[houseplant]

You know the scanners in shops. Do you use em to check your tickets or do you check them on telly or net?
I'm always very weary of those scanners, what I'd they give a wrong reading? I could have been a millionaire and never known

[Kensington]

Trusty old Aertel P150

[MickySticks]

Maybe check the actual lotto numbers yourself?

[Belle Morte]

Yup, I use the scanners all the time, my faith is in technology

[admiralofthefleet]

the lotto's rigged for a winner on a bank holiday

[Tazio]

In the olden days we checked manually..

I remember traveling to Dublin to pick up my jackpot win.. I was second guessing myself the whole way up along... couldnt believe it until the cash was actually in my account..




*true story... I swear.

[darlett]

If I was a lotto doer Id have to check them for myself. Ive brought in a winning ticket as purchased and checked my me ol one. The shop assistant has scanned it, seen nothing and ripped it. Following my er check that again please, theres been a swift payout and a thousand apologies. Not serious when its paying out about 20 quid but that sort of thing would be fairly hairy if it was a bigger win.

Bottom line, those scanners. Not to be relied on.

[RachaelVO]

Why would you check it in a public place, what if you fecking well won?

You'd have every local turd hanging outta ya!

[houseplant]

I've checked a few that have said Winner €5 or something like that, but if you checked it with a jackpot winner I doubt it'd say Winner €2,000,000. I presume it would say something like "Winner, contact lotto HQ

[eth0]

I wonder what it would display if you put the winning ticket under it. Did the fella who programmed it put in any special features like make it play a little jingle, would the person behind the counter know that you scanned a winning ticket?

[El Guapo!]

I check mine on the lotto website. Then I get parnoid that it's wrong, so I use a scanner in the shop. Then I get paranoid that's wrong too...so I go home and check it manually.............about 4 times in case I made a mistake!

[MickySticks]

Originally Posted by Dean09

I check mine on the lotto website. Then I get parnoid that it's wrong, so I use a scanner in the shop. Then I get paranoid that's wrong too...so I go home and check it manually.............about 4 times in case I made a mistake!

That'd be OCD.

[darlett]

Originally Posted by Dean09

I check mine on the lotto website. Then I get parnoid that it's wrong, so I use a scanner in the shop. Then I get paranoid that's wrong too...so I go home and check it manually.............about 4 times in case I made a mistake!

You d be handy to have around the place. I can never believe I've locked the door properly or shut all the windows...but sounds like you'd be well up for doing the job thoroughly

[im invisible]

I dont trust them scanner things, but im too lazy to check manualy myself, so i probably have lost out on a few small wins, but hey

[Sindri]

Originally Posted by MickySticks

That'd be OCD.

Eh, no it wouldn't.