Trading clerk surrenders to face charges of stealing lottery ticket

Comment #5

johnph77 — Thu, 08 Jan 2004 03:26:22 GMT

Seems to me the poor decision was made by the idiot who gave a potential winning ticket for someone outside the pool to check.....

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Bug — Thu, 08 Jan 2004 02:30:32 GMT

She could say someone stole her photocopy. No proof that didn't happen.

Comment #3

Bug — Thu, 08 Jan 2004 02:26:02 GMT

If she throws the ticket away, who's gonna know

Comment #2

BabyJC — Thu, 08 Jan 2004 01:57:04 GMT

It sounds like the woman did not know that the traders made a photocopy of the tickets before they gave them to her. Thanks goodness they did! Also, in Massachusetts, they list the names/cities of all first place prize winners on their website. What a poor decision she made, which shows her true colors.

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DoubleDown — Wed, 07 Jan 2004 19:19:58 GMT

The hits just keep on coming..... Former Eagle's member Glenn Frey from the song smugglers blues It's the lure of easy money, Its got a very strong appeal ... Very strong indeed... this incident coupled with the Ohio controversy= greed.DD

Trading clerk surrenders to face charges of stealing lottery ticket

Lottery Post — Wed, 07 Jan 2004 16:32:42 GMT

The trading clerk at the center of a $175,000 Mega Millions lottery ticket dispute in Chicago surrendered to police Tuesday on felony theft charges.Dora Leal, 44, of North Spaulding Avenue, showed up at Harrison Area headquarters with a lawyer and turned herself in, Cmdr. Steve Peterson said. The surrender was arranged by detectives Kenneth Krupowicz and Cleveland Thomas.The whereabouts of the disputed lottery ticket are unknown.Leal is accused of pocketing a winning ticket that a group of trade... [ More ]