Lottery yanked after patrons can't read temperatures.

[Hon'ya-chan]

http://www.manchestereveningnews.co....card_confusion

To qualify for a prize, users had to scratch away a window to reveal a temperature lower than the figure displayed on each card. As the game had a winter theme, the temperature was usually below freezing.

But the concept of comparing negative numbers proved too difficult for some Camelot received dozens of complaints on the first day from players who could not understand how, for example, -5 is higher than -6.

Tina Farrell, from Levenshulme, called Camelot after failing to win with several cards.

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.

"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.

Oy Vey. I pity these poor folks when the weather dips below freezing.

[iradney]

ebbeh???
i'm sorry, that broke my brain

[MystyGlyttyr]

....

*sits down, puts head in hands*

...I'm going back to bed.

[Severen13]

*curls up in fetal position and weeps for the future*

[Dreamstalker]

I--eh--wha?! *fzt*

--stand by for brain reset--

Oy Vey. I pity these poor folks when the weather dips below freezing.

Darwin's revenge?

Maybe their brains have already frozen... We learned the number line and negative numbers in third grade.
Sounds like an interesting scratch ticket.

[Lil Bunny]

Butsinhe....erphrm......*insert cracking sound*....

Stupid, it hurts....

[Broomjockey]

Weep for the future? These people are old enough to play the lottery, and check the ticket at work. I weep for the present.

[Irving Patrick Freleigh]

"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.

Wha...? I mean, how do they...what...they can't be.....sputter sputter fzzzzt kofff putt putt putt puuuuuuttttttttt......

I.P Freleigh's brain is experiencing technical difficulties. Please stand by while we get out the silly putty and warm up the electric generator. Thank you.

[Crow The Robot]

Oy. I SUCK at Math and i know that -8 is ower than -7 and -6. The closer you get to zero the higher the number.

[Dreamstalker]

Further proof for the theory that the lotto is a tax on the dense... I'm waiting for her to try and sue the maker of the tickets for something ridiculous.

[crazylegs]

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[XCashier]

To quote Monty Python's D. P. Gumby, "Oi, my brain 'urts!"

More and more, Idiocracy is starting to look like a reality.

[Boozy]

The lottery is a tax on people who are bad at math.

More true now than before.

[blas]

We had a $1 scratch off during winter time at the gas station with that exact same theme. Hell I had some of the DUMBEST customers around, but hell, even they knew that -8 is lower than -6. Fuck! Well, my lotto whores were so obsessed with getting their damn dollar back that they read the rules thoroughly as well!

[rvdammit]

There are two types of lottery players, idiots and punters. Idiots we know about, punters are people with a bit of spare change and are willing to throw it away on the off chance of a win.