Marked cards

Reply #12

PERDUE — Sun, 27 Sep 2009 15:27:53 GMT

So glad you addressed this. It happens to a lot of us but we never really thought about the culprit/motive behind the marked playslip. I've seen them and usually toss them in the trash because I thought someone made a mistake and left it behind. I guess the only thing we lottery players can do is to keep extra playslips at home or in the car to reduce the chances of paying for an extra ticket and falling prey to the person(s) doing this.

Reply #11

BobP — Sun, 27 Sep 2009 07:59:44 GMT

When we first moved to Florida my now ex-wife was afraid of the lizards especially the ones that sold insurance. Anyway one got trapped in the swimming pool, kept trying to get out and falling back until she put her hand in the water to give it a lift out. She said it sat on her hand nice as you please, then gave her a wink and jumped into the bushes. She's liked them ever since.

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Reply #10

bashley572 — Sat, 26 Sep 2009 23:17:34 GMT

This happens to me ALL THE TIME. I have given a card the had 2 3 way numbers on it for one play ($2.00) and then the machine starts kicking out TONS of tickets and it totals $20.00. I looked at the play slip and a drop of water had hit/gotten on the play 10 tickets box.

Reply #9

RJOh — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 16:44:50 GMT

Also play slips should never be marked while stacked. I mark my slips with a Sharpie marker and sometime a mark will bleed through and mark the slip underneath. Even though the mark may not be noticed by the player, a terminal may see it.

Reply #8

tiggs95 — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 14:34:57 GMT

Like at the race track you win more by mistake or QP then you do trying to figure it out..People who make predictions and pick maybe 50 sets of numbers and hit one say I hit I hit..If you can predict one set of numbers and hit then you done good..

Reply #7

justxploring — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 06:16:32 GMT

Interesting conspiracy theory, Coin Toss. I'm talking about the people who work for the Lottery leaving clues so players bet more. Who knows? Maybe someone from the Lottery is going around marking extra boxes on the cards

Reply #6

justxploring — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 06:13:35 GMT

Thanks, but I didn't win anything, not even a free bet. As we've discussed before, I usually play the mistakes, but I'm beginning to wonder if I should just cancel them. In Florida you can cancel tickets before the drawing, just not Powerball. Maybe if this happens again, I'll ask the clerk to cancel the ticket.

Joker17 - The ones in FL don't have British accents. Speaking of little lizards, I just jumped when one ran across the floor. I'm not afraid of them, but I can't get used to seei... [ More ]

Reply #5

justxploring — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 06:08:16 GMT

I agree. She mentioned she had gone through some of them earlier, but the customer service counter had been busy. It's possible he/she put some of the cards marked in the middle or the back of the pile. Maybe they should have posted a sign, but that could have confused some customers. Next time I'll be more careful, although I always check to see if someone marked the card. I just didn't notice that the QP box in panel F was filled in.

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Reply #4

Coin Toss — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 05:07:14 GMT

Justxploring,

At first I thought this was about playing cards, some kind of scam with marked cards or something.

As for the playslips, every so often people leave fortune cookie numbers by them,. and well, everyone here at LP knows that story, so they have to be played, right? But it's nevr worked for me and I'm starting to thin the lottery people leave them.

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Reply #3

rdgrnr — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 04:20:19 GMT

It would be poetic justice if you hit on those QP's you didn't ask for.

Hope you'll let us know if you do.

Good luck.

Reply #2

Raven62 — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 02:37:45 GMT

If it was happening all day: You'd think the Store would Warn Customers of the problem and go thru their supply of Betslips and remove the ones that have aready been Marked!

Beware: Domestic Terrorist at Work

Reply #1

joker17 — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 02:25:55 GMT

Don't worry, I've talked to geckos also, but they can't give me a better rate.

Marked cards

justxploring — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 00:11:29 GMT

We've often had discussions about mistakes when a clerk hands you a ticket. This problem is similar, but it has happened to me a few times, so I thought I'd mention it.

Tonight I played my regular Florida Fantasy 5 numbers at a Publix supermarket. Last time I bought advance plays to cover me for weeks, since I have an injury and can't get around too easily, but it was time for more tickets. (I'm also going a bit crazy talking to the geckos.)

When the clerk gave me the total, I knew it was... [ More ]