Man pleads guilty to altering lottery ticket

Comment #40

awwcrap — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 22:35:45 GMT

Stuuuuuuuuuuupid

Comment #39

KY Floyd — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 05:00:08 GMT

In theory you could counterfeit any winning ticket. All you have to do is get the right paper and ink, and do a good job of printing the right information on it. Of course that last part is going to be a bit hard to do without some inside information. Simply guessing at the information and coming up right is probably a lot less likely than correctly guessing the right numbers.

Comment #38

larry3100 — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 18:47:18 GMT

A mind of a crook is never altered. Lock his A-- up.

Comment #37

Invisus — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 08:27:29 GMT

Counterfeiting lottery tickets is pretty much impossible! There is no way to duplicate a winning ticket except for a winning ticket! You can't even take a ticket which for instance won a lesser prize then alter it by making the numbers appear to match because the barcode will only match the lesser prize no matter what! So if anyone is stupid enough to try counterfeiting a lottery ticket you will end up in the same sad situation the subject of this story is in

Comment #36

Invisus — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 08:14:18 GMT

The sheer stupidity of people never ceases to amaze me! It's one thing to alter the numbers so they appear to match, but never mind the barcode which must match as a winning ticket with the lottery's computer? Good Luck trying to duplicate that small detail! lol

Stupid is as stupid does

Comment #35

rdgrnr — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 04:44:11 GMT

Comment #34

rdgrnr — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 04:38:14 GMT

LOL! That's exactly the look he's got on his face, ain't it

Comment #33

cheryl59 — Sun, 28 Feb 2010 15:30:58 GMT

That is funny!!! he he he

Comment #32

time*treat — Sun, 28 Feb 2010 15:18:29 GMT

None. you either cut and paste a real one, or you print up a fake one. Either method will fail - the whys and hows have been covered on other threads.

Comment #31

fja — Sun, 28 Feb 2010 13:59:10 GMT

Picture of him at the counter :

ah..here is my winning ticket, I already verified it, so there is no need to call anybody, I'll take the cash option in 20's and 50's please....and can you rush it my meter is about to run out.....

Comment #30

charmed7 — Sun, 28 Feb 2010 06:08:21 GMT

All i can say is the guy has BIG Balls

Comment #29

spaconbe — Sun, 28 Feb 2010 05:41:15 GMT

u right..iys all computerize

Comment #28

buttercake — Sat, 27 Feb 2010 20:06:22 GMT

What he that stupid not to realise that he would get found out

Comment #27

destinycreation — Sat, 27 Feb 2010 18:10:13 GMT

What kind of Software allows you to alter lottery tickets in the first place

Comment #26

billyloco — Sat, 27 Feb 2010 16:31:02 GMT

W O W....terribly sad actually.

Comment #25

dopey7719 — Sat, 27 Feb 2010 10:01:25 GMT

I sure would like to see what his version of a winning ticket looked like. I'm just wondering how good his printer/scanner is.

Also, it never occurred to me...but is there a special prison for the disabled? I wonder what the stats are for disabled people that commit crimes.

Comment #24

mjwinsmith — Sat, 27 Feb 2010 10:00:33 GMT

More people are trying it rdgrnr, it's called our Banking System.

Michael

Comment #23

rollsroyceron — Sat, 27 Feb 2010 05:16:26 GMT

Duh.

Silence was surely golden, till he got surrounded by all the security people.

Glad the mega and powerball jackpots are up to $100 million each, buy some QPs for both and hope to get one right

Comment #22

grave — Sat, 27 Feb 2010 01:39:17 GMT

What an A$$ wipe!!! even if there were a jackpot winner and he went to the lottery customer service office and showed them his fake ticket don't they still have to scan the bar code at the bottom of the ticket to validate it........

Comment #21

time*treat — Sat, 27 Feb 2010 00:35:50 GMT

a smart crook with a foolproof plan.

I believe that's called getting elected.

Comment #20

sully16 — Sat, 27 Feb 2010 00:16:01 GMT

Well said.

