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Shadow ,
@Shadow@lemmy.ca avatar

I don’t see why not. Each one has a unique serial number, and they would track which ones went to which stores.

I doubt it’s worth the hassle if they stole a few tickets, but if there was a major theft or a murder then definitely.

VelvetStorm ,

Ya, but would you need to know the serial number yourself? How would you help them to know what specific tickets were stolen?

GissaMittJobb ,

I guess you could have every store selling them be required to register the sale mapped to the serial number, and disqualify any unregistered ticket. It’d be a bit of a hassle, but certainly doable.

xmunk ,

They can absolutely turn them off. If they can determine the range that was stolen then the validator will just refuse to pay out when the ticket is claimed.

tilefan OP ,

there goes my retirement plan.

CrookedSerpent ,
@CrookedSerpent@hexbear.net avatar

As somebody who works with lottery daily, yes. As soon as it is reported as stolen (all vendors [really should] keep strict inventories on their lottery and basically treat it as they would cash), all stolen tickets will be invalidated and they will notnbe redeamable.

tilefan OP ,

if somebody rips off a partial roll, can you tell exactly where the bad tickets begin?

also thank you for a direct response.

nickwitha_k ,

Yes. They all have serial numbers, likely sequential so if a roll has serials 0005 through 00150 and some are stolen it should be very easy to tell. If the inventory records show 5 sales and only 00142 through 00150 are remaining, all cards from 00011 to 00141 can be safely assumed stolen and invalidated.

nudnyekscentryk ,
@nudnyekscentryk@szmer.info avatar

Aren’t scratch tickets activated in the lottery system at the moment of purchase anyway? They have serial numbers

tilefan OP ,

that’s a good question

hate2bme ,

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