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Michigan Lottery Employee Arrested for Stealing Tickets
Michigan Lottery: Michigan Lottery Employee Arrested for Stealing Tickets
A Michigan Lottery employee was facing larceny and embezzlement charges for his alleged scheme to steal scratch-off tickets, Thursday. 51-year-old Larry Adams worked for the Michigan Lottery Commission as a sales representative. It was his job to acquire contracts with stores to sell the lottery scratch-off games. When a game is discontinued the unsold tickets are supposed to be pickup by another person to be destroyed, but instead, prosecutors said, Adams would go to the stores and take the tickets for himself. Investigators said Adams pocketed almost $3,000 in winnings and the stolen tickets had a face value of over $1,100. Wayne Country Prosecutor Kym Worthy said, "There is a public act in this case that strictly prohibits any employee of the lottery commission from having any contact with these tickets that he had come in contact with. He knew that he was supposed to have no contact with these tickets...We feel this steals directly from the school children of the state of Michigan because all the proceeds from these ticket sales go directly to the School Aid Fund." Adams was arrested and now faces charges of larceny and embezzlement.
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mid-Ohio United States Member #9 March 24, 2001 10510 Posts Offline |
| Posted: July 21, 2006, 12:33 pm - IP Logged |
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Sounds like Larry came up with a system to beat the lottery the old fashion way (stealing). * What happens most *
* will most likely happen again *
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Coastal Georgia United States Member #2703 October 30, 2003 1868 Posts Offline |
| Posted: July 21, 2006, 1:10 pm - IP Logged |
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What a stupid move on his part.. stupid is as stupid does....
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United States Member #12856 March 18, 2005 2060 Posts Offline |
| Posted: July 21, 2006, 2:44 pm - IP Logged |
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Losing a well paying job for $3,000 is stupid.  Dance like no one is watching.
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North Brunswick NJ United States Member #39431 May 8, 2006 5344 Posts Offline |
| Posted: July 21, 2006, 8:02 pm - IP Logged |
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Greed Stupidity Indifference Ruins Us All.
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Pennsylvania United States Member #17377 June 10, 2005 1285 Posts Offline |
| Posted: July 21, 2006, 8:31 pm - IP Logged |
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Ohh the drama of stealing from school children! Why the core of that man must be..... That of an opportunist! The Michigan lottery just showed they have a flaw in their system and then divert it by smacking the guys fingers. Two wrongs dont make it right....... but four left turns do make ya dizzy! One day your life will flash before your eyes, make sure its one worth watching.
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Holt MI United States Member #2283 September 4, 2003 53 Posts Offline |
| Posted: July 21, 2006, 11:35 pm - IP Logged |
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LOL! There is no flaw in the system. I used to work for the State of Mich. and part of my job was to destroy those same scratchoff tickets in a giant shedding machine. I tossed hundreds of thousands of tickets into that grinder, and at no time did I have the urge to pocket anything, because anyone with half a brain knows that every ticket created is tracked from cradle to grave, whether it is bought, scraped off, or never unwrapped or sold. This guy had to be on drugs. Oh well there goes the pension! At least he has a new job making license plates.
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Wandering Aimlessly United States Member #25708 November 5, 2005 4379 Posts Online |
| Posted: July 22, 2006, 4:21 am - IP Logged |
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LOL! There is no flaw in the system. I used to work for the State of Mich. and part of my job was to destroy those same scratchoff tickets in a giant shedding machine. I tossed hundreds of thousands of tickets into that grinder, and at no time did I have the urge to pocket anything, because anyone with half a brain knows that every ticket created is tracked from cradle to grave, whether it is bought, scraped off, or never unwrapped or sold. This guy had to be on drugs. Oh well there goes the pension! At least he has a new job making license plates. Interesting. I agree it is really stupid to risk one's job and pension for a few thousand. When I just wrote that it sounds as if I think it's okay to steal for a million - no, but it just seems more idiotic when it's only $3,000. Once I saw a film about the people who destroy U.S. currency that is worn and no longer useful. I was wondering what it's like to shred all the money!! Guess it's just another job like destroying lottery tickets Anyway, I was surprised when I read this on the Fed Reserve site. Didn't realize that money doesn't last too long...well it doesn't in my wallet, but I meant in circulation. From FederalReserve.gov $ 1 21 months
$ 5 16 months
$ 10 18 months
$ 20 24 months
$ 50 55 months
$100 89 months
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United States Member #10921 January 23, 2005 853 Posts Offline |
| Posted: July 22, 2006, 9:52 am - IP Logged |
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OK.. something is fishy in that article.. the tickets had a face falue of $1100 but he cashed in $3000??????? He would have been better off to just BUY the $1100 in tickets!!! How does the Michigan Lottery make any money with that negative ratio? Or was there maybe one ticket that happened to be in that batch that won a big prize? "Eliminate All Computer-Controlled Online Casinos!"
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