Texas Lottery
About the Fun 5's Scratch Ticket
Lottery Terminals Are NOT Validating What
Appears To Be Winning Fun 5's Scratch Tickets
See to believe .... Then See What You Need To Do And DO IT ...
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Originally Posted: Sept 8, 2014 - AM
Revised: Oct 4, 2014 - 1:30 PM -
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Editorial & Opinions by Dawn Nettles
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Eight sections to this story ... All on this page
1. See Texas' Fun 5's scratch ticket
2. See all 5 games found on this ticket
3. See the game that's not paying
prizes as described
4. Intentions vs the Written Word
5. Here is what everyone must do
6. Sample letter
7. Texas Statutes - Section 32.42
8. Two sections of the rule showing
non-compliance by Texas' Fun 5's
scratch ticket.
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Texas' Fun 5's
Scratch Tickets
- Related Postings -
Fun 5's - Questions & Answers
Everything you have been asking me
is covered here! Posted 9/21/14.
Click here.
Rule 202 Petition Filed In Travis County
This is NOT a lawsuit - We're asking for the
Courts to allow us to take depositions. Petition
is easy to read and understand. A great read!
Click here, pdf. Filing Receipt, click here to see.
Posted 10/16/14. Do keep making those calls ...
My Letter To The District
Attorney of Travis County
RE: Fun 5's scratch ticket NOT paying
face value of prizes won. Click here, a pdf
(Mailed 9/16/14)
Official Fun 5's Rule
If you want to know that much about it.
click here
Houston Attorney Shares A Sample Demand Letter
that he sent to the Texas Lottery on behalf of his clients.
An interesting read. I do appreciate his sharing this letter to
help you
understand your case from a legal standpoint.
Click here (pdf).
Media Coverage - Fun 5's
ABC - KTRK TV Houston
NBC - KXAS - Dallas
Houston Chronicle
Dallas Morning News
Kens5 - San Antonio - TV.
Dallas Observer
Click 2 - Houston
Fox News
Austin Statesman/Longview
Good Morining American (Can't find link)
Channel 11 TV- Fort Worth - 10/21/14
Courthouse News (10/21/14)
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... According to Fun 5's Written Requirements to Win A Prize ... Let me show you each and every way to win as per the written word ....
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- Game 2 - --------------- |
- Game 3 - ------------------------ - Game 5 - |
- Game 4 - 2 Ways to win ... 1) Reveal three "5" symbols in any one row |
Game 5 Is The Game That Fails To Pay Prizes Its exact verbiage is ...
" B" ---------------------------------------- D "B" E Please notice that my ticket "D" has a "money bag" in ------------------------------------------------- Intentions vs The Written Words No matter what the Texas Lottery will come up with to try There are too many tickets that pay prizes for a special character Here Is What Everyone Must Do ....
2. Make a copy of both sides of your scratch ticket(s)
4. Be very nice and professional in your short letter and do NOT use 5. Send the DA copies you made of both sides of your 6. Now you need to CALL your State Rep and your 7. If you have more than one ticket, include copies of those tickets too. In closing ... For all of you who have written and called about these tickets, FYI - I plan to buy some of these tickets, they might be ------------------------------- |
- Sample Letter -
Send a letter to the Travis County DA BUT call your Senator & State Representative - Austin Offices |
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Frank Crowley Courts Public Integrity Unit Jamie Bagnall Director 133 N. Riverfront Blvd L.B. 19 Dallas, Texas 75207 Austin Travis County District Attorney Rosemary Lehmberg's Public Integrity Unit P.O. Box 1748 Austin, TX 78767 |
Harris County District Attorney Public Integrity Unit 1201 Franklin St #600 Houston, TX 77002
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- Sample Letter - But you must edit to fit your circumstances -
Dear Sir or Madam: I bought Texas Lottery's Fun 5s scratch off tickets from my local lottery retailer. Game 5 on this scratch ticket reads as follows: Reveal three 5 symbols in any one row, column or diagonal win PRIZE in PRIZE box. Reveal a Money Bag symbol in the 5X BOX, win 5 times that PRIZE. Please notice that all games use the word "that" except game #1 The official and contradictory game rule posted in the Texas Register dated June 20, 2014, under 2.0 Determination of Prize Winners, reads GAME 5: "If a player reveals three "5" Play Symbols in any one row, column or diagonal, the player wins the PRIZE in the PRIZE box. If a player reveals a "MONEY BAG Play Symbol in the 5X BOX, the player wins 5 times that PRIZE." Again, please notice that all games use the word "that" except game #1 However, confusing & conflicting language under, 2.2 Programmed Game Parameters. GENERAL: Game 5; U. It reads, "As dictated by the prize structure, the "MONEY BAG" Play Symbol "will" appear in the 5X BOX when the player has won by getting three (3) "5" Play Symbols in a single row, column, or diagonal line." In the above language, "WILL" indicates this is mandatory; not discretionary. Yet the two parables; having the three (3) 5's "and" the 5X Money Bag, is not consistent with written