Couple Denied $500,000 Because Of Lottery Ticket Misprint
 

http://www.nbc6.net/news/13324397/de...s=ami&psp=news

I bet he was not even remibused for the misprinted ticket. I believe they should pay the family, it was not the family's goof.:clap: :clap:

I'd have to know more about what exactly the ticket said before I take a side.

This is crap. :nono: If the scratch off was legitimate and is a winner within the context of contest rules, then the lottery MUST pay up. It isn't the player's fault if a ticket is misprinted.

The so called "verification" is to prevent people from forging phoney scratch off ticket. This is not the case here. The ticket was real and was a winner. It is just as likely that the lottery's computer database documented the winning ticket incorrectly.

>The ticket was real and was a winner.

how do you know?

I'm wondering that if a lottery organization makes a mistake, are they libel or do they get off the hook due to regulations, laws, and fine print? I bet if they accidently printed 1000's of $100M tickets by accident, they (the government) wouldn't have to pay up.

If the couple purchased it from a legitimate establishment, then the ticket was real. If, after scratched, the contents of the ticket indicates a winner, then it is a winner. These two facts are all that matter. If the ticket was legitimate and it indicated a winner, then it WAS a winning ticket! By dragging in fine print crap and loopholes, the lottery is merely trying to scam someone.

>If, after scratched, the contents of the ticket indicates a winner, then it is a winner.

How do we know that is the case? I have not seen the ticket, have you?

Even if all that were true, where is it written in stone that the little game on the front determines which tickets are winners instead of the barcode on the back?

From the way you talk, I'd heavily assume that you've never seen ANY scratch-off tickets in your life.

Instructions on how to tell you've won are usually stamped on the FRONT of the ticket in some form like, "Match 3 like prizes to win that prize," or something of the like depending on the rules of that individual series of scratch-offs.

Now, you want to know how I can be so sure that the ticket did, indeed, indicate winning without seeing it myself? Simple logic, really. The couple thought the ticket was a winner and the lottery says otherwise. I can draw 2 conclusions on how this occured: 1. The couple merely misread the ticket, which would be an honest mistake, easily resolved, and not nearly worthy of making the news, 2. The ticket DID indicate a prize, but the lottery doesn't want to pay up. I'd say 2 is the more likely choice, don't you?

Due to the series of events that has occured in this story, you can be SURE the ticket indicated a prize on the front.

It was a misprint, maybe it had too many symbols, or one was printed on top of another, or one was upside down. Who knows?