Calif. gas station off the hook in lottery ticket probe

Comment #17

mypiemaster — Sat, 09 May 2015 14:00:43 GMT

They will be watching them like a hawk.

Comment #16

SilverLion — Sat, 09 May 2015 05:28:28 GMT

So they are off the hook?

Do they even get a fine for making a glaring mistake? When I make a glaring mistake and get caught not putting on my seatbelt, I am hit for a hefty fine. Any hefty fines here? Is this a free pass?

Are they inocent? Did the guy lose his job?

What kind of gas station is this? Was this a BP? If so then I understand they are off the hook. They only hire honest Pat--. All of the emigrated from that pilfered nation are hoonest.

The gas station kept the ticket and

Comment #15

HaveABall — Sat, 09 May 2015 03:26:07 GMT

I certainly hope so.

Comment #14

dallascowboyfan — Sat, 09 May 2015 02:21:31 GMT

Mistakes do happen glad it worked out for the store.

Comment #13

noise-gate — Fri, 08 May 2015 23:28:18 GMT

My guess: They will say they don't have the Manpower or resources....

Comment #12

gocart1 — Fri, 08 May 2015 23:00:58 GMT

New York State flat out refuses to do checks like this one on an Lottery outlet..I wonder why...Can any of my L.P. friends tell me why not

Comment #11

mypiemaster — Fri, 08 May 2015 22:51:28 GMT

All states should have a subscription service that is available to everybody, but that is very unlikely to happen, thanks to the politicians and those billionaires that have them all in their pockets and eating out of the palm of their hands.

Comment #10

Droptop6969 — Fri, 08 May 2015 22:49:23 GMT

This is good, Now the clerks at the store will pay very close attention now. If they screw up again they are DONE

Comment #9

myturn — Fri, 08 May 2015 22:43:07 GMT

The California Lottery should have a subscription service. Some people don't trust lottery retailers, a subscription service would be more secure option for then.

Comment #8

maringoman — Fri, 08 May 2015 21:13:15 GMT

California lottery sting operations by Chris Hansen used to be fun to watch. Especially when the caught up person is trembling like a leaf because it just hit them that they're in the trap. Honesty is the only option in life. Honesty is the only option in life.

Comment #7

noise-gate — Fri, 08 May 2015 19:55:13 GMT

The California Lottery Inspectors will go into different stores from time w/ a scratcher that's worth a few hundred bucks if complaints are lodged in order to see if that pattern exists.. for them to go into THIS store with a fake $75k ticket, tells me that this store has been under Sur-veil-lance for awhile, perhaps cashing tickets well over the store payout limit.They did not just show up there by chance Like l said, them not cashing this ticket saved their hide....for now.

Comment #6

mypiemaster — Fri, 08 May 2015 18:44:50 GMT

From now on, every vehicle in the parking lot and every customer that walks through that door, will appear to be somewhat associated with the lottery undercover operations. That's the mental anguish they will have to go through from now on. One {maybe} bad apple......

Comment #5

Tony Numbers — Fri, 08 May 2015 18:17:56 GMT

Why was the store a target of the states investigation? Send the employees back to lottery class.

Comment #4

TheGameGrl — Fri, 08 May 2015 17:54:39 GMT

Glad it was put to rest properly. Too often the skepticism of the matter muddies the reality of the events. NO fraud , no claims. Seems simple to me, Twas a mistake that is being rectified. Good for the Lottery for admitting its part.

Comment #3

noise-gate — Fri, 08 May 2015 17:06:13 GMT

This Place dodged a Nuclear Bullet.

*** l am willing to swear that this particular store will have a squeaky clean record moving forward as long as they have a lottery terminal on property.

Comment #2

zinniagirl — Fri, 08 May 2015 13:33:30 GMT

My thought exactly

Comment #1

rcbbuckeye — Fri, 08 May 2015 13:20:50 GMT

We encourage the retailer to continue to train and monitor the actions of her employees so they may remain a successful Lottery partner .

In other words, You screw up again and you're history .

Calif. gas station off the hook in lottery ticket probe

Lottery Post — Fri, 08 May 2015 12:59:36 GMT

A Palmdale, California, gas station employee who mistakenly gave $75 to an undercover state compliance officer instead of advising him that he was the holder of a lottery ticket worth $75,000 did not commit fraud, lottery officials said Thursday.

California Lottery officials said they were satisfied that the incident was a result of the clerk's misunderstanding of those procedures and that their investigation of the gas station was over.

Now we are going to move on, lottery spokesman Russ... [ More ]