Faded Tickets

Early last year I bought a Futures Ticket for this year's Super Bowl. I put it away for safe keeping in an old wallet. Since the team I bet on is still alive, I thought I would look at it to verify how much I would win if my team actually won. I was shocked to see how badly faded the ticket has become. It's barely legible. Is there any known trick to increase or improve the legibility of said ticket? Thanks.

Put them in a sealed plastic bag and keep in a dark place (like a desk drawer).

I had one in my wallet that I carried for a whole season and thought I was toast when I could barely make out the writing on it.. Luckily the clerk was barely able to read the numbers on it and entered them correctly to show I had a winning ticket. He could no longer scan the bar code on it.

When buying a future sports ticket, take a snapshot of it with your phone, and it doesn't hurt to write down the information in a separate place.
As mentioned, store the ticket in a cool ,dark place. I've been told your phone picture should be evidence if the ticket itself is lost or damaged.
As far as fading goes, I had a slot ticket from Harrah's Laughlin virtually disappear on me, but the machine had no trouble reading it.

thx for posting a good, new topic. I, too, buy 1 or 2 super bowl tickets during my 3 or 4 visits to vegas. and even stashed in a dresser drawer they sometimes fade. sometimes I do take a photo with my phone, but they sometimes have been accidentally deleted. come to think of it, I need to check my tickets to see what I have left for the playoffs and super bowl. pretty sure I am out of the game on all counts.

I got $20 on The Steelers @ 9 to 1. Just checked my ticket and it's hard to read. Hope I can Collect $200 afyer the super bowl.

The vendors must make a TON of money for all of those unreadable tickets!!!!

Try a photo processing shop to see how they would attempt resurrection.
They get ONE chance at this.
I'll bet that the FBI forensics lab could bring it back to life.
Good idea to take a macro photo of the ticket!!!!!

Seeing as cell phones are now allowed in sports books, I am surprised that none of the sports book companies have come up with an app for having an electronic ticket like the airlines have for their boarding passes so you can have it on your phone.

Having a cell phone app defeats the purpose of intentionally using paper that will not hold an image - the bookies know that many of these tickets will not be cashed in if the buyer can not read them. Plus an app will stay viable and is too easy to utilize for redemption. Tickets can be easily misplaced, a cell phone not so much. Bottom line, the books make more money if winning tickets can not be found and/or read.

Many books have mobile gaming and sports betting apps including Cantor Gaming (Cosmo, Venetian, Trop, Hard Rock, Silverton, Palms, M), Stations, Boyd, William H. Hill (Ellis, Plaza, California, D, Binions, Downtown Grand, 4 Queens + Many others). It's harder to find a book that doesn't have a mobile sports betting app.

Casinos are required to turn over 75% percent of the value of all unclaimed tickets and slot vouchers, as well as fill out forms and document each voucher. As most of the unclaimed slot vouchers are for under a dollar, it's not a profit center. The State of Nevada makes just under twenty million a year from this, which goes to the general fund.