word instruction printed on the ticket; nor is it consistent with 2.0 Determination of Prize winners. Please note, the Fun 5's ticket below contains three (3) 5's in a row but there is NO Money Bag. Why doesn't this ticket have a Money Bag on it like the rule says? I do not have access to the prize structure, nor do I know its significance to this game. What I do know is I have a money bag in Game 5, and per Official Game Rule 2.0 Determination of Prize Winners, my tickets are winners. Again, it reads, Game 5 "If a player reveals three "5" Play Symbols in any one row, column or diagonal, the player wins the PRIZE in the PRIZE box. If a player reveals a "MONEY BAG Play Symbol in the 5X BOX, the player wins 5 times that PRIZE." As you can see, my tickets directly relates to Texas Lottery Commission's Official Game Rule 2.0, while at the same time conflicts with 2.2 Programmed Game Parameters; more specifically as illustrated under General: Game 5: U. Attached please find copies of the my two tickets which clearly illustrates a "Money Bag" symbol in Game 5 under the "5X Box." Yet, the retailer informed me my tickets were not winning tickets. Also attached, please find copies of the retailer receipts for your perusal. I am writing in hopes of determining if the Texas Lottery is bound by both Texas & Federal statutes/regulations regarding truth in advertising and in what constitutes a winning Fun 5's - state sold - scratch ticket. I strongly feel published statements must be honored by our state run lottery. Furthermore, it appears the Texas Lottery is not honoring the face value of my Fun 5's scratch tickets; tickets purchased in good faith and based on the Texas Lottery's written requirement to win a prize. I would like to collect my prize money; prize money I feel I am entitled to receive. Thank you in advance for your time and attention to this very important subject matter. I look forward to a response to my letter soon. Sincerely,
Your name, cc: Representative ???? My Letter To The District Attorney
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TEX PE. CODE ANN. § 32.42 : (a) For purposes of this section: --------------------------------------------- Official Game Rule - Posted in the Texas Register on June 20, 2014 2.0 Determination of Prize Winners. The determination of prize winners is subject to the general Ticket validation requirements set forth in Texas Lottery Rule §401.302, Instant Game Rules, these Game Procedures, and the requirements set out on the back of each Instant Ticket. A prize winner in the "FUN 5'S" Instant Game is determined once the latex on the Ticket is scratched off to expose 52 (fifty-two) Play Symbols. GAME 1: If a player reveals two "5" Play Symbols, the player wins the PRIZE. If a player reveals three "5" Play Symbols, the player wins 5 times the PRIZE. GAME 2: If a player reveals three matching prize amounts Play Symbols, the player wins that amount. If a player reveals two matching prize amounts Play Symbols and a "5" Play Symbol, the player wins 5 times that amount. GAME 3: If a player reveals a "5" Play Symbol, the player wins the PRIZE for that symbol. GAME 4: If a player reveals three "5" Play Symbols in any one ROW across, the player wins the PRIZE for that ROW. If a player reveals two "5" Play Symbols and a "STAR" Play Symbol in any one ROW across, the player wins 5 times the PRIZE for that ROW. GAME 5: If a player reveals three "5" Play Symbols in any one row, column or diagonal, the player wins the PRIZE in the PRIZE box. If a player reveals a "MONEY BAG Play Symbol in the 5X BOX, the player wins 5 times that PRIZE. No portion of the Display Printing nor any extraneous matter whatsoever shall be usable or playable as a part of the Instant Game. 2.2 Programmed Game Parameters. This ticket has 3 fives in a row but it does NOT have a Money Bag in the 5x BOX. Read rule in its entirety, click here
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Texas' Fun 5's
Scratch Tickets
- Related Postings -
Fun 5's - Questions & Answers
Everything you have been asking me
is covered here! Posted 9/21/14.
Click here.
Rule 202 Petition Filed In Travis County
This is NOT a lawsuit - We're asking for the
Courts to allow us to take depositions. Petition
is easy to read and understand. A great read!
Click here, pdf. Filing Receipt, click here to see.
Posted 10/16/14. Do keep making those calls ...
My Letter To The District
Attorney of Travis County
RE: Fun 5's scratch ticket NOT paying
face value of prizes won. Click here, a pdf
(Mailed 9/16/14)
Official Fun 5's Rule
If you want to know that much about it.
click here
Houston Attorney Shares A Sample Demand Letter
that he sent to the Texas Lottery on behalf of his clients.
An interesting read. I do appreciate his sharing this letter to
help you
understand your case from a legal standpoint.
Click here (pdf).
Media Coverage - Fun 5's
ABC - KTRK TV Houston
NBC - KXAS - Dallas
Houston Chronicle
Dallas Morning News
Kens5 - San Antonio - TV.
Dallas Observer
Click 2 - Houston
Fox News
Austin Statesman/Longview
Good Morning America - (Can't find link)
Channel 11 TV- Fort Worth - 10/21/14
Courthouse News (10/21/14)
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Dawn Nettles
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