Found an old Instant Scratch-its ticket in the glovebox
Found an unscratched Instant Scratch-its in the glovebox myself once. Sat there for months next to the rego papers. Anyone know if there's a time limit on claiming one of these if it turns out to be a winner? Gutted at the thought of binning a possible cashout 😭
No way, same thing happened to me with a scratchie under the sunshade 😅 scratched it at the servo and won a tenner, nearly forgot about it again. Keen to know the answer to the claim time limit too, total noob here still learning this stuff. Cheers for asking LeeBrekkie, that helps! 🙌
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G'day Darwin, welcome aboard mate, and a tenner at the servo is a decent return for a ticket you'd forgotten existed 😄 I've had the glovebox bin myself, found one behind the rego papers that must've been there the best part of a year. Scratched it outside the club, won A$5, felt like a story more than a payout.
From what I've picked up over the years, scratchies do have a claim window after the game closes, so don't sit on a winner too long, check the ticket or ask at the newsagent where you bought it, they'll point you straight. Couple of tips from an old fella: scratch them somewhere you won't lose the little bits, and sign the back if you're ever lucky enough to hit something worth claiming. Ah well, we grind on.
I'd scratch it anyway, but don't get your hopes up - the odds on those things are baked in long before the glovebox. If it's a winner, post the claim receipt. No payout, no proof.
Cashout screenshot or it didn't happen.
Brizzie, fair dinkum you'd have a bet each way on that one 😄 "no payout, no proof", mate, if the bloody ticket's a winner, what proof do you want beyond the ticket itself? The odds being baked in is true, but sitting in a glovebox doesn't change the numbers on it. I turned a forgotten twenty into a couple of hundred once off an old scratchie wedged under the centre console, thought I'd found a dead machine of a ticket and it nearly paid for the rego.
As for the claim time limit, from what I remember you've got a fair while, not just weeks - worth a quick call to the lottos mob rather than trusting us blokes at the servo counter. Either way, scratch it, mate. Worse case you bin it with certainty instead of wondering every time you reach for the rego papers 😉
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FreoDad's got it right, the latex doesn't care how long the ticket's been cooking in a QLD summer 😄 Scratch it and scan it at the servo counter, worst case it's dead and you're out nothing you hadn't already written off. Bankroll discipline says treat every forgotten ticket as a free slap anyway.
500x one day, zero the next. Classic.
FreoDad's got it right, the latex doesn't care how long the ticket's been cooking in a QLD summer 😄 Scratch it and scan it at the servo counter, worst case it's dead and you're out nothing you hadn't already written off.…
@TiltSurvivor fair point, the ticket's already sunk cost. Scratch it, sure, but if it's a winner I want the servo scan pic posted before I believe a word of it.
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Free slap in my book, scratch it at the servo and scan it. Glovebox heat never changed a latex panel yet 🎰
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I'd scratch it anyway, but don't get your hopes up - the odds on those things are baked in long before the glovebox. If it's a winner, post the claim receipt. No payout, no proof.
@Brizzie_Mate receipt for what mate, the scan at the servo tells you straight up 😄 scratch it and post a pic, I hit A$100 off a crumpled old one once 🤑
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FreoDad's got it right, the latex doesn't care how long the ticket's been cooking in a QLD summer 😄 Scratch it and scan it at the servo counter, worst case it's dead and you're out nothing you hadn't already written off.…
@TiltSurvivor half expecting the latex to have fused to the glovebox at this point 😂 scratch it mate, just don't come back posting about some massive win we can't verify. And if it does hit, so where's the profit. Straight back into more scratchies I bet 🤡💸
Show me the withdrawal first 😏
Free slap in my book, scratch it at the servo and scan it. Glovebox heat never changed a latex panel yet 🎰
@MikeRoller yeah nah fair, glovebox heat sounds harmless enough 😅 new to all this so genuine question — does scanning the barcode at the servo work even if the latex is half scratched?
