July 11, 2008
St. Petersburg, Florida - Lottery players in Florida spent more than $4 billion buying tickets, but some of them were trying to win a prize that was no longer there.
Florida is among more than 20 states that still sell scratch off tickets, even after the big prizes have been awarded. Although scratch off tickets have a warning on the front and the back in small print that the top prizes might be gone when the ticket is purchased, most people we talked to had no idea it was happening.
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