Michigan Lottery Employee Arrested for Stealing Tickets

Comment #8

LckyLary — Sat, 22 Jul 2006 13:52:37 GMT

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?

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Comment #7

justxploring — Sat, 22 Jul 2006 08:21:21 GMT

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 R... [ More ]

Comment #6

liberal47 — Sat, 22 Jul 2006 03:35:36 GMT

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 pen... [ More ]

Comment #5

TheGameGrl — Sat, 22 Jul 2006 00:31:54 GMT

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

Comment #4

ochoop17 — Sat, 22 Jul 2006 00:02:11 GMT

Greed Stupidity Indifference Ruins Us All.

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bellyache — Fri, 21 Jul 2006 18:44:57 GMT

Losing a well paying job for $3,000 is stupid.

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DoubleDown — Fri, 21 Jul 2006 17:10:03 GMT

What a stupid move on his part..

stupid is as stupid does....

Comment #1

RJOh — Fri, 21 Jul 2006 16:33:32 GMT

Sounds like Larry came up with a system to beat the lottery the old fashion way (stealing).

Michigan Lottery Employee Arrested for Stealing Tickets

Lottery Post — Fri, 21 Jul 2006 16:27:00 GMT

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... [ More ]