I won $500,000!!!! Wait a minute....

http://www.cnn.com/2015/01/06/us/us-new-mexico-lottery-ticket-misprint/index.html

Man thinks he won $500K on a scratcher. Turns out, it was just a misprint. No big deal. Here's $100 for alerting us!

That's quite a dagger.

 

Sorry, but the "misprint" excuse doesn't seem to hold water. What makes the card a "misprint"?

Otherwise, they could claim any major winning card is a misprint.

 

Right, and that's the kind of thing that could make someone snap and become homicidal/suicidal.

 

Misprint? Fuck that. Pay up, or get your pants sued off. How is this a defense?

 

Bullshit! Pay the man.

 

Goddammit. I'm so clueless. Can someone post a picture or video of Teddy KGB saying "Pay dat man hees money!" plz? We thank you.

 

If you watch the video and see the actual scratcher, it's clearly a misprint.
The numbers are printed as numerals and there is a small shorthand under the number to avoid confusion.
Had he actually won, his 1 would have said "one" under it. One says something like THR, because it was supposed to be thirteen.
I understand he's pissed, but it's pretty damn obvious to anyone who has played a scratcher once or twice in their life.

 

Tough. They made the mistake? Then they should pay it.

 

At the worst, a lawsuit will probably generate a settlement far greater than $100. Sue the fuckers.

 

How is he to know that it shouldn't say "ONE" instead of "THR" under the numeral?