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What VALIDATE TICKET means?Reply
Hi Derek, If it is anything like Missouri you can get your ticket scanned to see if it is a winner without it being a problem. MO retailers are trained to scan ticket first to see if it is a winner. If so, and it is within the stores means to pay it then they hit the pay button and scan the ticket again. At this point, the ticket must be paid. If it is paid, the clerk is suppose to take the ticket and tear it up or put them in the draw and not leave it with the person that brought it in. That
May 3, 2006, 11:30 pm - Bryan - Lottery Discussion Forum

why play the pick 4?Reply
What four4me said. The odds say you'll hit a Pick 4 before you ever (if ever) hit five or six. I worked in Vegas and we had a player who played $50 five-spot Keno tickets.He had "deep enough" pockets to play that way and at our particular casino, a five spot special paid $ 1000 on a dollar ticket, so when he won, his payoff was $50,000. And he won frequently. His approach to it was he'd been playing Keno a long time and had never hit an 8-spot but had hit plenty of five spots, so he jus
Mar 17, 2006, 6:14 pm - Coin Toss - Lottery Discussion Forum

Match 6 closeReply
MATCH 6 lotto: 5, 19, 29, 36, 41, 49 Oddly enough my lowest ticket was the closest to a jackpot win. The first line, and numbers played via a regular ball draw with my custom made ball machine, and no eliminations. My numbers were 5, 22, 26, 29, 41, 48 That one was painful. Not sure which QP was close as well, might post it later though after I finish my analysis.
Mar 3, 2006, 11:12 pm - sirbrad - Jackpot Games Forum

is lottery Fake?Reply
I've wondered if when you play a set of numbers, OQ or not, if you're not in fact programming the machine that picks them not to pick that set! Illinois has subscription tickets (play a set for up to a year, paid in advance, and thus far it's a ball drawing) and in over two years of getting e-mails that breakdown the winners, I think I've seen two subscription tickets hit - and that's on 5/39 Little Lotto. So let's say Mega Millions was to go computerized. If you played a ticket before t
Feb 27, 2006, 10:02 am - Coin Toss - Lottery Discussion Forum

i was just thinking about this.Reply
Quote: Originally posted by justxploring on February 19, 2006"Now here is my question, since the lottery is "random" did you become a millionaire the second you got your ticket or the second the last number came out of the machine?" So you must be asking if the lottery really is random. After all, anything based soley on chance can't be predetermined. If the drawing is not computerized, then 1/2 of a second could change which balls are drawn, right? Look at the Olympics. Everytime somebody "l
Feb 19, 2006, 1:48 pm - Raven62 - Lottery Discussion Forum

i was just thinking about this.Reply
Now here is my question, since the lottery is random did you become a millionair the second you got your ticket or the second the last number came out of the machine? So you must be asking if the lottery really is random. After all, anything based soley on chance can't be predetermined. If the drawing is not computerized, then 1/2 of a second could change which balls are drawn, right? Look at the Olympics. Everytime somebody loses by a 100th of a second (I can't blink that fast) it chan
Feb 19, 2006, 1:18 pm - justxploring - Lottery Discussion Forum

One terminal wouldn't take the ticket...TReply
Coin Toss use a black majic marker works every time on almost all machines do not go outside the lil boxes or get the ink on any place other than the lil black boxes. Chewie the machines belong to either one or the other provider. Gtec or scientific games the card readers can be cleaned or replaced. Machines are replaced at no cost to the retailer. Most all the machines used everywhere are old and outdated. This summer while attending a festival I saw a 2 new machines the state lottery bro
Feb 14, 2006, 11:47 am - four4me - Lottery Discussion Forum

I swear, Lottery retailers need training!Reply
Unless a person has vision problems or a handicap that makes filling out a slip difficult, I don't see why the clerk should do it. I agree that many store employees are not properly trained and the reason Prisoner Six gave above is a good one. Even with experience, if you're new there's a lot to learn and customers aren't patient. But sometimes the employees are just being lazy. One time I either handed a cashier at the supermarket the same card or she ran it through twice, so I had 2 tickets wi
Feb 2, 2006, 7:20 pm - justxploring - Lottery Discussion Forum

Iowa Powerball lottery winner recently filed for bankruptcyReply
Well I may be mistaken but what it actually said was that he read the sign and then remembered some lottery tickets he had. Now it is clear at this point that he didn't know he was the winner.The next line in the story said after the clerk shouted out the news the media began rushing in and he exited by a side door. I could be wrong but I took this to mean:1. He saw the banner proclaiming the store sold the winning ticket.2. He didn't know he was the winner but (I assume) he must have had the
Jan 4, 2006, 9:42 pm - Uncle Jim - Lottery News

SoCal man sues to get share of $315 million lottery jackpotReply
cps10 wrote: << But really technically, the pool's winnings are covering them since that money is rolled over anyway. I don't know...I guess I need to revisit our rules. Is it worth an extra $100,000 per person to keep just to enforce a rule and kick someone out when we are talking millions in prize money anyway? And perhaps maybe lose that money in a court battle? >> If somebody didn't pay and that's being covered by winnings that are rolled over into future ticket purchases, then e
Dec 20, 2005, 2:10 am - KY Floyd - Lottery News