Carlisha Johnson didn't have much luck with more than $200 worth of lottery scratch-off tickets: She collected only eleven-dollars.
From there, her luck went straight downhill after she was arrested last week for allegedly stealing the tickets from the Mandeville-area convenience store where she worked.
Johnson is accused of swiping 216 lottery tickets from the store and scratching them off in full view of a surveillance camera.
James Hartman, a spokesman for the Saint Tammany Parish sheriff, says just two of the tickets were winners, and they were cashed at the store for a total of eleven dollars.
Hartman says a store manager later confronted Johnson and offered to let her make restitution, but she denied the theft. The manager then contacted police. Johnson has been booked with felony theft.
I can't help but laugh at this
How sad.... I guess she needed the money. WOW charged with felony theft for only $11. I think way too harsh. I would just ask her to repay the $200.
JackpotWanna:
If you read the last paragraph, the lady was offered the chance to pay back the money, and she refused. It's like a mini Martha Stewart case. She gets what she deserves.
besides the point of she did, anyone find it funny how over 200 games and only $11 dollars in winning, what is up with that, i think scratch tickets are riggied.
I wonder if those scratch-off tickets has 1:100 odds printed on the back? The ones I've seen have 1:5 odds printed on the back. Carlisha probably thought she was going to win more than she stole, she would have been a loser even if she paid. Now she's a loser and a criminal.
RJOh
Scratch games have the worst overall odds, which is why they are the lottery's biggest money-maker.
I imagine she planned to pa
The moral of the story; DON'T BUY SCRATCH-OFFS! If you feel the need to spend a $1 on something, spend it on a 5/31 or a 5/36 lottery if your state has one. The odds are better and there is the potential to win a much bigger prize and you have control over what numbers are to be played. Scratch-offs are all dumb luck and to win anything really significant you have to spend anywhere from $3-$10 on those tickets. Total rip-off.
What a naughty woman! She n
excuse me but i can't believe how stupid and dumb that that was.that person deserves whatever heor she deserves.
I think many convenience store clerks lose self-control from being around the lottery tickets every day.
She allegedly stole $200 worth of tickets, not 200 tickets.
Good luck,
Jake
$11 return on $200?