Wash. man accused of stealing $100K of lottery tickets

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maringoman — Sat, 05 Jun 2010 03:11:09 GMT

This just goes to show that not just people with funny names steal as somebody here alluded once.

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Dollar419 — Fri, 04 Jun 2010 05:02:55 GMT

I am trying to figure out the math here, he is accused of stealing more than $100,000 worth of scratcher tickets, with the smaller tickets @$20.00 and the largest @$10,000. I would like to know

the exact number of scratcher tickets to estimate a total theft of $100,000--i.e. 5,000 tickets, 7,000 tickets? I guess they won't really tell us this side of the story. Also, since he was the manager at the time, he could have known in advance which tickets to steal in order to really profit from it.... [ More ]

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HaveABall — Thu, 03 Jun 2010 20:14:55 GMT

Hum, it still confuses me as to why stores have cameras for many years, yet don't prosecute employees caught doing wrongful behavior on the film. Isn't there any film in half of those cameras? Or does the owner believe that the camera, ALONE without film, is enough to deter wrongful behavior of employees?

Perhaps several store owners believe that it is CHEAPER to have a camera installed, yet not hire a person to REGULARLY review the films for wrongful behavior. If more store film footage was... [ More ]

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LotteryJunkiE99 — Thu, 03 Jun 2010 17:17:37 GMT

YOU KNOW A NEW IDEA JUST CAME TO ME. LET'S EXILE ALL THESE CROOKS ON SOME REMOTE ISLAND IN THE PACIFIC OFF OF HAWAII OR THEREABOUTS. WHO'S WITH ME?

I CAN BET YOU ALOT OF CROCODILES' EYES JUST LIGHTED UP AFTER HEARING ME SAY THAT. HAHAHAHAHAHA.

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Raven62 — Thu, 03 Jun 2010 14:18:53 GMT

Just another Dishonest Person

Comment #1

fwlawrence — Thu, 03 Jun 2010 11:07:40 GMT

Who is this guy? A male version of Deborah Strong

Wash. man accused of stealing $100K of lottery tickets

Lottery Post — Thu, 03 Jun 2010 10:35:43 GMT

The manager of a Winlock, Washington, store stole thousands of dollars in scratch tickets and hid evidence of the thefts, some of which were caught on camera, Lewis County authorities said.

Prosecutors said Benjamin Macy, 51, repeatedly stole $20 scratch tickets that cost Cedar Village IGA and the Washington Lottery Commission more than $100,000 over several years, the Chronicle reported.

Police said Macy would cash in the winning tickets. State lottery records showed that among the winnin... [ More ]