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Texas Lottery adds age verification to self-service vending machinesNews Story
State-issued ID scans now required at vending machines By Kate Northrop The Texas Lottery has implemented age verification measures on its self-service vending machines across the state to deter ticket sales to underage individuals. As of Dec. 30, 2024, the Texas Lottery has officially introduced an additional step when purchasing tickets using a self-service vending machine that aims to curtail underage gambling. Under Texas state law, players must be at least 18 years of age to
Jan 9, 2025, 7:46 am - Todd - Lottery News

Maryland: 10/1 - 10/31/2024Reply
Maryland lottery vending machine payment terminals haven't been working in this area for over a week. Anybody else having this issue? They are losing money.....YAY!!!!!!!
Oct 2, 2024, 6:18 pm - jarasan - Pick 4 Forum

Missouri woman admits to stealing $24,000 worth of lottery tickets at her own workplaceReply
So true, buying whole books of scratch-off lottery tickets does not guarantee a top prize win. In her case stealing books of tickets would not cost her anything if she did not get the top prize, she was wrong. On Youtube Mr. Beast purchased 1 million dollars in scratch-off tickets and did not win a top prize. With scratch-offs, we will never know what store or vending machine a top prize lottery ticket is in.
Jul 2, 2024, 8:23 am - winterhug - Lottery News

I'm done playing the lotteryReply
If someone can convince me why I should continue playing their stupid games, I'll reconsider. I hear that for an extra $1 you could win $2 million. I don't see how a vending machine problem is the retailers responsibility. A vending machine is a way for a store o sell tickets and collect the commission without paying an employee. Why shouldn't equipment the store uses to take your money be the store's responsibility? You didn't call me stupid...you implied that lotterology...th
Dec 31, 2025, 3:04 pm - KY Floyd - Lottery Discussion Forum

I'm done playing the lotteryReply
I rarely play draw games. The house edge is ridiculous and the odds of winning are absurd. Usually I play the scratch-off games, and I am particular about which ones. When a certain game is only available at that stupid vending machine that has made its way on my ban list, I'm left with nothing to play. Yesterday, before I started this thread, I went to the convenience store down the street and tried to buy the $3 ka-pow bingo. They had none. This idiotic state lottery makes way too many
Dec 31, 2025, 1:05 pm - Tucker Black - Lottery Discussion Forum

I'm done playing the lotteryReply
I don't see how a vending machine problem is the retailers responsibility. If there is a mechanical or electrical issue with it which there obviously is, how is the retailer supposed to fix it? I would go on their contact us page https://www.coloradolottery.com/en/about/contact-us/ and send them an email explaining the issue or call again and ask to speak to someone other than a customer service rep who is just going to blow you off with an It's the retailers responsibility excuse. Also whe
Dec 30, 2025, 10:12 pm - grwurston - Lottery Discussion Forum

I'm done playing the lotteryReply
I have a Safeway that's a 5 minute walk from where I live. You can use the vending machine or play slips. But that's in Md. There isn't always someone at the customer service counter, so I just go to the liquor store 3 doors down in the shopping center with my play slips. If I don't want to go there, there's 4 more retailers within a mile or two that do play slips.
Dec 30, 2025, 9:13 pm - grwurston - Lottery Discussion Forum

I'm done playing the lotteryReply
Tucker Black. I usually play at a grocery store called Schnucks, ST Louis chain, I'm in Illinois. Their lottery vending machine is one of the most unreliable things in town. It has accepted paper money, but often not $5 bills, then when it has accepted the money 'ate' the payslips. I'm not kidding. Or accepted the money but did not give out any tickets. Usually it's ok with scratchers but draw games are a totally different story. Fortunately this store accepts draw game tickets at customer servi
Dec 30, 2025, 8:36 pm - Coin Toss - Lottery Discussion Forum

three zones of a lotteryReply
all you need to play the lottery is some money plus basic working knowledge of how to use a vending machine or interact with a human cashier. when someone wins the lottery, the winner's story is always something like they either play the same numbers all the time or they just randomly stopped to get some quick picks. you never hear a winner's story about how they applied 5th dimensional trigonometric probability to lottery number patterns and spent years developing a science of lotterology.
Sep 3, 2025, 1:08 pm - Brock Lee - Lottery Discussion Forum

Massachusetts Lottery to add second daily Mass Cash drawingReply
They have made a total mess of this Mass Cash 2nd drawing rollout. The Ma. lottery is usually quite efficient. I wondered immediately about both the season tickets (which they no longer sell I believe but there had to be some that had them with time left on them). I also wondered why they didn't print new play slips in advance of this. They canceled the rollout but now you cannot advance play even for 2 days which many like to do in this game because it is nightly now. You have to go in every da
Jul 22, 2025, 9:12 am - billybucks - Lottery News