Florida store employee arrested for 'micro-scratching' lottery tickets

Comment #31

dallascowboyfan — Wed, 18 Jan 2017 08:45:15 GMT

Wow SMH!! This is very discouraging to those who play scratch offs, hopefully the thug gets jail time.

Comment #30

JWBlue — Fri, 13 Jan 2017 20:31:33 GMT

Is it really difficult to have a a system that can not be beaten by cheaters?

First the Powerball Hot Lotto scam and now this.

I never scratch my tickets in a store.

Comment #29

abjorik — Fri, 13 Jan 2017 14:53:32 GMT

Am I the only one here who thinks the Biggest Criminals are the Lottery Runners? WTF In order to get $7K you have to spend $250K. Are you kidding me

Comment #28

American Indian — Fri, 13 Jan 2017 13:28:36 GMT

UNBELIEVABLE! Bet nobody ever accused him of being SMART!

What an IDIOT, didn't even bother to scratch off the TICKET, MORON!

DUH

Comment #27

Soledad — Sun, 08 Jan 2017 17:32:17 GMT

I knew it. I knew that stores did that. I have seen tickets that have a little scratch on them before. I have seen owners scratching tickets hardcore one after the other right on top of the terminals before. I knew it. Those cheaters and scammers. How dare they. Scratchers cost a lot of money to play. A lot.

Comment #26

atoz — Sun, 08 Jan 2017 15:32:41 GMT

There are many states this is prolly happening in, maybe not the micro scratching....there are other ways too I sure. I know one store where the clerk watches what people scratch and no winners he is in there grabbing tickets and only scratch off bar code....he most generally hits a winner quick. i seen this done often. Then the clerks also check in the lottery machine of winners of what tickets have hit and then watch those too and go in and take advantage.

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Comment #25

mizzmdlotto — Sun, 08 Jan 2017 03:57:53 GMT

This story just made me check my scratchers that I just bought.Wow..never heard of this..I will be definitely checking my tickets for micro scratches from now on..

Comment #24

Skibunnylk — Sat, 07 Jan 2017 19:51:45 GMT

I feel the same way! I am very concerned about the integrity of all scratch offs due to micro scratching and any other scheme these criminals may use.

Comment #23

Goteki54 — Sat, 07 Jan 2017 18:46:55 GMT

When people commit shaddy and criminal activity and get away with it, eventually they get too confidence and start mistaken their luck in not getting caught with skill , and that eventually catches up to them and leads to their downfall.

Comment #22

noise-gate — Sat, 07 Jan 2017 17:06:05 GMT

Anthony gaspipe Casso may agree or disagree with that remark Dd. His in his 70's and is serving a 455 year prison sentence.

Comment #21

MonEl — Sat, 07 Jan 2017 17:00:37 GMT

Records show Faragallah cashed in at least seven winning tickets valued at $1,000 each.

Each had odds of winning of between 1-in-1,153 and 1-in-2,069.

In order to guarantee that many wins through buying tickets, Faragallah would have had to have purchased more than $250,000 worth of tickets in a year-long period.

What he did for one year or longer was nothing at all compared to what that state lottery has been doing who knows for how many years.

Imagine having to buy $250,000 worth o... [ More ]

Comment #20

Dd2160 — Sat, 07 Jan 2017 11:42:01 GMT

Im pretty sure this happens in NY and many many other states.

Crime really does not pay unless its mafia style.

Comment #19

Dd2160 — Sat, 07 Jan 2017 11:38:36 GMT

Thats one dumb f_~k.

As you live you will learn that should learn him!

Really you got snip y and wanted it all...crime does not pay it penalize!!!

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Comment #18

Instyle — Sat, 07 Jan 2017 11:27:04 GMT

i agree. I don't play scratchers either.

Comment #17

Romancandle — Sat, 07 Jan 2017 02:59:28 GMT

Ha ha... exactly what I was thinking... Think!

That's the story within this story...

Comment #16

ElinaSammy2081 — Sat, 07 Jan 2017 02:48:37 GMT

That's why I don't play scratchers I have always suspecteded in the clerks I don't trust them especially after all I have read in the lottery news.

Comment #15

lottoluv — Sat, 07 Jan 2017 01:05:05 GMT

WHY didn't he just scratch off that $500 winner? It doesn't take a genius to do that! Betcha he's kicking himself right now

Comment #14

noise-gate — Fri, 06 Jan 2017 22:57:08 GMT

It doesn't matter how good you have been cheating people who are trying to win the honest way- sooner or later it all catches up to you.

