Man charged in lottery ticket theft case

Comment #8

justxploring — Fri, 27 Apr 2007 07:01:57 GMT

I was really just curious. As Coin Toss points out, Illinois has a toll free number. I just didn't know if Florida was being cheap. They used to have a 900 number on the back of the tickets so it would cost something like 99 cents to call for the winning numbers. (I never used it) Now they just list the number in Tallahassee with the area code.

Comment #7

KY Floyd — Fri, 27 Apr 2007 06:26:05 GMT

if a clerk steals $50,000 worth of lottery tickets, they wonder where the $50,000 in prize money went.

The reference to $50,000 is about his bail. The story says they haven't figured out how much he won.

Comment #6

Coin Toss — Fri, 27 Apr 2007 00:30:33 GMT

The Illinois Lottery's hotline is 1-800-252-1775.

Comment #5

RJOh — Thu, 26 Apr 2007 23:07:37 GMT

I will never figure out the logic of some people.

A store sells $50,000 worth of lottery tickets and unless they have several $600 plus winners they wouldn't pay out more than $20,000 in prizes but if a clerk steals $50,000 worth of lottery tickets, they wonder where the $50,000 in prize money went.

Do lottery tickets stolen by clerks pay back 100% while lottery tickets bought by customers pay back only 50% including the big winners that have to be claimed at the state offices

Comment #4

OldSchoolPa — Thu, 26 Apr 2007 23:05:00 GMT

Okay, justxploring,

you got me on the 800 lottery hotline. I was in a rush when I blasted out that post. Although I can say I have visited every lotteries website, I only have went to the claims pages of those I actually play. So I was just making a generalization about each lottery's hotline. Some may be 800 numbers and yes some may be regular. The point I was really trying to make is to just call whatever number the lottery lists as well to check via some other method that a person wit... [ More ]

Comment #3

justxploring — Thu, 26 Apr 2007 22:15:12 GMT

I agree with you, but most store clerks are honest, just trying to make a living like everybody else. I've mentioned this before, but a few years ago I was having a terrible night and absentmindedly left my ticket sleeve with my tickets and change on the counter and the clerk at 7-11 ran after me. (I was already in my car.) Had I won that evening, I would have given her a huge tip!

I'm trying to figure out how they even know about the small prizes he won, that is, any prize under $600. H... [ More ]

Comment #2

OldSchoolPa — Wed, 25 Apr 2007 11:54:13 GMT

God bless those fools who say they trust the clerk and just hand over a bunch of lottery tickets to be checked (there have been a few jackpot and second tier winners who said that), but this just goes to show that when you play, you should check what the winning numbers are yourself...via the 800 lottery hotline for your state, the lottery website, the newspaper (if you still subscribe or buy...but it could have typos or errors so still do one of the previous two), or getting a printout of the w... [ More ]

Comment #1

tnlotto1 — Wed, 25 Apr 2007 09:29:11 GMT

im glad they caught him becasue im sure some clerks have gotten away with this behaviour in the past

Man charged in lottery ticket theft case

Lottery Post — Wed, 25 Apr 2007 09:03:29 GMT

If you bought a lottery ticket at Valley Supreme Liquors in Pine Bush, New York, and lost, you might want to blame the clerk who sold it to you.

He might have stolen a jackpot meant for you.

While Michael M. Ciarcia worked at the liquor store, he stole more than $40,000 worth of lottery tickets a few of which were winners, according to state police in Middletown.

Ciarcia, who worked at the store for six months, was arrested last week and charged with second-degree burglary and third... [ More ]