Police break up suspected lottery ticket theft ring

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dumars798 — Mon, 18 Feb 2008 17:16:06 GMT

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starchild_45 — Sat, 16 Feb 2008 14:52:31 GMT

my lovely state made the news but in a bad way and not me winning the lotto.

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Lurk More N00b — Fri, 15 Feb 2008 22:52:24 GMT

I saw a blurb about this on the local news this afternoon. It was reported that all three are heavy heroin users. Addiction can make you do stupid things that you wouldn't normally do.

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KY Floyd — Fri, 15 Feb 2008 20:49:18 GMT

They're not willing to go to jail for some tickets. Criminals generally don't expect to get caught. 10 years in prison isn't a deterrent if you don't think you'll get caught, so plenty of people are willing to take the chance when they think they'll get a lot of money with little risk.

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Tenaj — Fri, 15 Feb 2008 19:58:21 GMT

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Todd — Fri, 15 Feb 2008 01:53:00 GMT

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ThatScaryChick — Fri, 15 Feb 2008 01:01:31 GMT

I have no idea why people are willing to go to jail over some scratch-off tickets. They also have no idea if they are big winners or not.

Police break up suspected lottery ticket theft ring

Lottery Post — Thu, 14 Feb 2008 23:36:05 GMT

In Washington state, police have arrested three people on suspicion of stealing lottery scratch tickets from stores all over King and Snohomish counties, then cashing them in at other stores.

The arrests follow a week-long investigation into the suspected serial lottery ticket thefts by Kirkland police, Bothell police and King County sheriff's detectives.

The investigation began Feb. 7 after Kirkland police responded to a theft of lottery scratch tickets from a Kirkland gas station in the... [ More ]