Comment #13

Illinoisdreamer — Fri, 06 Jan 2017 21:59:21 GMT

One of the reasons I buy from vending machines

Cant trust clerks. At both places I buy my tickets I have seen tickets loaded into machine and they have never been out of order so there is clearly no fraud

Comment #12

DantheMan627 — Fri, 06 Jan 2017 21:25:50 GMT

Yup i have seen that in miami fl

I have recieve tickets like that several times

Comment #11

Think — Fri, 06 Jan 2017 20:09:57 GMT

Hmmm...

Records show Faragallah cashed in at least seven winning tickets valued at $1,000 each.

In order to get that many wins Faragallah would have had to have purchased more than $250,000 worth of tickets in a year-long period.

OH Boy!!! Doesn't that just make you want to run out and buy those scratchers

Comment #10

Bleudog101 — Fri, 06 Jan 2017 19:16:32 GMT

Message sent to IGT via FB. They might be bound to the contract with the various states and you know they won't change anything mid-stream. That would involve putting those special scanners in unless the ones they have can be upgraded. Not my speciality.

Comment #9

Groppo — Fri, 06 Jan 2017 19:03:33 GMT

.

THE MAJORITY OF PEOPLE SUCK, THESE DAYS.

THERE IS NO HONESTY THESE DAYS, AND ALL YOU HAVE IS THESE GREEDY 'PEOPLE'.

I HATE THIS SYSTEM. I CAN'T WAIT FOR GOD TO HAVE HIS DAY OF ANGER AND WIPE OUT

ALL THOSE KINDS OF PEOPLE. MAYBE I'LL BE ONE OF THEM TOO, BUT I KNOW I CAN'T CONTINUE

TO PUT UP WITH PEOPLES' GARBAGE.

I M DISGUSTED BY THE WHOLE LOT OF THEM THAT HAVE TO DO THOSE SORTS OF THINGS.

to the lottery commission:

you need to profile the people to whom you give permiss... [ More ]

Comment #8

Dracos — Fri, 06 Jan 2017 18:39:39 GMT

Seriously, mind you...he also walked into a lottery district office to cash in that $500 winner. Lottery offices have different protocol they follow when cashing in a ticket such as having people sign the back of it (even if it is a small winner and isn't a claim ticket). If he would have went into a grocery store to cash it in, he probably wouldn't have been flagged for suspicion.

Additionally, this would be an easy investigation due to the fact that claim tickets ($1000 or more) also send a... [ More ]

Comment #7

Raven62 — Fri, 06 Jan 2017 18:29:23 GMT

Maybe he read previous LP News Stories: https://www.lotterypost.com/news/247863

Comment #6

KY Floyd — Fri, 06 Jan 2017 18:28:45 GMT

he tried to claim a $500 winning scratch-off ticket that hadn't even been scratched.

Oops.

Comment #5

Bleudog101 — Fri, 06 Jan 2017 18:23:41 GMT

Just had to Google what those funny looking square gizmos are that can be scanned. They are called QR=Quick Response. Believe you me, since I'm a small time investor in IGT that produces many lottery tickets, I'll e-mail them with this fix. This will eliminate microscratching because I believe the who QR box would have to be scratched off. Funny I noticed @ work scanning the kids with barcodes sometimes the laser is nowhere near the barcode and it still beeps OK.

Comment #4

cbr$ — Fri, 06 Jan 2017 17:57:18 GMT

We have when from totally rigging lottery games to micro-scratching off

scratch off tickets. Talking about taking their lottery players for granted

and for a ride. This clerk must had the best poker face in town. To tell

his frequent buyers good luck on their tickets. Since he knew he took all

the nice winners out. The icing on this cake, was him trying to claim the $500. winning off a unscratched ticket. It time for the lotteries to come

together come up with a plans or... [ More ]

Comment #3

Bleudog101 — Fri, 06 Jan 2017 16:24:24 GMT

Bubba is always waiting for a new 'girlfriend' in the cell block.

Let's see, today is 6 JAN 17 and here we are with a stupid, greedy person trying to beat the system.

Time for my IGT to make this not happen, obviously this technology is dated since you only have to microscratch to check for a winner.

Comment #2

gregs241 — Fri, 06 Jan 2017 15:58:06 GMT

Good luck EMAD being prison Bubba's new best friend..............

Comment #1

Raven62 — Fri, 06 Jan 2017 15:55:16 GMT

Florida Players: Carefully Inspect Your Scratch-Off Game Tickets.

Florida store employee arrested for 'micro-scratching' lottery tickets

Lottery Post — Fri, 06 Jan 2017 14:10:45 GMT

Includes video report

Authorities say a Florida convenience store clerk was cashing in by cheating, while selling customers worthless lottery tickets.

Lottery officials say he got greedy and tried to cash in too many big winning lottery scratch-off tickets at the Tampa Lottery District Office.

One major red flag was when he tried to claim a $500 winning scratch-off ticket that hadn't even been scratched.

For more than a year, lottery officials believe an employee of a Radiant conveni... [ More ]