Posted on 08/02/2005 12:12:07 AM PDT by MissouriConservative
Who's printing them things? BILL BURKETT?!
I would have thought that any state lottery would put serial numbers on its tickets so that it can cross verify the scratch off numbers that are supposed to be upon any given submitted ticket. This sounds so crude. Why would a machine print first an unreadable 22, then a legible 2? How about other tickets that supposed to have 22 in that position, did they have the same problem?
Agreed.
"The lottery is really nothing more than a tax on the poor." --Rush Limbaugh
Hmmm... Sounds like a good argument to me. What if they had printed one million bad tickets? Should Florida taxpayers be liable for a $250 billion payout? No.
But I'm torn -- is this really a mistake or is the Florida lottery corrupt, like a whole lot of other things in that state?
Quite so, how is a body to know that a ticket that looks like it won, really did win?
Oh, but it's probably not that simple. The "State" would probably demand that the printing company pay for their "mistake." Which would simply NOT be acceptable because the printing company is probably owned by the brother (cousin, in-law...insert applicable relative here) of some lottery official.
Here is the rub. If it is genuine misprint, then nobody relied on it. Unlike a price tag misprint where somebody relies on the printed price. This was under the scratch off, so it was merely the area to determine if she won. She lost nothing by their error. She never saw the error, so she clearly never relied on it to make her decision to purchase the ticket. It was a misprint, and cost her nothing but Adrenalin. What are her damages? How has she been damaged?
If they had that lousy a quality control on their tickets, they deserve to have the state income tax doubled.
I wonder if it would work the other way as well? How many people will bring in losing tickets and cry "misprint!! I've really won and the lottery is scamming me."?
There are people out there who will think of it....I did....lol
Maybe there is some kind of insurance policy involved there, in which all state lotteries participate. I can't see how not, given the stakes.
If it's a legitimate misprint then I'm sure the fine print covers it well enough. The lawsuit won't fly unless the lottery people are lying, which is most improbable.
Maybe God just doesn't like her?
A Tax on those that are poor at Math
Lol, can't do that! That's the democrat solution to every problem!
Perhaps she could sell it on Ebay.
If it is really a misprint: Then the state HAS to pay.
And they can sue the printer if it is a real misprint.
The courts can decide who is at fault.
I don't play the lottery (suckers bet),/....
but if I did, and my ticket said I won, then by golly they'd better pay, or expect the consequences.
Let the lawyers and judges decide who is liable, but they better dang sure give me the money I won.
No different than if the manufacturer misprinted the casino's dice in Vegas, Atlantic City or an "Indian" casino.... If I'm not cheating, then if I roll a seven on the first throw, or make my number on a subsequent throw, they better pay up, even if one die is all twos and the other all fives.... because THEY provided the dice, and it is their responsibility to be sure the die are fair IN ADVANCE of my roll.
LOL!
>>>"Perhaps she could sell it on Ebay"<<<
I nearly broke out in song, a Commercial brewing in my head, I even picture a PC group of dancers...
Oh the possibilities
You would think...but maybe the state lotteries are "self-insured" for scratch off tickets and the like. Obviously something like Powerball would have to be insured by a major player. I honestly have no idea...good question though!
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