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I think this lottery game is a bit deceptive to the player. To win the $500 lottery prize you have to scratch off a red 500 wish no "$" symbol. There have been a few accounts of lottery players scratching and revealing a red "$500" and thinking they won. But to no avail, that is not a winner. This guys was deceived as reported by mlive.com
Is the Michigan Lottery 'deceptive'?
DURAND, Michigan — Don Bridges received a fiery $500 lottery ticket last week, scratched if off and found a red $500.
“Get a Red ‘500’, win $500 automatically!” the lottery ticket read.
Bridges, 80, and his wife, Adeline, 67, tried to cash the ticket in with a local retailer only to be told they did not have a winning ticket.
To automatically win $500, a winning Fiery $500s ticket comes with a red “500” without the dollar sign symbol, said Michigan Lottery Director of Public Relations Andi Brancato.
The tickets — which went on sale June 21 — did not have any misprints and its rules are “quite clear,” she said. Read the whole article...
I got two of them too and thought I won and was soooo excited.....This is BS.....Not fair and very deceptive...will never buy another scratch off....
ReplyDeleteAbsolutely BS...I just scratched one off and thought I'd check the internet before trying to cash it in..glad I did. Just another way for them to screw us over in my opinion. Got 3 bucks off it anyway...
ReplyDeleteplease don,t buy this tickets what a deception to be told " your not a winner"
ReplyDeletethere should be a law against this sort of lottery.to protect the person or person's playing on these tickets.its true as what other people are saying it's nothing but money making rip off i will never ever buy another one again.and as another thing i'm sick to death of getting there text;s on my phone stop 2 quit mi. they say to reply then what do you get a reply bk to u saying its invalid.they know where they can stick it ans that's where the sun does not shine in the ass.take me off your stupid 500's crap
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