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I don't like a lot of rules and regulations and laws either but there's a lot of crooks out there.

I had one try to scam me not long ago as a matter of fact. I took 5 winning tickets in to cash them. They were all multi-picks, four were expired and one still had about 12 draws left on it. The clerk ran the tickets and while she was getting my cash someone asked me a question and I turned away momentarily. When I turned back around she handed me my cash and said congratulations. The cash was all there but the exchange ticket for the ticket with the remaining draws wasn't.

When I asked her where the exchange ticket was she looked at me like she didn't know what I was talking about. I explained to her what it was (as if she didn't know) and she reached down in the garbage can, pulled out the ticket and said "This thing"? She said she didn't even look at it because she thought it was just a "receipt or something" and threw it in the garbage. (Yeah, right). She's been working the lottery terminal in this store for 3 years that I know of. She knew exactly what she was doing.

It's because of people like that, that we have to have rules in place to make it a little more difficult for them to rip people off.

I finally figured out what rdgrnr means..Ridge Runner!!!!

I didn't know that store owners couldn't buy instant tickets from their own stores.

How would they know when the ticket was purchased to know whether the daughter would have been on video?

Why is being against lottery policy an unlawful purchase?

"We are one of the few states that doesn't allow retailers to play at their store"

That is interesting.

Indiana woman pleads guilty to buying ticket from own store

An Indiana woman who won $1 million on a scratch-off lottery game will be serving probation instead of spending her winnings.

Betty Jacobi, 54, who managed the Cowboy's Gas and Convenience store in New Salisbury, bought the $20 ticket in June from her own store, a violation of lottery policy, 6News' Derrik Thomas reported.

Because Jacobi couldn't legally claim the money, prosecutors said she gave the ticket to her daughter, Joni Magner, who collected the prize, including a $30,000 first installment.

But the family's plan started to unravel when someone sent an anonymous tip to the Hoosier Lottery, telling them to check store surveillance video.

When they did, investigators said they discovered that Magner wasn't even in the store on the day that the ticket was purchased.

Jacobi pleaded guilty on Monday to a misdemeanor count of unlawfully purchasing a lottery ticket.

Her plea deal calls for her to serve 60 days probation and perform 24 hours of community service.

Hoosier Lottery Director Kathryn Densborn said prosecution in such cases is important.

"We are one of the few states that doesn't allow retailers to play at their store," she said. "We always ask to prosecute because it is important that our players know that any time they put down a dollar, they have as good a chance as anyone to win that prize."

Some customers at Jacobi's former store said they thought the punishment was reasonable.

"I used to work at a gas station and everyone knows when you work at a gas station you can't buy tickets there, so that's fair," said Jennifer Williams.

Magner has already repaid the money she received from the lottery.

Thanks to orton for the tip.

Indiana woman pleads guilty to buying ticket from own store

An Indiana woman who won $1 million on a scratch-off lottery game will be serving probation instead of spending her winnings.

Betty Jacobi, 54, who managed the Cowboy's Gas and Convenience store in New Salisbury, bought the $20 ticket in June from her own store, a violation of lottery policy, 6News' Derrik Thomas reported.

Because Jacobi couldn't legally claim the money, prosecutors said she gave the ticket to her daughter, Joni Magner, who collected the prize, including a $30,000 first installment.

But the family's plan started to unravel when someone sent an anonymous tip to the Hoosier Lottery, telling them to check store surveillance video.

When they did, investigators said they discovered that Magner wasn't even in the store on the day that the ticket was purchased.

Jacobi pleaded guilty on Monday to a misdemeanor count of unlawfully purchasing a lottery ticket.

Her plea deal calls for her to serve 60 days probation and perform 24 hours of community service.

Hoosier Lottery Director Kathryn Densborn said prosecution in such cases is important.

"We are one of the few states that doesn't allow retailers to play at their store," she said. "We always ask to prosecute because it is important that our players know that any time they put down a dollar, they have as good a chance as anyone to win that prize."

Some customers at Jacobi's former store said they thought the punishment was reasonable.

"I used to work at a gas station and everyone knows when you work at a gas station you can't buy tickets there, so that's fair," said Jennifer Williams.

Magner has already repaid the money she received from the lottery.

Thanks to orton for the tip.