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Daily lottery reconciliation calculator
Estimate expected cash and over/short from terminal sales, scratch-off sales, payouts, activations, returns, and counted cash.
Inventory-implied scratch sales
$600.00
Expected cash
$2,650.00
Inventory variance
$0.00
Cash over/short
-$20.00
Close variance
-$20.00
Formula
Expected cash equals terminal sales plus scratch-off sales, minus payouts. Inventory-implied scratch sales equals starting inventory plus activations, minus returns and ending inventory. Cash over/short compares counted cash against expected cash, while inventory variance compares entered scratch sales against inventory-implied scratch sales.
Common mismatch causes
- Terminal report totals copied from the wrong close date.
- Payouts entered in POS but not subtracted from the close.
- Activated scratch books counted as sold inventory.
- Cash corrections made without a manager note.