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Originally Posted by joepole
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?
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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.