Lottery letdown: NM man told ‘winning’ ticket rendered worthless by misprint:

John Wines like all of the other lottery playing suckers in the world, including me that are looking for their shot in the dark, hit one of the big ones on a scratch off ticket in New Mexico but his payout was not what he expected.

The scratch off ticket showed that he had two of $250,000, one for $75 and another for $50.  He was so excited he ran back in the store and presented his winning ticket to the cashier who scanned it only to be told that is was not a winner.

According to the lottery commission, they are tell Mr. Wines he is shit out of luck. They claim there was a discrepancy made by the printing machine when the ticket was printed.

You know what I have to say to that.   

Hopefully Wines is savvy enough to get a good ambulance chaser to run down the New Mexico lottery. The error belongs to the lottery not Wines.

Here we have yet another governmental agency that does not take responsibility for their mistakes. Whats new??

The problem is that the ambulance chaser will take 33% of the winnings after the government take 35% for taxes, state and federal. Poor Wines is screwed any way he turns.