More Calif. stores accused of stealing customers' lottery prizes

Comment #22

DC81 — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 11:37:01 GMT

I'm not going to bother with the other stupidity but Michigan has been swirling its way down the economic toilet for DECADES! Just like many of the problems this country has and is facing.

Comment #21

jarasan — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 02:40:48 GMT

At over 1000 words of more Bush and America bashing, you aren't angry or hate anything. Very convincing.

You seem like a a very comprimising tolerant person.

Comment #20

Phokas — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 01:26:33 GMT

You are clearly unsettled that I called out a bigot on here for his unacceptable comment. Your posting confirms you become indignant and squirm with insecurity when someone like me comes along and challenges everything you were told by others to believe in and that you accepted wholeheartedly without question. And your response when challenged? Throw out totally unrelated and unfounded phrases like you want America to fail in a desperate attempt to salvage your sick views by waving a flag. Cries... [ More ]

Comment #19

jarasan — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 01:19:26 GMT

Looks like you got the traditional, anti-American, rewritten, hateful, verison of the history of the greatest USAmerican country ever to exist on this Mother Earth.

Your phokas is living in the past and hating a past you never endured.

You have narrow, intolerant, angry, talking points of someone that hates America, you want America to fail.

The first clue you are a hater, live to hate, and don't know facts, are your comments about GWBush and Michigan. GWBush liberated millions of peopl... [ More ]

Comment #18

randommusings — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 23:38:53 GMT

The store I usually frequent has the screen facing customers so they can see if they won anything. In fact, I think all of the places I've been to have....but then, I'm in NC, and the lotto is pretty new here, so it wuld stand to reason that its newer equipment...

Comment #17

dpoly1 — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 17:55:06 GMT

I thought that only The Rich (people making over $250,000 a year ) were greedy !!

It seems from this story that anyone can be greedy

Comment #16

Kaptainess — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 16:52:35 GMT

Sorry this is off topic.

Okay EVERYONE - Let's NOT be like AOL boards and keep it SANE here PLEASE! I am horrified with the amount of trash that is thrown about on AOL. We here on Lottery Post are a small community of decent folks, adults, well meaning to each other. That is why I really enjoy being on this site, never had a bad word or thought for anyone here, and I hope no one has one for me.

We are here to help one another, to beat the lottery, not beat up on ourselves. This is a WONDER... [ More ]

Comment #15

savagegoose — Sun, 08 Mar 2009 14:59:17 GMT

it has to be said

GRAND THEFT LOTTO

Comment #14

Phokas — Sun, 08 Mar 2009 13:38:29 GMT

Hey Sherlock, in your amateur attempt to start racially profiling people by all means share with the rest of us what your pathetic idea is of traditional American names. You no doubt think it is anyone who can trace their family tree back to the FOREIGN British Isles. The dimwit George Bush would certainly fit your profile of the traditional American. Being from Michigan tell us how you and your fellow citizens there are prospering from the policies carried out by traditional Americans like the

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diamondpalace — Sun, 08 Mar 2009 07:26:02 GMT

This is greed and ignorance mixed into one.

Comment #12

maringoman — Sat, 07 Mar 2009 23:40:57 GMT

Interesting that all the names are not traditional American names.

That comment reeks of bigotry. I never knew there is a set of names that make some people more American than others. And would Native American names like CHOLENA, KALISKA, HURIT, KIMAMA, MALILA be considered traditional American names? People who are dishonest come in all shape, size and name type.

Comment #11

Badger — Sat, 07 Mar 2009 21:40:50 GMT

Our governor is doing the same thing in his proposed budget. He wants to let out the non violent convicts; like the drug dealers.

Comment #10

charmed7 — Sat, 07 Mar 2009 20:17:34 GMT

Wow, that sucks Some people will do anything for money. I can see

if the scratch off was in the garbage, but to tell them they were LOSER,

NO thanks, jail is not on my list of places to visit.

Comment #9

time*treat — Sat, 07 Mar 2009 12:52:05 GMT

As someone said Good people will begin to do bad things and bad people won't wait.

Where are they going to put these people, though? Cali jails are so full, they are threatening to let out some of the ones they already have.

Comment #8

Badger — Sat, 07 Mar 2009 11:35:08 GMT

As the economy/unemployment continues to get worse in a broken system, there will likely be many more people that are looking to steal anything to maintain their life style; whatever it may be. We have a desparate situation that doesn't seem to be looking to change for the foreseeable future. The Stimulus plan isn't going to do it.

Comment #7

Budaguy — Sat, 07 Mar 2009 09:59:43 GMT

All these stories of clerks making off with stolen winnings would be moot if all the lotteries would buy machines with an LCD screen facing the customer. The retailer I frequent here in Kentucky has one as an add-on on his lotto machine. There is never a doubt if I've won or lost because it is plainly displayed for all to see. I've often wondered why the states lotteries haven't upgraded to these superior machines over the years and the only reason I could come up with is the lotteries don't wan... [ More ]

Comment #6

SmoothJuice — Sat, 07 Mar 2009 06:59:42 GMT

... that's what I noticed too.

Comment #5

LckyLary — Sat, 07 Mar 2009 02:12:31 GMT

I sometimes find scratch-offs that I double-check them and turn out to be winners of small prizes i.e. $3 or $5. Once even I found a Mega ticket in a parking lot (at night) and was for a future drawing and it matched 3 of 5. I have a program that can double-check Crossword tickets I find. If I found a big winner though I would turn it in but take photos of it first to prove I found it. I see how people play they buy dozens at once and rush through them. How they can check a Crossword game by not... [ More ]

Comment #4

gocart1 — Sat, 07 Mar 2009 01:29:12 GMT

Thats a great idea Iowa has for lottery tickets..First time i'm hearing of it..Thanks MaddMike...

Comment #3

MaddMike51 — Fri, 06 Mar 2009 15:55:58 GMT

What would be a tradional American name?I'm a fourth generation American and have an Irish surname.How many generations does a persons family have to live in America before they have a traditional American name?

Back to the story.All California needs to do is require that all tickets be signed before they can be checked or cashed.Iowa started doing this last year and it seems to be working.At first it was a pain in the butt to sign every ticket,but now its second nature and a crooked cle... [ More ]

Comment #2

CowboysFan — Fri, 06 Mar 2009 15:48:55 GMT

Just another reason why it's important to know exactly how much money you actually won before you go claim it.

Comment #1

Bradly_60 — Fri, 06 Mar 2009 14:58:58 GMT

Interesting that all the names are not traditional American names.

More Calif. stores accused of stealing customers' lottery prizes

Lottery Post — Fri, 06 Mar 2009 12:59:49 GMT

Perhaps you're not quite as unlucky in the lottery as you thought.

That scratcher ticket you tossed? Well, it just might have been a winner with the cash prize going to none other than the store owner or clerk you passed it off to as garbage.

Ten retailers and clerks are accused of trying to cash in customers' winning lottery tickets at three locations in San Jose, two in Milpitas and one in Santa Clara. Nine people were arrested Tuesday on suspicion of felony grand theft of lottery ticket... [ More ]