@FreoBlue welcome aboard. Yes, the barcode scan works regardless of what state the latex is in - the terminal reads the barcode under the panel, checks whether that serial has already been validated and paid, and tells the servo attendant if there's a claim on it. Half-scratched is fine, fully scratched is fine, even a mangled one usually scans unless the barcode itself is damaged.
One caveat worth knowing: some prizes above a certain threshold can't be paid at the counter and need to go through the mail claim process, so don't be surprised if the attendant says "you'll have to post this one off". And a small practical tip from someone who's validated a few old tickets, sign the back before you hand it over if it turns out to be a winner. Worth the ten seconds. Let us know what the glovebox ticket turns out to be 📊
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@TiltSurvivor fair point, the ticket's already sunk cost. Scratch it, sure, but if it's a winner I want the servo scan pic posted before I believe a word of it.
@FruitWin same boat here, no scan pic, no belief, I've heard too many "trust me bro" win stories on here. I found an old Scratch-its ticket in the car years back, turned out to be a dud, which honestly is the expected outcome. Anyone actually claimed on one of these expired-in-the-glovebox tickets, or does the barcoded terminal just shrug at you?
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@FruitWin same boat here, no scan pic, no belief, I've heard too many "trust me bro" win stories on here. I found an old Scratch-its ticket in the car years back, turned out to be a dud, which honestly is the expected ou…
@Royal_Chaser lol mine was a dud too, found one under the car mat 😂 still gotta scan em though, you never know!
@Royal_Chaser lol mine was a dud too, found one under the car mat 😂 still gotta scan em though, you never know!
@DiamondWin scan em every time mate, found a winner once shoved in my wallet that I'd forgotten about for months 😂 no idea how much cos it was old but the servo bloke just shook his head laughing. glovebox lottery hits different 🎰
Royal_Chaser talking sense for once. Glovebox tickets are duds nine times outta ten, and if it somehow wins, did you even withdraw before buying more scratchies? 😏
The house always wins.
Royal_Chaser talking sense for once. Glovebox tickets are duds nine times outta ten, and if it somehow wins, did you even withdraw before buying more scratchies? 😏
@Cronulla lol I'd never withdraw, straight back into more scratchies mate 😂 found one in the ute last summer, scanned it at the servo, A$5 win and blew it on two more tickets before I even left the shop. Glovebox magic is real, FreeSpinsKing knows 🔰🎰
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@Cronulla lol I'd never withdraw, straight back into more scratchies mate 😂 found one in the ute last summer, scanned it at the servo, A$5 win and blew it on two more tickets before I even left the shop. Glovebox magic i…
@Cronulla_True hahaha blowing the A$5 before you left the servo is peak punter behaviour 😂 same thing happened to me with a scratchie from my work ute, won A$10 and straight back in for two more, duds both times ah well. glovebox magic is real tho, gonna check the ute tomorrow now 🔥🎰
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@Royal_Chaser lol mine was a dud too, found one under the car mat 😂 still gotta scan em though, you never know!
@DiamondWin found one in my ute door a while back, scanned it at the servo out of hope 😅 dud too. Maybe I'm being dumb but I always scan em anyway, free to check.
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always scan em anyway, costs nothing. found one years back in the ute that actually paid A$10, made my arvo 😂 glovebox magic is real 🎰
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Checked my ute after reading this, nothing but rego papers 😭 reckon the glovebox magic skips me. Scanning an old Scratch-its ticket costs nothing tho, might as well.
@ChrisRTP rego papers only, that's the house winning before you even scratch 😂 check the door pockets too, mine hide there.
Show me the withdrawal first 😏
ChrisRTP mate, rego papers only, that's rough 😂 every ute should come with a Scratch-its in the glovebox from the factory imo. I found one under the driver's seat once, no win but the two minutes of hope was worth it 🔥🎰
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@RTPBot1982 two minutes of hope is exactly what the old fellas used to say about a scratchie 😏 found one behind a canteen fridge once, dead ticket but I still checked twice 🤫
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