New Mexico Winner Devastated When Scratch Lotto Ticket Officials Denied Him His $500,000 Prize

A New Mexico man thought he won big bucks on a lottery scratcher only to find out it was a misprint. In December, John Wines bought a scratch-off lottery ticket at the Shell gas station in Roswell.

There have been many cases like this one where scratch-off winners have been denied their prizes. The reason sounds flimsy, but it's often held up in court and the winners go home emptyhanded. Find out the reason why so many players have lost money this way...