Ohio Lottery 17+

My phone is in perfect condition, camera lens is clean, tried in many different types of lighting and backgrounds, etc. I still can not get the Scan Tickets camera feature to focus on any of my lottery tickets barcodes. I have tried scratch offs, Mega Millions and Powerball. When I put the whole ticket in the frame the picture is clear and the app can not read the barcode from that distance apparently. (Even though regular apple camera on QRCodes could do this) I move the card or receipt closer to the camera so the barcode is majority of the box like the app recommends and then it turns into a big blurry blob and making the card look like what I can only imagine as what being legally blind would be like. As the app updates are far and few between I would expect this to be fixed anytime soon. Ohio Lottery should really give another company a chance to run the app.

I reported to the Ohio lottery of a scam where people pick up a loosing lottery ticket from the trash and are able to alter the numbers repeatedly to enter tickets manually. They have multiple email accounts and cashing thousands of dollars worth of tickets! As a legitimate player we are limited to the number of entries. They are checking the site multiple times and cashing in for lottery cash. That is why most people are unable to get any because it is sold out! this has been going on for over a year. Thousands if not tens of thousands of tax payers money gone to worthless scammers. The lottery will not shut down manual entry to stop them. Even though they now are finally shutting “some” accounts down. Now they have added KINO to the mix for them to get. Retailers in my area have stopped cashing which inhibits the legitimate people from using their points.

This app is poorly written and confusing. It appears to say one thing but mean another with the whole Ticket Cashing Option. ONLY tickets of $50 up to $5,000 can be cashed. Since the majority of prizes given out by the Ohio Lottery fall well below this threshold, not many customers will be able to utilize this option. An option to accumulate more than $50 and utilize the option. Whoever writes the instructions and promo was NOT clear on this “option”. Again, a very THIRD RATE APP and poorly written and executed instructions. When you call in, the Ohio Lottery Representatives are smug, sarcastic and very off putting. Another TYPICALLY RUN STATE AGENCY. If they had to make it in the real world this would FAIL MISERABLY.