The Lottery Machine Ate My Ten

Reply #18

psykomo — Thu, 11 Sep 2014 19:21:43 GMT

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Congrats 2U4 4UR honesty !!!!!!

Sorry about what happened 2 BobP D dishonest lottery machine @D Publix store.

BUT: and there is always a but out there if they raise mim wage 2 $20/hr retail

will provide machines 4 everything we purchase from lottery tickets 2 NUT's

Reply #17

Scratch$ — Thu, 11 Sep 2014 05:49:25 GMT

Good for you! I worked loss prevention at a department store years ago, and it wasn't uncommon for cashiers to get fired if they came up short on their tills. Management assumed they must be stealing, and promptly gave them the heave ho. I'd hate to cost somebody their job by dishonestly keeping excess change.

Reply #16

ThatScaryChick — Thu, 11 Sep 2014 05:30:24 GMT

That happened to me as well. The cashier mistakenly handed me $20.00 more than what she was supposed to and I was already in my car when I noticed and I went back in and told her she gave me way too much change. She was extremely grateful because I'm sure some people would have kept it, but if you have ever worked a job like that going 20 dollars short is a big deal.

Reply #15

Scratch$ — Thu, 11 Sep 2014 05:12:41 GMT

I don't walk away when a cashier gives me back too much money. A young lady at a fast food restaurant mistakenly gave me $10 extra - I promptly told her she gave me too much change and handed her back the $10. She was very grateful.

Reply #14

wbrightfl — Wed, 10 Sep 2014 20:15:29 GMT

That was poor customer service at your Publix. I had a $20 get stuck in the machine at my Publix in Ocoee and the manager came right out, opened the machine and found the $20 stuck in between the feeder and cash bin. He pulled out a crisp $20 and gave it to me.

Reply #13

Scratch$ — Wed, 10 Sep 2014 17:09:14 GMT

I never buy from vending machines. If I go in a store and see a machine, I'm off to another store to buy my scratchers.

Reply #12

mikeintexas — Fri, 29 Aug 2014 10:54:03 GMT

I've had troubles with the vending machines, too. I sometimes buy a lottery ticket or scratchers from a machine in a grocery store when I'm there; it was located right by the bathrooms near the exit. One time I had put in $20 bucks and got my lottery tickets, intending to spend the rest on scratch tickets. I chose one and let it dispense, then was checking the display to see the balance and I heard a whirring and watched the amount decrease...and again and again. I looked down to see a kid about... [ More ]

Reply #11

dr65 — Fri, 29 Aug 2014 09:55:54 GMT

LottoMetro..I think that's the worst part of it, the fact that the guy got a free $10 and could be a big fat winner.

I found a $20 credit left in the machine that I walked up to and there was no one in sight. Do you think I would

just leave it there for the next guy or tell the clerks at the desk...nooooo, I used it. Is THAT stealing when no one

is around? Oh and by the way, all I won was $20 back on that 'found' money. I saw $20 laying on the floor at Giant

one day...no one around a... [ More ]

Reply #10

LottoMetro — Thu, 28 Aug 2014 23:00:55 GMT

I've had a lottery machine eat my $20 and a casino slot machine eat two $20s. Both times I made a fuss until the situation was resolved. Both times got my money back Once you abandon the machine it's fair game for anyone else to come along, and then it's just your word against theirs.

I have had a machine lock up like you describe but within a minute it reset itself. If that happens again I would just stand there until an employee comes around. Or if you're feeling crazy, sit on the floor and... [ More ]

Reply #9

garyo1954 — Thu, 28 Aug 2014 22:27:44 GMT

Sad story.

Every morning I go to the deli, get coffee and and egg, bacon and cheese muffing. Every morning $3.76. I grab change to pay the $.76. Spp [redictable the ladies already have what it at the counter.

This morning the only bill I had was a $10 so I put it on the counter and started messing with change. The little girl at the counter decides to help with the change.

She gets the change she needs and puts it in the register.

While leaving I notice the $10 still on the counter.

Reply #8

RJOh — Thu, 28 Aug 2014 20:47:35 GMT

No difference than when you buy something and the clerk gives you back too much change or charge a lesser amount to your credit you walk away thinking you got lucky.

Reply #7

maringoman — Thu, 28 Aug 2014 20:20:26 GMT

People have died for much lesser transgressions in Florida so doing that is an invitation to getting shot.

Reply #6

lottolaughs — Thu, 28 Aug 2014 19:39:14 GMT

Boy,that guy was sure a crook. Terrible! He knew he got $10 free. No honesty left in the world. Shame.

Reply #5

noise-gate — Thu, 28 Aug 2014 18:42:52 GMT

BobP- take this as an Omen, a sign that you going to hit it big, and soon!

Its called Payback

Reply #4

RJOh — Thu, 28 Aug 2014 16:03:32 GMT

Sounds like an easy way for someone to get some free tickets if they are aware of the situation. Just hang around the machine until someone has that problem and then buy some tickets while they seeking help.

Reply #3

rcbbuckeye — Thu, 28 Aug 2014 15:11:07 GMT

I had a problem with the machine at Tom Thumb a couple weeks back with an orange error message. I was able to get the service desk to just give me tickets on my word, but since then I quit using the machine. They're not worth the trouble when they don't work.

Reply #2

duckman — Thu, 28 Aug 2014 15:05:38 GMT

Edge errors usually are caused by the ticket top or bottom edges being misaligned in the machine.

I would go back to Publix and speak with the store manager even though some time has passed. Also, contact the lottery (email or phone) and tell them the location of the machine and what happened.

These machines store error codes with the time and date they occurred...

Reply #1

helpmewin — Thu, 28 Aug 2014 13:37:06 GMT

Sorry that happen to you

Look on the bright side because of this something good will come back to you.

The Lottery Machine Ate My Ten

BobP — Thu, 28 Aug 2014 12:48:44 GMT

Credit where it's due, Publix on Sample Road, Coral Springs Florida.

On the way out I stop at the Florida Lottery Self Serve machine and feed it a ten intending to purchase two $5 scratch tickets.

The machine is one of the newest I've seen, the one that can generate Quick Picks and scans tickets as well as selling scratch tickets.

So I push the left plastic square, the machine grinds, but no ticket drops. I think, maybe the right will give me two, no way, I get the orange scree... [ More ]