Here is a pic i took of my ticket
i Actually Emailed the Lottrty office and gave a 1* revuew on yelp
They shoulda pooped the cash.
where I;m originally from, Vancouver Canada, according to the rules, the store HAS to HAVE at least $5000 in cash to pay out lotto winners.
The store runs out of cash, we get it. The store is supposed to give you a voucher if it’s more than $500 to the princial lottery and you bring it to their office and they’ll give you the money.
I’ve won $400 at some times and they know they have to give it ot me stateside. Never heard of your problem before.
They should normally payout up to $599, looks like.
But there are exceptions.
The Lottery may exempt Retailers, on a case-by-case basis, from the general requirement that they pay all prizes of $599 or less after Retailer provides the Lottery with written documentation showing that the Retailer’s corporate policy prohibits cashing larger prizes or the Retailer’s location is such that cashing larger prizes would create an unacceptable security risk. In the appropriate case, the Lottery may agree to establish a lower cashing limit and/or restricted cashing hours for a particular Retailer. When cashing hours are restricted, the hours set must be fair and reasonable and posted for customer convenience. Under no circumstance will Retailer be exempted from paying cash prizes less than $50.
You were inconvenienced and acted like a Karen/Ken to a clerk who doesn’t care whether you won or not and doesn’t care what you won. The clerk wants customers to go away and isn’t looking for trouble. If a clerk tells you there isn’t someone to trained/authorized to help them or there isn’t enough money, demanding a manager isn’t going to do anything except cause stress for the retail clerk. These managers often don’t control cash access and cannot loan money. They can’t help you.
Send it to me, I’ll cash it for a $200 fee.
In my home state lotto sales are conducted by low tier and high tier merchants. I worked retail in a liquor store and we COULDN’T pay out over a hundred dollars on a single ticket, I had to direct winners to a high tier outlet.
Very significant winners had to go to a lotto office. It all has to do with auditing and cheating prevention.
I suppose its possible. Chain grocery near me has days when they will not give cash back as change after the purchase, claiming they do not have any. This started back during the scamdemic and happens every month or so.
I can’t get any answer as to why.
Meh, you have a point.
But, if I was a store manager in LA, I would not have $200 in the till after 8 pm
You could’ve kept trading your winner in for more scratch offs until it was finally all gone....
This has happened to me a couple of times. One time I tried to redeem a similar amount at a gas station. Not enough cash there so I went to a grocery store in the neighborhood to get my winnings. I hit it big again. Based on my previous experience I went to Safeway first. However, they didn’t have the cash. Probably because it was very early in the morning. Nobody is stationed there on a permanent basis. No big deal. Nothing to complain about. I just walked to CVS at the other end of the shopping center and got the money. The redemption station at CVS is frequently used and there is always someone there.
In my state anything over $200 has to be mailed in to the capitol so they can see if you have garnishments or back taxes. I was at a pizza joint and a guy won $1000 and flipped out when the owner told him he can’t cash the ticket.