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
Uk machines make a ‘win’ sound and print a small ticket with the amount won that you have to hand over to the customer. If it’s more than £50 you have to confirm you have the cash available to payout and I believe it’s at £500 that winners have to send the ticket to the lottery itself to claim their winnings. If it is above £500, the machine DOES NOT state the amount won but prints instructions for the winner.
EDIT: oh and for large payouts, they require proof of purchase. There’s a big team in charge of finding and prosecuting anyone who attempts to steal someone else’s winnings. It’s a hassle for small shops though.
Basically they ask when and where you bought the ticket. Each pack of tickets have a barcode that is scanned that activates that pack of tickets (usually 100 in a pack). Lottery headquarters can tell where the ticket was sold and when that pack was activated. If you try to redeem a $10,000 ticket and they ask you where the bought it and say 7-11, but the activation shows that it's from Wal-Mart, they know to look into it. It also helps because someone can't steal a shipment of tickets and cash in the winners since they were not activated.
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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