Undercover Oregon Lottery investigation found retailer employee stole $25,000 winning ticket

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chris632 — Mon, 28 Oct 2024 09:50:40 GMT

I wonder if they checked to see if the clerk ever cashed any prior tickets that were presented by unsuspecting customers.

Good Luck, Chris

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Artist77 — Mon, 28 Oct 2024 00:31:41 GMT

I am pretty certain they are required to do random compliance checks. Common in many businesses for health and safety inspections as well.

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rcbbuckeye — Mon, 28 Oct 2024 00:00:35 GMT

Prolly would be few if any complaints if a retailer cheats a winner, the winner wouldnt know.

I mentioned before that in TX when a winning ticket is scanned there is a chime. I would tink most if not all states lottery terminals do the same now days.

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Brock Lee — Sun, 27 Oct 2024 23:51:07 GMT

i'm more concerned that they spend taxpayer money to do random checks on retailers with no known history of complaints against them.

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Brock Lee — Sun, 27 Oct 2024 23:50:15 GMT

no, because the undercover lottery agent is not egging on the cashier to do something illegal. they are only pretending to be a normal customer looking to check what their lottery tickets are worth.

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gvpazkn — Sun, 27 Oct 2024 23:01:51 GMT

Isn't the simple term for this called entrapment

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DELotteryPlyr — Sun, 27 Oct 2024 20:53:31 GMT

they spent millions of taxpayers dollars buying tickets till they got one to use

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Kate — Sun, 27 Oct 2024 19:06:45 GMT

It was likely a fake winning ticket planted by the Lottery to ping as a winner in their system when scanned. These are routine integrity checks that they perform from time to time.

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JustMaybe — Sun, 27 Oct 2024 18:38:13 GMT

I buy multiple tickets on Sundays for different games throughout the week. I mostly cash the winners on Sunday as I buy the new tickets.

I have an app for scanning the tickets so I always know what I have won even as I let the clerk scan them for me.

I have never had an incident where the clerk has lied to me.

However, that does not mean there are no evil people out there. I think when the winning ticket is worth 25K, the stakes are high and that can tempt the clerk.

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Comment #4

JustMaybe — Sun, 27 Oct 2024 18:29:07 GMT

Hahahaha this is the comment of the decade. I can go back to sleep now

Benefit of doubt, am sure they print some for the random checks and probably have a barcode that shows they are for that purpose at the lottery end. That way even the investigators can't cash them in.

But that is a great question Tony, you got me laughing so hard

Comment #3

Tony Numbers — Sun, 27 Oct 2024 17:26:00 GMT

I'd like to know how the investigators came up with a winning $25,000 ticket

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Brock Lee — Sun, 27 Oct 2024 15:59:01 GMT

something has to prompt these integrity checks, right? like a player complained to the lottery about a retailer or the lottery saw that someone who works at a convenience store cashed lots of winners. totally random integrity checks would be inefficient because most lottery ticket sellers are honest.

Comment #1

hearsetrax — Sun, 27 Oct 2024 14:22:07 GMT

hehehe

Undercover Oregon Lottery investigation found retailer employee stole $25,000 winning ticket

Lottery Post — Sun, 27 Oct 2024 12:32:27 GMT

Retailer employee faces charges following integrity check

By Kate Northrop

An Oregon Lottery retailer employee is facing charges after an undercover investigation revealed they had stolen and attempted to claim a $25,000 winning lottery ticket.

The Oregon Lottery and Oregon State Police (OSP) caught a lottery retailer employee red-handed during a sting operation, exposing the theft of a ticket worth $25,000.

On Thursday, Sept. 19, 2024, the OSP and Oregon Lottery initiated a Reta... [ More ]