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Yes I get it that rules are rules, but this thing just stinks.
Honestly, I didn't even realize the age thing (yes I know it's technically gambling, but still). There's nothing on the website that sticks out and warns about age restrictions for buying tickets.
If the ticket didn't win anything, lotto officials wouldn't give a toss, but since the ticket was a winning one, now they resort to the rule book.
It's not just the rules, it's the law. I used to see a lot of little kids buying scratchers from the machines here. When the lottery realized that, they cracked down on the retailers and now there are penalties if they get caught allowing underage people to buy, just like liquor. One store moved their machine so it could be monitored by a check out person. I haven't seen a kid even near them in a year or more, so apparently the crack down worked.
Ummmm.......buying through out of state is illegal if you meant buying tickets through a 3rd party from out of state. Lotteries do offer subscriptions (meaning you can get your tickets in advance) but you have to be from the same state as that lottery subscription.
That's generally true, but Massachussets does allow out of state purchases for one of their games, Megabucks Doubler. I have no idea why the rules are different for this one.
I hadn't even thought about the age restrictions until I experienced it personally. I was in line at the grocery store once and handed my son a dollar to go buy a ticket at the courtesy counter that was directly in front of the check out register, thinking it was fine because I could easily see him and it was only a few feet away. The cashier there explained to him that I had to be there and he wasn't allowed to buy the ticket. He was much younger so more obviously under 18 but I think the store should have been checking IDs if the lottery can deny winnings to an underage purchaser.
I think the law suit will come down to whether the seller of the ticket is considered an agent of the lottery, and if they violated their own rule, is the consumer liable for that? It should be an interesting one to follow and see what happens.
To never have to deal with this issue...parents should know that they should NEVER send in any underage kid to deal with lottery tickets period...even if it was just to exchange winning tickets to get more tickets...which the child did.The point is..this was someone who was NOT of legal age to deal with lottery tickets.I guess the father just thought that since the child wasn't buying any tickets but just exchanging winning tickets for more tickets..it would be fine.
Lottery tickets are for adults and ONLY adults to handle period.Why don't some people understand this?Lottery tickets is something only adults should be handling...so ONLY adults should be buying tickets OR going into a store to exchange for more winning tickets.Let this be a hard lesson for the adult to learn.Also it's common sense too.I have never heard of any adult letting their kid go into a store to exchange winning tickets for more tickets.The Lottery is only for adults to handle and no minors.
I think the Lottery commission should award this man his money BUT to make it known from here on out that adults can be the only ones to handle lottery tickets EVEN if it's going into the store to just exchange winning tickets for more.
I read thru this law and regs last year. Im pretty sure there is nothing in it about the age of a person who buys the ticket. Just the age of a person who claims the prize must be over 18.
And when you click and read, there's a section that says this.
Preventing Illegal Play
The California Lottery’s Security and Law Enforcement Division (SLED) will conduct undercover operations among its retailer network to ensure they are not selling or cashing products from persons under 18 years of age.
The Lottery’s social media websites and microsite promotions are age-gated to require users to verify that they are at least 18 years old.
Years ago I went to Reno with my dad for a George Foreman fight. I was 17 at the time. We stopped in the casino for an hour or so and I played the slot machine putting in probably $50 buck in an hour. Then I won $250 and the security guard who had been standing 20 feet from us the whole hour I was playing came over and asked for my ID and took my winnings when he confirmed I was under aged. On a lottery note My wife has a friend who works as a energy drink rep delivering drink to stores. She bought a super lotto ticket one day at one of the stores she deliveries to and that week someone won $10 million dollars from that store. The lottery commission contacted her after a few months when a winner didn't come forth because she was caught on video buying a ticket at around the time the winning ticket was purchased. She looked frantically for the tickets for weeks and did not find it. Turns out the video camera at the store had the incorrect time and was off by something like 30 minutes and the actually winner finally came forward.
^^^ Oh sure, the casino will “allow” an underage put money “into” the slots but not pay out when a winning is there. “That” money they’ll take away but not give you back the money you put into the machine.
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