8 Lucky Stars

A Colorado Springs woman who bought scratch tickets with no chance of winning the top prize is suing Texaco, the owner of the gas station where she bought the tickets a decade ago.

LaVonne Bazemore Watkins said she bought a $2 “Luck of the Zodiac” scratch ticket in hopes of winning the top $10,000 prize. However, she later learned that the last $10,000 award had been claimed more than two months before.

“I’ve been cheated, I’ve been lied to, and I’m not the only one. I want somebody held accountable,” said Watkins, who still buys the occasional scratch ticket.

About 20 states, including Colorado, continue to sell scratch tickets after all of the top prizes have been given away……

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