What should the 500 winners of the lottery tickets do?

Shri

Nonsense, you made a mistake. What should the 500 winners of the lottery tickets do?

Last time, I wrote about a newspaper printing the wrong lottery jackpot numbers, causing a man to miss out on 130 million euros. I never thought I would write about the ""printing error"" topic again. This time, let me let you guess first: who made the mistake?

One, two, three, have you guessed it? I'm going to reveal the mystery. This time, the one who "printed the wrong" lottery jackpot was actually the lottery company itself! Not long ago, nearly 500 American lottery players collectively won 30 million dollars, but when they went to claim their prizes, the lottery company refused to cash them, citing the reason that the lottery was printed incorrectly.

Later, the Kentucky Lottery Association issued a statement, stating that the company printing the lottery had undergone a software update in October, during which a printing error occurred, causing about 500 tickets to be printed with the wrong symbols. These incorrect symbols do not represent any winning information, but due to a programming error, the machine prompts a winning result when scanning the tickets. Therefore, all 500 tickets sold at Kentucky Lottery vending machines on October 18th and 19th, 2020, are invalid. The company will not be responsible for any prizes claimed for the incorrectly printed lottery.

Do you think these absurd reasons will be accepted by the 500 affected individuals? Of course not! Everyone believes that the lottery company is just trying to shift blame. If it were me, I wouldn't accept it either. After all, for some people, winning a jackpot is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. If you use up all your luck this time, what will you do next? Moreover, this company has had a similar incident before, affecting 120 people. In any case, we must demand an explanation from the company, don't you think?

977Iti

This kind of lottery company seems to have prepared for a "closing down for good" scenario.

Niti998

There are many terms and conditions in this world that act like overbearing rules. Ordinary people are practically powerless to contend with them.

Iravan774

Please take responsibility for your own mistake. I don't care what reasons you have.

Kahn332

What else can you do? Just switch to a different company.

Jafar224

The lottery company can simply use the excuse of a printing error to shift responsibility. Who would still want to buy lottery tickets in the future?