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Tommy_Carcetti

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49. I read the post title and thought someone robbed them of a winning lottery ticket.

Reply to apples and oranges (Original post)

Tue Sep 30, 2014, 10:57 AM

Sep 2014

Ultimately, it just turned out to be misunderstanding the somewhat confusing directions.

Reminds me of the woman who was told she won a "Toyota" in a radio contest and got this as a prize:

I mean, it sucks for the family giving them false hope, but it's not like they really "lost" any money.

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Struggling Family Robbed of 500k prize [View all] apples and oranges Sep 2014 OP

I read it the same way dontshoot Sep 2014 #1

It reads like two criteria needed to be met. cyberswede Sep 2014 #2

Really ? we have tickets in my state that give 2nd and 3rd chance wins dontshoot Sep 2014 #3

I admit a lack of familiarity with lottery tickets. cyberswede Sep 2014 #10

I'd agree if it didn't say "win 5x THAT prize" jberryhill Sep 2014 #12

It's pretty clear LOL, "any one row" snooper2 Sep 2014 #56

There is no "prize" if you don't win it in the first place. Adrahil Sep 2014 #60

that's how i see it lame54 Sep 2014 #72

I'm with you. bluesbassman Sep 2014 #5

Then what purpose does the $100,000 box serve? dontshoot Sep 2014 #9

That's the prize you get if you reveal three 5s in a row or column... cyberswede Sep 2014 #11

How did she walk away with $5 dontshoot Sep 2014 #13

There are five scratch off games on one $5 ticket. lpbk2713 Sep 2014 #17

gotcha dontshoot Sep 2014 #19

Apparently the part in question is only one of the ways to win. bluesbassman Sep 2014 #18

Evidently, there are 5 different games on each ticket. cyberswede Sep 2014 #20

Correct. Could've been $100, $500, or whatever... bluesbassman Sep 2014 #15

I normally see ambiguities jberryhill Sep 2014 #4

"that PRIZE" a2liberal Sep 2014 #25

Edit actually I think you're right. kcr Sep 2014 #37

in "PRIZE box" the word prize is an adjective, not a noun jberryhill Sep 2014 #43

They weren't robbed of anything. linuxman Sep 2014 #6

I don't see the problem. ohnoyoudidnt Sep 2014 #7

I don't see three 5s either... ChisolmTrailDem Sep 2014 #16

Sorry, but they weren't "robbed". UtahJosh Sep 2014 #8

Dumb game, and they didn't win bhikkhu Sep 2014 #14

A "struggling family" should not be losing money on lottery tickets. nt ChisolmTrailDem Sep 2014 #21

Sometimes you just dream and spend $5 dontshoot Sep 2014 #22

Disagree, in moderation. Anyway, they didn't get 3 5's in a row. closeupready Sep 2014 #44

It's pretty fun to pretend we have all relevant knowledge of a family's finances and expenses LanternWaste Sep 2014 #51

Is there a different definition for the word "struggling"? Do you not agree that if someone is ChisolmTrailDem Sep 2014 #62

Thank you! yeoman6987 Sep 2014 #76

Alternate headline: "Semi-literate family have false hopes dashed." wickerwoman Sep 2014 #23

Quite true. I read the ticket and it took me all of 3/4 of a second to realize: They Lost. BlueJazz Sep 2014 #33

NY had a similar one... Historic NY Sep 2014 #24

I can't believe some people here... a2liberal Sep 2014 #26

"row" is a pretty clear word, not as clear as "is" but we are still working on that one snooper2 Sep 2014 #58

Focus on what the word "THAT" means joeglow3 Sep 2014 #65

LOL OMG kcr Sep 2014 #68

If you are writing in tween you need to add numbers and capitalize in tEh miDDle F woRds k? snooper2 Sep 2014 #71

The mafia numbers racket was more honest. Downwinder Sep 2014 #27

and paid back a much larger percentage. HERVEPA Sep 2014 #53

Well this does win the prize for dumbest headline of the week alphafemale Sep 2014 #28

plain and simple failure to comprehend instructions is not robbed. hobbit709 Sep 2014 #29

Seems obvious to me jambo101 Sep 2014 #30

You have to get three 5's to win any prize.. SoCalDem Sep 2014 #31

Where is that stated in the instructions? apples and oranges Sep 2014 #45

In the written instructions SoCalDem Sep 2014 #79

The game makes sense to me gollygee Sep 2014 #32

I'm going to go against consensus here. Chan790 Sep 2014 #34

I went back to carefully re read it after what you posted and I think you're right. kcr Sep 2014 #40

I felt the same way, initially apples and oranges Sep 2014 #47

+1000 a2liberal Sep 2014 #55

Reading it as a legal document makes it more clear it is not a win jberryhill Oct 2014 #86

The poor are robbed daily by buying lottery roody Sep 2014 #35

Must have been a really slow news day in Austin. TexasMommaWithAHat Sep 2014 #36

The only confusion to me kiva Sep 2014 #38

The whole point of lottery tickets is to rob poor people. n/t lumberjack_jeff Sep 2014 #39

They're not being robbed. Bonx Sep 2014 #67

People "enthusiastically hand over money" for drugs, too. lumberjack_jeff Sep 2014 #69

Yep. Every day at Walgreens & CVS Bonx Sep 2014 #74

I don't see three 5s in a row, column, or diagnol. aikoaiko Sep 2014 #41

You might want to change that extremely misleading headline. Ms. Toad Sep 2014 #42

I read it right. Iggo Sep 2014 #46

Family disappointed. Not robbed. nt Dreamer Tatum Sep 2014 #48

I read the post title and thought someone robbed them of a winning lottery ticket. Tommy_Carcetti Sep 2014 #49

They were robbed by Ilsa Sep 2014 #50

"In any one row column or diagonal". louis-t Sep 2014 #52

First they were not robbed, I read it and completely understood. dilby Sep 2014 #54

I guess "struggling family misinterprets ambiguously worded scratch-off ticket" Nye Bevan Sep 2014 #57

It's not really ambiguous. It says "in a row". louis-t Sep 2014 #77

The poor in general are robbed because they are encouraged to buy lottery tickets. cbayer Sep 2014 #59

Can someone explain how that ticket wins $5? DesMoinesDem Sep 2014 #61

There were multiple games on the ticket Travis_0004 Sep 2014 #81

It's 5 games on one card, here's a picture: NYC_SKP Sep 2014 #82

Reading comprehension fail - not robbery. GoneOffShore Sep 2014 #63

agreed Liberal_in_LA Sep 2014 #73

The only way struggling family comes into it... bobclark86 Sep 2014 #64

At the end of the day, the wording means JACK SHIT joeglow3 Sep 2014 #66

So, the law doesn't care about words? kcr Sep 2014 #70

The wording was clear joeglow3 Oct 2014 #83

Typically, the bar code is ALSO covered in removable glitter ink, so closeupready Sep 2014 #75

Sophistry aside, I think most who actually hail from this planet know that's not a winning ticket. trackfan Sep 2014 #78

They weren't "robbed", but ... surrealAmerican Sep 2014 #80

Hinojosa has a reading comprehension problem. . B Calm Oct 2014 #84

I can't figure out where they won in the first place. NCTraveler Oct 2014 #85