Lottery ticket printer grants rare peek at operations

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geerod2001 — Tue, 29 Sep 2015 02:21:46 GMT

Yes there is.

Is called Scientific Games,Inc and is located in Alpharetta,Ga.

It is the largest lottery ticket printing operation in the world.

I worked on the various presses there for seven years.

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Bleudog101 — Wed, 23 Sep 2015 15:47:51 GMT

Thank you to our Canadian LP friend

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savagegoose — Wed, 23 Sep 2015 13:55:07 GMT

Sooooo... reduced cost and savings huh? will that pass on thru to the prize money? ok im dreaming. and i need a dollar to dream.

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itpmguru — Wed, 23 Sep 2015 12:52:23 GMT

Comment #8

Tialuvslotto — Wed, 23 Sep 2015 10:33:39 GMT

In recent years, instant lottery tickets have increased in popularity, industry watchers said, because players do not need to pick numbers or fill out forms and they don't have to wait for a drawing to find out whether they've won.

I'm certainly not typical -- as far as I'm concerned picking the numbers and filling out the forms is where the fun is! Scratchers, Bah! Just fill up your car with little pieces of scratched-off latex.

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RedStang — Wed, 23 Sep 2015 05:14:56 GMT

I work for a similar printing company and it's not always fun. I've dealt with paper rolls like in the pic and they can break very easy. The viscosity the lady is checking could take 20 tries before getting it right and each layer has to weigh correctly. They probably have another 10-15 tests they have to do. Can't imagine what their mixing dept looks like.

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winoneday — Wed, 23 Sep 2015 02:19:50 GMT

Yes, Scientific Games has a printing plant just outside of Atlanta. I had a tour of their printing facility a couple of years ago. It was a very impressive and large printing plant. I believe, at the time, they were the largest printers of scratch tickets in the world.

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Bleudog101 — Tue, 22 Sep 2015 20:29:21 GMT

Is there one of these scratcher ticket operations in Georgia? I remember a local Louisville, KY doing a story on a plant like this one. It is amazing how fast the operation is, sure would hate to clean up any jams.

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m3347 — Tue, 22 Sep 2015 17:39:54 GMT

No need to. Lottery tickets are worthless until they get scanned into the system and activated by an authorized retailer.

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computerhead723 — Tue, 22 Sep 2015 17:16:24 GMT

do you think they search you when you leave

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haymaker — Tue, 22 Sep 2015 15:35:07 GMT

Very interesting story, even though I almost never buy scratchers.

Glad to hear of these union jobs.

ribbed Pollard for his Canadian pronunciation of the word process

I guess he has no problem pronouncing Ypsilanti or what the locals just call Ypsi LOL

Comment #1

gocart1 — Tue, 22 Sep 2015 14:54:25 GMT

WHAT A COOL JOB TO HAVE. LOOKS LIKE A FUN PLACE TO WORK..

Lottery ticket printer grants rare peek at operations

Lottery Post — Tue, 22 Sep 2015 13:15:09 GMT

For about 30 minutes this afternoon, Pollard Banknote took the unusual step of stopping its new, instant-lottery ticket press so it could show it off.

We're halting production for a few minutes, not withstanding the fact we've got to get tickets out the door still to pay for this sucker, Doug Pollard, the company's co-CEO with his brother John, said as the din of the press in Ypsilanti was quieted. But we'll fire it back up after.

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