59 GMT

This could be the beginning of a new trend with very happy endings

Comment #13

dallascowboyfan — Wed, 22 Aug 2012 00:23:42 GMT

I know how you feel dog, OK scratchers suck BIG time. Our largest prize is $40,000-$50,000 for $5 I usually play scratchers when we go to Texas...

Comment #12

dallascowboyfan — Wed, 22 Aug 2012 00:17:09 GMT

Congrats to the winner....

Comment #11

mcginnin56 — Tue, 21 Aug 2012 22:49:42 GMT

Gotta move to one of the high population density states to get those payoffs. MA, CA, TX or NY.

Comment #10

dognabit — Tue, 21 Aug 2012 22:45:23 GMT

A $5 ticket with a grand prize of a million???

$5 tickets here are usually about $50k top prize.

Comment #9

mcginnin56 — Tue, 21 Aug 2012 11:37:19 GMT

Touche

Comment #8

tvboris — Tue, 21 Aug 2012 04:49:10 GMT

LOL, and to tripple the luck, ask the guy who is after you, and buy his ticket as well.

Comment #7

rdgrnr — Tue, 21 Aug 2012 00:46:52 GMT

If the ticket's a mistake, it's the ticket you must take.

Chant it like a mantra.

Become one with it.

Learn to play the sitar.

Comment #6

mcginnin56 — Tue, 21 Aug 2012 00:17:31 GMT

Maybe next time try buying both the mistake ticket, as well as the intended ticket.

Comment #5

maringoman — Tue, 21 Aug 2012 00:03:45 GMT

I buy the mistakes and always lose. I can't help but wonder whether the tickets I'd originally intended to buy were the winners.

We shall never know shall we

Comment #4

rdgrnr — Mon, 20 Aug 2012 15:32:19 GMT

Always take the mistakes.

You never know when, where or how your good luck will materialize.

Comment #3

zinniagirl — Mon, 20 Aug 2012 11:44:39 GMT

Good for him! May he use it to enjoy life.

Comment #2

mcginnin56 — Mon, 20 Aug 2012 11:24:40 GMT

I live within minutes of MA, and buy tickets there weekly. I was reading this story a few days back on the Mass lottery website.

I think these mistakes happen very frequently based on nothing else but the sheer number of daily transactions that occur.

There is an old saying that Money Won Is Twice As Sweet As Money Earned . I think the Mistake Money is in it's own special category.

Comment #1

LottoGuyBC — Mon, 20 Aug 2012 11:09:25 GMT

Congrats

Mass. man keeps mistake lottery ticket, wins $1 million

Lottery Post — Mon, 20 Aug 2012 09:12:30 GMT

A Taunton, Massachusetts, man was on the right side of a million dollar mistake, when a scratch ticket game he didn't want to play turned out to be a winner.

Richard Brown, 60, came in to the Gulf in Taunton last Monday, as he had several times in the past, looking for a $5 Blue Ice 7s ticket. This time, the distracted clerk gave him a Sizzling Sevens scratcher, another $5 game, by mistake, said lottery spokeswoman Beth Bresnahan.

Instead of demanding the right ticket, Brown decided he was... [ More ]