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According to the New Mexico lottery, John Wines didn’t actually win the $500,000 he scratched off from his purchased ticket. He was told that it was a “misprint” and he wasn’t entitled to the money.

Wines purchased the scratch-off ticket from a Shell gas station in Roswell, New Mexico. After scratching off the ticket he realized he had multiple winning numbers adding up to over $500,000, more than double the max payout of $250,000 for the ticket.

When Wines brought his ticket in to claim his winnings, he was told his ticket wasn’t actually a winner. Hetold the local NBC affiliate:

“I took it back in, and she told me that is not a winner. They told me that it was a misprint, and they don’t pay off for misprints.”

Hold the phone, so this man paid good money for a ticket that just happened to be a “misprint” of colossal winnings and they conveniently say they won’t pay it out?

Well, yes. That’s exactly what happened.

Wines then decided to contact the New Mexico Lottery and they responded:

“We did find a flaw in that particular pack of tickets, and it’s been reported to our printer. Thanks for bringing this to our attention. I did complete a reconstruction of your ticket, and it was not a winner.”

Um, “thanks for bringing this to our attention”??

Wines told NBC:

“If it was $50 or $75, I would not think a thing about it, but this was $500,000. That’s a half million.”

As a consolation prize, the New Mexico Lottery supposedly offered Wines $100 worth of new tickets.

Wines also said:

“I mean, if you thought you won $500,000 and somebody tells you that you didn’t, and you can prove to them you did, it’s pretty stressful for somebody to say, ‘no you’re not getting your money’. It’s like I told them, I didn’t misprint it. I bought the ticket in good faith thinking if I won I was going to get my money. And they told me no, they absolutely, positively, told me no.”

What do you think — should Wines receive the winnings or settle for the excuse that it was a “misprint”?



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They definitely owe him the half-million.

 

But there is probably some clause in 3 point type in their rules saying that they don't have to pay for printer errors, or any other cr@p reason, or if they just don't feel like it.

 



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no--and he wasn't told he won--the state isn't obligated to pay any " winnings " claimed with a defective ticket


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I think he does. It wasn't his fault it was misprinted.

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If, when scratched, the uncovered area matches the criteria of a win, that shouldn't be called a misprint. He definitely deserves his winnings.

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WYSIWYG wrote:

If, when scratched, the uncovered area matches the criteria of a win, that shouldn't be called a misprint. He definitely deserves his winnings.

 I agree.  They could call anything a misprint.  They should pay him, and if it is truly a misprint - go after the printer. 



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Yes, he deserves the money.

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Lawyerlady wrote:
WYSIWYG wrote:

If, when scratched, the uncovered area matches the criteria of a win, that shouldn't be called a misprint. He definitely deserves his winnings.

 I agree.  They could call anything a misprint.  They should pay him, and if it is truly a misprint - go after the printer. 

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He deserves his winnings but I would say if the max payout is $250,000 then maybe I can see them capping it at that.

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If you look at the ticket, it is clearly a misprint. Beside the number ones, there are the beginning of other numbers, they are just no complete. Yes, at first glance it looks like he won, but he didn't...

And to keep people from cheating, they have a code for each number.  The codes do not say ONE.  One reads ET(last letter not printed), but it is clearly and 18. 



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I think the New Mexico Lottery needs to find a new printing company.



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I was just thinking. I don't by scratch off tickets often. Maybe once or twice a year.

As I recall, there is a bunch of fine print, on them. I have never tried to read what it all says.

But, doesn't it stand to reason, that somewhere on the ticket is says something like:

In case of a misprint or some other defect, the lottery will only refund the price of the ticket.

My best guess.



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"If you look at the ticket, it is clearly a misprint. Beside the number ones, there are the beginning of other numbers, they are just no complete. Yes, at first glance it looks like he won, but he didn't...

And to keep people from cheating, they have a code for each number. The codes do not say ONE. One reads ET(last letter not printed), but it is clearly and 18." - Ohfour

There was no ticket to look at in the OP, so I was unaware of the actual printed evidence on the ticket. Upon further research and actually seeing an image of the ticket, his ticket doesn't meet my criteria (If, when scratched, the uncovered area matches the criteria of a win, that shouldn't be called a misprint), it's clearly a "18" with half of the 8 missing. It's not a "1". And the second one looks like a "13" with a little more than half of the "3" missing.

I rescind my previous statement of "he definitely deserves his winnings".

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WYSIWYG wrote:

"If you look at the ticket, it is clearly a misprint. Beside the number ones, there are the beginning of other numbers, they are just no complete. Yes, at first glance it looks like he won, but he didn't...

And to keep people from cheating, they have a code for each number. The codes do not say ONE. One reads ET(last letter not printed), but it is clearly and 18." - Ohfour

There was no ticket to look at in the OP, so I was unaware of the actual printed evidence on the ticket. Upon further research and actually seeing an image of the ticket, his ticket doesn't meet my criteria (If, when scratched, the uncovered area matches the criteria of a win, that shouldn't be called a misprint), it's clearly a "18" with half of the 8 missing. It's not a "1". And the second one looks like a "13" with a little more than half of the "3" missing.

I rescind my previous statement of "he definitely deserves his winnings".

 Ah well, if that's the case.  I hate stupid articles that don't give the real information. 



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However, I probably would have thought I had won too. They put the fail safes in for just this reason...

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I'm confused...

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flan327 wrote:

I'm confused...

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Ohfour wrote:
flan327 wrote:

I'm confused...

flan

We know, dear...wink 

 Did the guy fake the ticket?

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flan327 wrote:


 Did the guy fake the ticket?

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No, he didn't fake the ticket. It was printed badly, but (looking at the picture) it's obvious that where he's seeing a "1 " the ticket actually has a "13" or a "18" that was printed badly. 

So he gets his 15 minutes of fame, and maybe they will refund the price he paid for the ticket.

 



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Dude should definitely take them up on their offer of $100 worth of tickets............

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