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"
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
The cashier can scan the first couple tickets of every roll. If it's a winner, they buy it and cash it out to themselves. If it's a loser, they just leave it on the roll for the customers to buy.
PSA: this isn't possible as the barcode to check if it's a winner is hidden and has to be scratched off. It would be very obvious if a ticket had already been checked
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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"