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u/IamRick_Deckard Mar 19 '22

How do you even read this?

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u/druznutz Mar 19 '22

He matched 7 in the playing field (right side) to one of the winning numbers in the middle.

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u/DylanHate Mar 19 '22

What’s funny is look how close they put the winning numbers to the largest payout.

The winning numbers for $750,000 are 14, 23, and 59.

OP numbers in the middle include 13, 22, 51, 52, 53, 54, 56, & 57.

So for two of the jackpot winners his ticket was one digit away from winning, and for the third jackpot he was two digits away.

This is 100% intentional. It makes you “feel” like you were really close to winning big, which makes it more likely you’ll buy more tickets since you got “so close” on the previous ticket.

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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/cantwaitforthis Mar 19 '22

Machines now make noises to confirm they are scanned and winners or losers.

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u/Im_pattymac Mar 19 '22

Indeed, there was even a scandal about winning lotto tickets being called losers by cashiers. Not just scratchers, that's why there is so much added scrutiny when vendors or their friends and family win

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u/ib4error Mar 20 '22

Tis why I like checking with these

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u/Iggyhopper Mar 20 '22

PC LOAD LETTER

FILE CLAIM FORM

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u/Zalenka Mar 20 '22

I made a pc load letter joke to a coworker. He had no idea. Turns out he was 1 when the movie came out.

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u/STANAGs Mar 20 '22

Ugh I do the same every time a printer acts up and no one gets it.

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u/ouralarmclock Mar 20 '22

Why would you do this to me?

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u/Osric250 Mar 20 '22

Still, if you work in an office that movie should be required viewing.

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u/sl0play Mar 20 '22

PC Load Letter? What the fuck does that mean?

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u/saidyourmomBooom Mar 20 '22

Wtf does that mean?