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I can only talk about Canada, but in both Ontario and western Canada they scan your ticket and an audible sound is made if you are a winner (or loser). For bot
by giarc 9y ago
I can only talk about Canada, but in both Ontario and western Canada they scan your ticket and an audible sound is made if you are a winner (or loser). For both winners and non-winners, a receipt prints out and the clerk gives you both.
Additionally there is a self scan kiosk where you can check your ticket. And there's always publicly listed winning numbers.
- giarc 9y agoHowever, I will add that often a clerk won't scan your ticket if it's not signed. Therefore, if you want to check your numbers without signing the ticket, your options are self scan, their official app, online numbers, newspapers etc. Lots of options.
- newbuser 9y agoNo idea how the system works, but if the clerk is able to disable the scanner and manually press a hidden button that plays the audio of the losing sound, seems like a pretty easy system to break.
- giarc 9y agoAnd print out an official lotto receipt on their official paper.... come on.
- shawabawa3 9y agoWho stays for their losing receipt?
- giarc 9y agoProbably not many people do, but the point was made in regards to the comment that "a lot of people are cheated out of their winnings". I made the comment to simply point out that may have been the case in the future, but most modern lottery corporations have made efforts to eliminate that.
- xsmasher 9y agoOr if the clerk scans a losing ticket of their own, from their pocket.