[Responsibility2nd]

So... Is the State trying to weasel out on the payout? Was Jackpocket a legitimate retailer?

The State does admit Winners Corner is a licensed lottery retailer.

What do YOU think is going on here?

[Jamestown1630]

Winners Corner has been in the news a couple of times recently:

https://www.themirror.com/news/us-news/store-called-winners-corner-under-987095

[fwdude]

From my understanding, the lottery "couriers" act as middlemen. The courier service markets the tickets to the customer, without consent of the Lottery Commission. In a sense, the courier has a stake in the winnings, and takes their fee, a putative percentage.

If not for the fee, I don't think there would be a problem. The fact that they are a money making operation involving the state lottery is the problem. This enters organized crime territory in my thinking.

[napscoordinator]

If Patrick were so concerned about the lottery’s history, he’d ensure the lottery revenue goes to education only. Until then Patrick, screw you and pay the person.

[DesertRhino]

No. It’s a program designed to benefit the state. Large industrial operations buying tens of millions of tickets enmasse makes it a rigged game. That means regular people will no longer play the game because they know it’s rigged for one of the big operations. At the moment the Texas lotto is crooked, and they are right to withhold his payment for fraud.

[TermLimits4All]

If she has the physical ticket and it’s signed by her, I suspect that she’s going to get paid.

[Rockingham]

Texas is afraid that, as has happened in the past, someone figured out the distribution for rolls of scratch off lottery tickets and is upping their chances of winning.