Pa. clerk stole $48K in lottery tickets

Comment #24

ChazzMatt — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 08:52:29 GMT

Not necessarily. Depends on how often the store counts its rolls of tickets.

Stores like that count their cases and packs of cigarettes every day. When a different clerk takes over for the next shift, they have to sign off on how many packs of cigarettes are in the bins. But rolls of lottery tickets? Maybe not.

Comment #23

ChazzMatt — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 08:37:28 GMT

HUH?

This was in reply to my post, but I said nothing about tithing. That is something you have a problem with. I actually said God has enough money and doesn't need yours. Maybe you are making the same point, but it sounded more like a rebuttal -- for something I didn't say.

I said people often promise God they'll give a huge amount of money to the church or to a charity. My point was you need to reach out to help people with what you have right now. That blesses you more than waitin... [ More ]

Comment #22

Tenaj — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 02:15:33 GMT

I don't get how she got away with stealing so much and for so long without being detected. Even the smallest amount should have showed up.

Comment #21

time*treat — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 02:05:47 GMT

wished they gave the name so folks know that the tickets sold there are mostly losers :)

clever.

Comment #20

rowlettewheel — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 21:05:46 GMT

what a dumb a$$ (as red forman would say

Comment #19

fja — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 16:02:51 GMT

I used to know an avid lottery player back in 2004 that used to buy a lottery ticket, and pray while driving by his Church.....he used to give me a ride home every now and then, but stopped when I started laughing at him.......

Comment #18

RJOh — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 15:40:45 GMT

I got the inspiration for that post from the thread When you buy a lottery ticket do you pray that you win the Jackpot? https://www.lotterypost.com/thread/203803

It seems some players are attaching a spiritual value to their playing the lottery thinking it gets them better odds than other players who only play for self enrichments.

Comment #17

fja — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 15:05:03 GMT

Rjoh,

You mean thats the defense she is going to come up with. I got the humor in that statement!!!

You got to deny,deny,deny, and then when they have you on film...

Its the way you were raised, or the only way you could help a dying member of the family....

Comment #16

OldSchoolPa — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 14:13:13 GMT

I agree the clerk was small minded. Only an idiot would steal scratch iffs. But she knew she couldn't steal online games tickets...well maybe she could by hoodwinking someone who unknowingly presents a winning ticket for her to verify (i.e. Willis Willis...what you talking about Willis?!!!).

More on the subject/debate about tithing:

Tithing

The following is an email sent me by Jerry Nelson in which he comments on Tithing.

All scripture is from the King James Version

A majority o... [ More ]

Comment #15

OldSchoolPa — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 14:09:47 GMT

I am among the growing group of believers who DO NOT believe in tithing. Tithing as is preached and practiced today is only an instrument of enrichment for the pastors that successfully convince their followers that tithing is still mandated by the Bible. Since I realized the error of this doctrine (FYI I read ALL of the scriptures dealing with the subject of tithing and giving IN CONTEXT...which means I didn't just read the particular scripture that mentioned tithing and giving, but also the ch... [ More ]

Comment #14

maggieg — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 13:46:57 GMT

It is hard to believe that she stole $48,000 worth of scratch tickets.

They would have caught her earlier, but now they can blame it all on her.

I think she stole a few and now it is worth 48,000. right tell us anything.

Comment #13

Nino224 — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 09:09:21 GMT

Help others??? I doubt that very much.

Comment #12

Nino224 — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 09:08:54 GMT

True.

Comment #11

ChazzMatt — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 06:21:49 GMT

Help others?

Yes, she was praying every time she stole a few that one of them would be a big winner -- so she could pay back what she had stolen and skip town. But none of this was done to help others. It was to help herself to free money.

I also hear lots of people say, If I win the lottery I'll give 1/3 of it to the church. Or 1/2 or whatever figure you think will catch God's attention. Or maybe not to a church, maybe to some charity. Thing is, God can't be bribed. And he doesn't... [ More ]

Comment #10

rdgrnr — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 03:13:11 GMT

You got that right, savagegoose.

There is a lesson to be learned here.

Don't buy scratchers in Pennsylvania!

$48,000 worth of tickets and no substantial winners? Whoa.

Comment #9

TheGameGrl — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 02:30:54 GMT

Feel free to correct this if I am misunderstanding.

The Store buys the tickets from the Lottery. THe lottery gets its money upfront. SO this Theft is not really Lottery related (in so much as the Lottery is making the charges against this person), but rather the store is getting her for theft? So she'll do three months probation and plop one dollar down on a QP for PB and win! Only to have her story told in the form of poor me to rich me saga....

I am not surprised at this type of behavio... [ More ]

Comment #8

RJOh — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 02:21:23 GMT

She probably was praying every time she stole a few that one of them would be a big winner so she could quite her job and help others.

Comment #7

LckyLary — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 01:53:43 GMT

If everyone could get away with that or if everyone could win... then everyone would have a lot of $. The problem is it doesn't produce any additional products for people to buy with all that $. Hey.. isn't our Government doing kind of the same thing??

Scratch-offs can't be systemized (usually..I have some theories on a few of them). If you hate computerized drawings then the scratch-offs are the same thing in a way. I usually only get them when a new game comes out or for something to do whi... [ More ]

Comment #6

jeffrey — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 00:43:34 GMT

Instants are designed to make the state money. The odds play out. You win by playing once in a while for fun. My father spent way more than $48k and didn't win jack. You've got to know your odds.

Comment #5

savagegoose — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 22:13:19 GMT

makes you wonder if she cant win stealling $48k worth of scratchers what chance do I have when paying for em

Comment #4

ThatScaryChick — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 20:55:13 GMT

There will always be people out there, willing to steal things that don't belong to them. I'm glad, they caught her.

Comment #3

maringoman — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 20:10:46 GMT

It does not state whether she won anything substantial so my guess is that she didn't, ouch

Comment #2

Clem9403 — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 18:33:20 GMT

This clerk was a moron!! Working at the store, wouldn't you know about the camaras there watching every move you make

Comment #1

Dollar419 — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 18:28:42 GMT

I guess some people just don't learn the lesson that CRIME DOES NOT PAY'. However, I want to know why it took the business owner so long to report this theft--someone should have caught her sooner if they had surveillance tapes running everyday.

Pa. clerk stole $48K in lottery tickets

Lottery Post — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 13:27:55 GMT

A woman faces a preliminary hearing on charges she stole $48,000 worth of instant-win Pennsylvania lottery tickets from the convenience store where she worked.

Online court records do not list an attorney for 39-year-old Diane Justi, of Freedom.

Police in Conway say Justi stole the tickets while working at the Conway Superette between April and September.

Police say one of the store's owners alerted them to the thefts. Police say store surveillance tapes clearly showed Justi stealing th... [ More ]