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The once and future king 11-08-2007 02:16 PM

Beat: To dumb to understand lotto scratch card.
 
A lotto scratch card operator in the UK (Camelot) has had to withdraw a scratchcard because many players have complained about not being able to understand if they have won or lost.

Teasers from the link:

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The 23-year-old, who said she had left school without a maths GCSE, said: "On one of my cards it said I had to find temperatures lower than -8. The numbers I uncovered were -6 and -7 so I thought I had won, and so did the woman in the shop. But when she scanned the card the machine said I hadn't

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How can I be the same species as someone this dumb, now I knoes why I can make £££ at the poker.

Alobar 11-08-2007 02:17 PM

Re: Beat: To dumb to understand lotto scratch card.
 
hahaha, awesome

Gildwulf 11-08-2007 02:18 PM

Re: Beat: To dumb to understand lotto scratch card.
 
to dumb or not to dumb, that is the question

ebepse 11-08-2007 02:19 PM

Re: Beat: To dumb to understand lotto scratch card.
 
but 6 and 7 are littler numbers than 8

adanthar 11-08-2007 02:20 PM

Re: Beat: To dumb to understand lotto scratch card.
 
[ QUOTE ]
to dumb or not to dumb, that is the question

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is it more noble to suffer through these horrible spelling errors, or to fix them and ruin the joke?

benlj21 11-08-2007 02:21 PM

Re: Beat: To dumb to understand lotto scratch card.
 
woooooooow this is a gem

"I phoned Camelot and they fobbed me off with some story that -6 is higher - not lower - than -8 but I'm not having it."

ebepse 11-08-2007 02:22 PM

Re: Beat: To dumb to understand lotto scratch card.
 
[ QUOTE ]
woooooooow this is a gem

"I phoned Camelot and they fobbed me off with some story that -6 is higher - not lower - than -8 but I'm not having it."

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"I think Camelot are giving people the wrong impression - the card doesn't say to look for a colder or warmer temperature, it says to look for a higher or lower number. Six is a lower number than 8. Imagine how many people have been misled."

Gildwulf 11-08-2007 02:34 PM

Re: Beat: To dumb to understand lotto scratch card.
 
Camelot was not available to comment on these accusations:



http://www.geocities.com/badwickedzo.../camelot03.jpg

rakemeplz 11-08-2007 02:44 PM

Re: Beat: To dumb to understand lotto scratch card.
 
Srsly its like those -s turn everything into bizarro world and we're supposed to buy it. ITS OBVIOUSLY JUST A SCAM.

Georgia Avenue 11-08-2007 03:04 PM

Re: Beat: To dumb to understand lotto scratch card.
 
A+ scame


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