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I'm done playing the lotteryReply
Apparently the vending machine edge is ridiculous to.......
Dec 31, 2025, 5:55 pm - Justing618 - Lottery Discussion Forum

I'm done playing the lotteryReply
This stupid useless store doesn't sell any tickets in person. They only sell tickets at the vending machine.
Dec 30, 2025, 8:39 pm - Tucker Black - Lottery Discussion Forum

Are you playing Mega Millions with the $5.00 per play?Reply
Well, apparently Idahoans haven't cut back on lottery due to price increases. The small Fred Meyer I go to just installed a THIRD vending machine. It's a small enough store that they only carry about 75% of the products the other stores in town do. So I bought my MM for tomorrow night from the new machine and got a 10X. Just the 10X feels like good luck, so we'll see if it holds.
Apr 23, 2026, 1:46 pm - HoLeeKau - Lottery Discussion Forum

I'm done playing the lotteryReply
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? Lottery retailer responsibilities. This is per Fla, I would assume other states have more or less the same rules and regs. https://www.law.cornell.edu/regulations/florida/Fla-Admin-Code-Ann-R-53ER24-36#:~:text
Dec 31, 2025, 9:26 pm - grwurston - Lottery Discussion Forum

I'm done playing the lotteryReply
I had a similar run-in with a vending machine in PA last spring. I'd put in $20 and got $12 in tickets out when it suddenly rebooted. In PA, the vending machines are just giant tablets, so I'm standing there looking at a blank gray screen with the operating system starting to load. I turned around and gave the lady behind the counter a WTH look and she said, Yeah, it's been acting weird all morning. Would've been good to know that BEFORE I put my money in. Of course I didn't say that because I'm
Dec 31, 2025, 9:25 am - OhSoClose - Lottery Discussion Forum

I'm done playing the lotteryReply
I have had lottery vending machines take my money before and the store I was at usually fixed the problem by either giving me scratch offs from the counter or giving me my money back. That isn't something the lottery handles, it should be the store with the vending machine fixing it. They are operating it and not some representative from the state lottery. The employee where you went didn't want to deal with it, you should have asked to speak to a manager.
Jan 2, 2026, 10:50 am - nychic - Lottery Discussion Forum

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