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Another important quote to remember, just as significant as the famous saying, “You can’t win if you don’t play,” is, “You can’t win if you don’t check your ticket.”
A Powerball ticket with four correct numbers almost caused a Michigan woman to lose out on a $50,000 prize.
Delaine Passucci nearly gave up on her ticket after encountering repeated issues with a malfunctioning terminal. Purchased from a Kroger in Pinckney, she decided to make a final attempt.
“I was on the verge of throwing it away, but instead, I thought of asking the clerk to scan it for me,” Passucci informed Inside Edition. “To my surprise, the clerk informed me that I needed to visit the lottery office to claim my prize. It dawned on me that I had won a significant amount, surpassing what the self-scanner could display.”
Winning lottery tickets
If you search online for “discard lottery tickets,” you’ll come across an unexpectedly high number of stories. These tales revolve around lottery players who came close to or actually discarded a winning ticket.
Earlier this year, a North Carolina woman came close to discarding a scratch-off ticket worth $250,000. Luckily, just like Pascucci, she decided to double-check it before throwing it away.
A question posted on Quora by a reader emerges as the most captivating entry on Google’s search result list.
Is there any possibility that I might come across a winning ticket while collecting discarded lottery tickets from trash bins?
There are individuals who dedicate their time to rummaging through trash cans and dumpsters, hoping to find discarded lottery tickets that could potentially be winners. It is disheartening to throw away a winning ticket, but it becomes even more disheartening when one realizes that someone else is relishing the fortune that could have been theirs.
The lesson to be learned from this story is to not only refrain from discarding a winning ticket, but also to avoid throwing away any ticket.
To prevent discarding a possible winning ticket, all you need to do is bring it to a clerk the next time you visit a Michigan Lottery retailer.
After scanning the ticket, the clerk will inform you without any doubt whether it is a winning ticket. Once you receive the official confirmation, you can go ahead and proceed with it.
Michigan Lottery is making it easier to check tickets
Passucci encountered a frustrating situation when the machine malfunctioned while she attempted to check her ticket. However, there is a silver lining as the Michigan Lottery and IGT Global Solutions have recently signed a contract extension, ensuring the arrival of new terminals in the near future.
WinCheck™ ticket checkers are currently being introduced to retailers, offering players a swift way to verify their tickets. Furthermore, 2,100 GameTouch™ self-service, touch-screen lottery machines are also en route to enhance the lottery-playing experience.
The Michigan Lottery is widely recognized as one of the most prosperous state lotteries in the United States, consistently breaking revenue records year after year. The ongoing fiscal year is set to conclude on September 30, 2018, and we can anticipate receiving the latest revenue reports shortly thereafter.
The intention behind the new contract extension and the emphasis on creating terminals and tools that prioritize player satisfaction is to sustain this phenomenal streak of breaking records.
It is designed to assist players in claiming their rightful winnings, as long as they keep the ticket long enough to discover that it is a winner.
