Originally posted by Tank:
The way lottery tickets are sold wouldn't allow Clark to 'choose' which ticket he wanted even if he could 'see' which ones were winners. The tickets are housed in a loose roll in a box and when you buy one, you get the next one in line. You aren't able to choose the 'third one in line'.
Oregon has scratch-its that come flat and the local plaid pantry has a display of a dozen different styles. So here he could look at about 24 different possible winners and indeed pick which one.
