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Pickling Up Trash Pays As Couple Find Winning Lottery TicketReply
..........Wow, returning from pathmark one evening I purchased some scratch off's out the vending machine.....One I had won 10 dollars and put it inside my coat pocket, since I was on the bus heading home.......got off the bus and couldn't find it nowhere........ .............About 2 months later, coming out of another pathmark, I purchase a dollar scratch and a $2 scratch.....I get to the subway bench and place my groceries down and pull the dollar scratch out of my pocket and I go to work
Apr 23, 2007, 12:00 am - prayin4amiracle - Lottery News

Illinois Gets raffleReply
Rick Suffice it to say I'm a 'wee bit' south of you - (closer to Nashville, TN than Chicago!) We go to the store today and there's a flyer for the Raffle on the scratcher vending machines. OK, they're not selling the tickets from the machine. So we ask the clerk who sells the lottery tickets about raffle tickets, and she says, What raffle tickets?
Feb 5, 2007, 7:08 pm - Coin Toss - Lottery Discussion Forum

Dowsing for winning Scratch TicketsReply
I buy my tickets at the same couple of places, usually on my way to work. Same 'regulars' in there all the time. Everyone has there own method ; one woman likes tickets that have a lot of red in them, one guy goes for any game based on 7's, some folks like the ones based on a deck of cards, and so forth. If the clerk doesn't mind you standing there for a few minutes it's as good a method as any. In VA there are two ways to buy-from the counter and vending machines., so dowsing would be a pro
Jan 14, 2007, 3:53 am - ScratcherBoy - Instant ("Scratch-Off") Games Forum

Dowsing for winning Scratch TicketsReply
jusme Not nay-saying the dowsing or such things, but since all you can see is the top ticket available in a counter or vending machine, I find this to be a bit of a reach, unless you mean the type of ticket and not a specific individual ticket. Since tickets are often sold in convenience marts it would be no surprise if a store manager saw someone just hanging around the ticket display and figured they were up to no good, as Bazooka Joe mentioned.
Dec 19, 2006, 10:00 am - Coin Toss - Instant ("Scratch-Off") Games Forum

California Lottery adds self-service ticket machinesNews Story
The California Lottery placed an order with GTECH Corporation which among other things, will allow residents to purchase lottery tickets at self-service machines.The GTECH order included a variety of lottery products including additional Altura terminals, Instant Ticket Vending Machines (ITVMs), and other self-service lottery solutions. GTECH is constantly looking for ways to enhance the performance of our lottery customers, while, at the same time, considering the various needs of retailers and
Sep 1, 2005, 5:51 pm - Todd - Lottery News

Iowa Lottery adds machines resembling slot machines at tavernsNews Story
The Iowa Lottery will begin distributing 4,000 video pull-tab machines which resemble slot machines to taverns and fraternal clubs in the next few weeks.Iowa Lottery Chief Executive Edward Stanek said Monday the machines are projected to help the lottery make an additional $20 million in annual profit.The new machines will charge $1 per play. The top prize is $300.Players insert money into the equipment as with any other vending machine. After the ticket is dispensed, the video monitor displays
Apr 27, 2004, 8:16 am - Todd - Lottery News

Lottery sales spiking as Mega Millions jackpot reaches $155MNews Story
$155 million Mega Millions drawing is tonight at 11:00 PM Eastern TimeToday might not be the best day to stop at a convenience store for a quick cup of coffee.The Mega Millions jackpot was still growing Monday night, hitting $155 million. The multistate lottery is in New York and 10 other states.The huge jackpot has attracted regular customers plus those enticed to spend an extra dollar this week. I don't play regularly, said Sean Sweeney, 18, of Oakdale Drive in Elmira, a clerk at the Conveni
Dec 30, 2003, 5:34 am - Todd - Lottery News

Never did this beforeReply
No, actually I do work on the casino floor. When one of my players hits a jackpot for $2,000, I'm not going to look them up in player tracking to see that they lost $3,000 today, prior to that one spin, and then go over there and say oh hi Krystal I see you've LOST $1,000 today! Get a grip. When someone wins $2,000 on a slot machine, that one spin is a winner. I do get sore winners who whine that they've lost $3,000 in order to win $2,000 just now. That's their problem. Tables does the
Mar 28, 2026, 3:52 pm - Tucker Black - Lottery Discussion Forum

I'm done playing the lottery
I've spent $200 on PB tickets and plenty of money on scratch-off tickets at the vending machine at Safeway on Wadsworth 38th Ave in Wheatridge, CO. I didn't win very much, which I expected given the prize structure of that game. The last time I went there, I scanned $40 worth of winning scratch-off tickets, selected 8 $5 tickets, and when I hit check out , the machine did nothing. I asked the clerk and she told me to contact the Colorado Lottery. I did, and their response was that the retail
Dec 30, 2025, 7:45 pm - Tucker Black - Lottery Discussion Forum

MegaMillions ticket reprint fraud by a store associate?Reply
I'm in Florida. I've no idea if Florida Lottery software has reprint functionality included in it or not. This is the first time I've ever heard of such a thing, but I can see why it might be necessary and potentially have a positive use(s). I might ask a few clerks here in Florida if they've ever heard of it, or maybe I'll just send an email to The Florida Lottery and ask them if they have reprint functionality in the software. (I might even do both!) I'm also wondering if the ability to re
Dec 29, 2024, 4:04 am - GiveFive - Lottery Discussion Forum