Lottery ticket "misprint" costs man 500K

[Turk]

A $500,000 lottery ticket turned out to be one big bust for a Roswell, New Mexico man. After John Wines scratched off what he thought were winning numbers, the Shell gas station he bought the ticket at told him the ticket was simply just a misprint, according to KOB4.

Wines needed to match the winning numbers, 1 and 2, on the ticket which he did not once, but twice. Each winning number would have been worth $250,000 for a total prize of $500,000, but the maximum prize is $250,000. The misprinted ticket had two No. 1s, but following each one was a faint, partial number. According to the Shell gas station, those partial numbers meant the ticket was a misprint.

Those numbers were supposed to be 12 and 18, but the second digit was smudged, according to FoxNews.

Wines, who recently retired, wasn't satisfied with the news.

"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,'" Wines told KOB4.

The New Mexico Lottery replied to an email from Wines, telling him, "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."

The state offered to send Wines $100 worth of lottery tickets for the misprint.

"I can imagine that he's disappointed that he thought he won $250,000," New Mexico Lottery spokesperson Linda Hamlin told Fox News. "Absolutely, we feel for him."

Wines doesn't think the New Mexico Lottery's compensation of free lottery tickets is enough.

"It's like I told them, I didn't misprint it," Wines told KOB4. "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."

http://www.syracuse.com/news/index....0k_winning_lottery_ticket_was_a_misprint.html

 

[ManxOfxThexYear]

I hate my state sometimes

 

[Phoenix_Knightly23]

Terrible...

 

[Mowgli]

How is that legal

 

[ManxOfxThexYear]

How is that legal

Disclaimers brehs

The New Mexico Lottery Authority and New Mexico Lottery (collectively "New Mexico Lottery") make no warranties, guarantees or representations, of any kind, express or implied, as to the content, accuracy, completeness, reliability or timeliness of the information provided herein.

 

[Mowgli]

Disclaimers brehs

Ah well it's a cac so it doesn't bother me

 

[Dank Hill]

I hate my state sometimes

i hate your state all the time. you already knew this tho

 

[Dank Hill]

How is that legal

I"m sayin tho, Let my ass walk into the sandia casino talk about mistakes n shyt when I lose. Ain't no mistakes in gambling

 

[ManxOfxThexYear]

I"m sayin tho, Let my ass walk into the sandia casino talk about mistakes n shyt when I lose. Ain't no mistakes in gambling

You should already know them Indian casinos aint giving your ass no break, shyt, they wont even give you a discount for that buffet

 

[IWasntMadeToPlayTheSon]

it looked like it said a diff # so he had to think in the back of his mind he didn't win

 

[aXiom]

It's clearly a misprint. The tickets are also unique so if it doesn't match up with the winning ticket in the system you're still not gonna get the cash.

This shyt is calculated, there's no losing on their end.

 

[Smoke]

Yeah, even in the picture you can see that it was supposed to be something there. Not only that, but you can see it spelling out eighteen and twelve.


But still, I could only imagine thinking you wont that much and not getting anything

 

[Scuti]

if they pulled that on me i'd say it to they face

we'll see about that

expect me around ten thurdayyy

 

[Hopeofmypeople]

This story is mad crazy, surprised old boy didnt just shoot up the place motherfukkers talking about a misprint. That shyt would be on them, the money would have to be given or else.

 

[Mr swag]

Disclaimers brehs

would that hold up in a jury trial tho?