Comment #19

computerhead723 — Sat, 27 Feb 2010 00:10:01 GMT

Yann Spindler,,,what a fool ...I live here and he should have known that the stae police are no joke they will inspect your rectum or how much money ??? $$$$ 225 million ...so don't get wiped up into that ....

Comment #18

joker831 — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 23:32:41 GMT

Dumb-ass

Comment #17

maringoman — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 22:55:40 GMT

slow

Comment #16

Set4life — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 22:11:53 GMT

Ok we got the results right here....and you are NOT the winner

Comment #15

RJOh — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 21:23:09 GMT

Upon his arrest, Spindler, a 2002 graduate of the New York State School for the Deaf, told police he altered the ticket because he wanted money to open a school for the deaf.

Sounds likes he thought wanting to help his community entitled him to the jackpot even if he had to steal it.

Comment #14

fwlawrence — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 15:37:24 GMT

So not only is he deaf, he is dumb as well

Comment #13

Hermanus104 — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 13:29:11 GMT

I wonder if he REALLY wanted to open a school for the deaf, or if that is just what he told police.

Comment #12

diamondpalace — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 12:07:31 GMT

The ticket is a receipt of combination bought. The system will know the date, time, location of the winning ticket (if there's one). Something like this cannot be photoshoped. LOL

Comment #11

JONNIE — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 06:02:49 GMT

What an idiot! At least the lottery commision busted him. Imagine he got away with it??!!! Now that would be the real crime IMO!! 2 yrs in jail minimum if u ask me, but he could probably plea it down..

Comment #10

rdgrnr — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 05:57:35 GMT

Only a misdemeanor for trying to steal 252 million dollars?

I'm surprised more people aren't trying it.

Sounds like it's worth the risk for a smart crook with a foolproof plan.

Comment #9

ThatScaryChick — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 05:35:13 GMT

Some people will never learn. You can't get away with altering lottery tickets.

Comment #8

CAL-LottoPlayer — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 04:06:24 GMT

LOL

Comment #7

CAL-LottoPlayer — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 04:05:04 GMT

Spindler pleaded guilty to attempted Grand Larceny in the fourth degree, a class A misdemeanor. With the Lottery's agreement, he was released on a conditional discharge.

I agree, he should spend at least a year in jail. However, it doesn't appear he will spend any time at all, incredible.

I can't believe Spindle, regardless whether he's disabled or not, would be so stupid as to believe he could fool the Lottery Commission.

Comment #6

barbos — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 03:59:47 GMT

This guy shouldn't have kids

Comment #5

bomberos — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 03:50:02 GMT

I wonder if thay can tack on a STUPIDITY IN THE 1ST DEGREE charge...lol

Comment #4

Dollar419 — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 03:22:15 GMT

I am at a loss as to why it took so long to find this out, I mean everything is computerize, this information should have been available within weeks. I hope he does some time so that if other lottery players are thinking of doing the same thing, they will have to do serious jail time.

Comment #3

Guru101 — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 02:44:42 GMT

What a fool. It's amazing people believe fooling the lottery into thinking you have a jackpot winning ticket is as easy as changing some numbers on the ticket. Oh no, there's no validation process.

Comment #2

Raven62 — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 02:39:31 GMT

Big Brother is Watching: All the Time!

Moral to this Story: Don't try to Claim the Jackpot when their was No Jackpot Winner

Comment #1

LEELEESMOMMY — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 02:14:27 GMT

Clearly he was not a lotto player as he would have known to check the site before attempting to cash the bogus ticket - some people just don't think

Man pleads guilty to altering lottery ticket

Lottery Post — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 01:54:41 GMT

A Buffalo, New York, man has admitted he altered a Mega Millions lottery ticket to make it look he'd won a $252 million jackpot.

The New York Lottery today announced that as a result of an investigation by the Lottery's Security Unit in cooperation with the New York State Police and the Erie County District Attorney's Office, 26-year-old Yann Spindler of Buffalo, entered a plea of guilty to charges of attempted Grand Larceny in the fourth degree, in connection with an altered Mega Millions ti... [ More ]