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Winning a free ticket, want cash instead
When you win a free ticket from a scratch off, is it possible to get cash with the same value of the free ticket? In my experience, the only way that you could do that if you redeem your ticket with a retailer that only sells scratch off with a lottery vending machine. They don't give you free ticket because it is just too much trouble for them to go over the machine and give you a free ticket. So, they just give you cash and hoping that you would spend it to buy a ticket there but you don't
Aug 24, 2011, 12:41 am - redhot7 - Instant ("Scratch-Off") Games Forum

Machine Operator Claims $60.2M PowerballNews Story
An electronics plant worker came forward Thursday to claim half of the $221.5 million Powerball jackpot, more than two weeks after she bought the winning ticket.Lisa Ensor said she had kept the ticket in a safe-deposit box as she sought legal and financial advice. She did not share the news with most friends and family until Thursday, when she presented her ticket to Pennsylvania Lottery officials and opted for the $60.2 million cash payout. You can't imagine it's unbelievable, Ensor, 42, said
Jan 16, 2004, 6:10 am - Todd - Lottery News

Kind of weird, lottery machineReply
I've had a machine start to spit out my ticket then pull it back in, and I've had one sound like it generated a ticket but it never came out. In both cases I contacted a CS person and they opened the machine to retrieve my ticket. It was in there, but encountered a glitch trying to leave the womb. I wonder if the person before you had a problem and just left, so the ticket you bought forced theirs out while yours stayed in the machine for the next person? I wish they could give us draw ter
Feb 28, 2015, 12:15 pm - HoLeeKau - Lottery Discussion Forum

Computer Glitch? Comments please.Reply
Probably a computer glitch yes. I have had this happen with pick 3 already using the filled out tickets. Also I have had machines at certain stores that wont even read the ticket I had filled out much to the dismay of the clerk and myself! I even filled out a brand new ticket while the clerk watched and the machine would still not take the ticket! Then the clerk filled out another brand new ticket and again the machine would not take it! I also had a clerk run my ticket through
Jun 3, 2006, 10:45 pm - Clairvoyance - Lottery Discussion Forum

retailer on long island tries to scam 1 milReply
Yep! Yep! One does have to watch some of those Store Clerks, especially here in New Jersey where I am. One incident I've personally experienced when buying scratch-offs was the clerk after opening a new package of scratch offs, didn't validate them or key the package code numbers in on the lottery machine before selling them. Low and behold I bought one of them, but did not scratch it off until I got home. It turned out to be worth $50.00 so, I decided to redeem it at another store. Surely enoug
Jun 26, 2006, 8:15 am - GoldenEgg - Lottery Discussion Forum

Having a lottery machine: Now that's the ticketReply
I don't think anyone would be stupid enough to purchase tickets if they weren't on the original roll of tickets. I have a relatively high IQ and do dumb things all the time! Yet I'm the first to think boy that person is dumb when I read about a scam. My friends say wait until it happens to you, Nancy, since I'm so critical when people mail money or are victims of schemes. However, I see the same people all the time at the stores I shop in and probably would buy a lone ticket if the cashier
Dec 27, 2005, 6:34 pm - justxploring - Lottery News

Cheated winner wants Texas Lottery to pay upReply
Au Contraire. It is because of the thefts of winning tickets, the TLC decided to install these scan machines in the stores. These scanners are used just like those price scanners you see posted in Wal-Mart. all you have to do is place your barcode on your ticket under the infrared and the screen will tell you if the ticket is a winner, hell it even plays a we're in the money jingle when you scan a winning ticket. And if your ticket is more than $599 it will tell you to go to the local lottery of
Nov 10, 2009, 6:41 pm - PERDUE - Lottery News

What would you do in this situation?Reply
Apparently the clerk in your case must have already told the machine to print tickets for 10 drawing before running your card. Most of the time when I buy tickets the clerks seem to punch one button a couple of times or more. I'm guessing they've mostly learned to hit the clear or cancel button before starting. I did have a clerk ask me for $2 after printing my single $1 ticket once. They apparently hadn't cleared the last sale, so after printing mine the machine showed the price for 2 tickets.
Aug 11, 2007, 6:13 pm - KY Floyd - Lottery Discussion Forum

The PA Lottery Ripped Me Off !Reply
That's also quite a story ... wonder where the money went? I'm not one for publicity, especially with lottery plays ... no TV stations nearby ... besides, would they interview someone with a Mickey Mouse mask on? I had another funny thing happen at that same machine a few months ago ... I had several Match 6 tickets that were good for 4 or 5 future drawings ... maybe six or eight tickets. Anyway, I knew I had won some money on two or three tickets so I ran them all through the lottery machine
Jun 1, 2015, 5:26 pm - Crazy Wombat - Lottery Discussion Forum

so when you say "validate" a ticketReply
Someone correct me if I'm wrong. But I suspect validation is a process that takes place at Lottery HQ where they actually examine the ticket to make certain it's genuine. BTW, I always check my tickets online. So far, the only tickets I've ever had are losers of low cash-prize winners. I used to take my tickets into a convenience store that had a machine in the customer area ... where customers could scan a ticket barcode themselves. I only saw 2 responses in the LED window when I did this ... N
Aug 14, 2008, 12:10 pm - AlecWest - Lottery Discussion Forum