Indiana store clerk in trouble for buying lottery ticket

Comment #8

SkyLine69 — Mon, 17 Nov 2014 14:39:50 GMT

Ok, please explain WHY a store clerk can't buy a lotto ticket. What advantages do they have over anyone else. When the LC offered me a job it states in their employment contract that you nor ANY family member can play but WHY. It's not like they work inside the programmers rooms or the manufacturing facility

Comment #7

Pavchik — Thu, 06 Nov 2014 01:46:58 GMT

All this for $900 - they wasted more money on resources , investigation and court fees and the time factor of course ..... So what he worked in the store ....ITS A SCRATCH OFF TICKET - NO WAY OF KNOWING ITS A WINNING TICKET UNTIL SCRATCHED - please explain how that's a conflict of interest ??? And to even think about sending him to JAIL for 1YR - WOW i see Indiana is really making progress ..... then again in Winchester , Indiana something like this is Headlines i see ... Criminal Charge huh ...... [ More ]

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helpmewin — Wed, 05 Nov 2014 00:11:59 GMT

What's new

Comment #5

faber98 — Tue, 04 Nov 2014 16:45:02 GMT

if he knew it was against the law, which it should be, why didn't he get someone else to cash the ticket. how rock stupid can a human being be to try to cash it himself. also think employee termination should be penaly here not jail time.

Comment #4

HaveABall — Sun, 02 Nov 2014 23:18:03 GMT

Wow, this was a bad decision by a probably low paid yet seasoned employee. However, I hope he just gets fined, doesn't lose a mainly good work reference (perhaps not all employers in Indiana will recognize his name), is able to obtain a different higher paying job, might be able to move to a different state, and is able to stop focusing this bad decision soon.

Comment #3

sully16 — Sat, 01 Nov 2014 22:59:31 GMT

wtg Indiana

Comment #2

dr65 — Sat, 01 Nov 2014 18:27:09 GMT

I wish they would do this to all clerks in all states. They shouldn't be allowed to play.

On the claim form for PA it asks: Are you related to anyone who works for the PA Lottery? We as

claimants have to disclose that piece of info and if it turned out we were related, that would raise

the suspicion bar 10 feet. Why isn't a bar in place for the clerks who sell the tickets, pay out the

winnings, scan the codes and have access to all tickets - losers and unscratched - and keep track... [ More ]

Comment #1

maringoman — Sat, 01 Nov 2014 04:30:01 GMT

Authorities say Mickey L. Stone, 36, 501 E. Fourth St., violated state law by buying that winning ticket at the Winchester liquor store where he was employed.

I like this rule.

Indiana store clerk in trouble for buying lottery ticket

Lottery Post — Sat, 01 Nov 2014 03:44:39 GMT

Four months after buying a Hoosier Lottery scratch-off ticket that won him $900, a Winchester, Indiana, man's luck appears to have run out.

Authorities say Mickey L. Stone, 36, 501 E. Fourth St., violated state law by buying that winning ticket at the Winchester liquor store where he was employed.

Stone was charged this week with unlawful purchase of a lottery ticket by an employee, a misdemeanor carrying a maximum one-year jail term.

According to a report filed by Michael Bare, an inve... [ More ]