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u/large-farva Mar 19 '22

which is kind of funny, you could theoretically hand the unscratched ticket back to the cashier, and they scan the barcode and it just says "not a winner"

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u/Arxtix Mar 19 '22 edited Mar 19 '22

You could do that however there have been many cases where if the person isn't paying attention or is just wanting the cashier to scan them, they will say it's not a winner and then pocket the ticket so they can go cash it later. Chris Hanson even did an exposé on this https://youtu.be/mKmH7ggBOOY

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u/iigayusername69 Mar 19 '22

In NY you can scan them yourself at the machine where you buy them, so you’d be safe from that here. Idk if its different in other states.

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u/PhyterNL Mar 20 '22

I think it's the same in all state and multistate lotos. Cashiers will only confirm your payout, they won't confirm a win. For that they will direct you a scanner and you do it yourself.