Thief's 1000s of stolen lottery tickets nearly all losers

Comment #8

CASH Only — Fri, 11 Jun 2004 20:06:02 GMT

What is pwned

Comment #7

Mana — Wed, 26 May 2004 00:25:35 GMT

*Floats in from lurker worl

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RJOh — Tue, 25 May 2004 20:02:47 GMT

Recently Ohio introduced that same idea into their jackpot game SuperLottoPlus for a match 3of6 to reduce their odds of winning to 1:54. Imagine how a winner would feel if they were offered 100 free plays for a 4of6 match instead of the $100 now payed. It could happen because Ohio is looking for a way to advertise improved odds and payout less money in all their games.RJOh

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Todd — Tue, 25 May 2004 18:56:01 GMT

RJOh,Excellent points, which are the main reasons that I rarely play scratch games.

Comment #4

RJOh — Tue, 25 May 2004 18:50:33 GMT

Too many thieves believe the odds of 1:5 of having a winner that printed on the back of those tickets. They don't relieve that most of those prizes are a free ticket. Some honest lottery players have questioned whether a free ticket is really a prize since its only value is another chance to lose. Many states have ruled that it is, so they can offer very good odds of winning a prize by printing more free tickets. In a roll of 10,000 tickets, there could no money prizes and with 2,000 free ti... [ More ]

Comment #3

DoctorEw220 — Tue, 25 May 2004 18:22:52 GMT

if you're going to steal lottery tickets, steal online ones. you have a better chance of winning some big money that way.

Comment #2

keystonechas — Tue, 25 May 2004 15:46:18 GMT

Never rob a store for lottery tickets. Rob banks.....thats where the money is!!Chas

Comment #1

jeffrey — Tue, 25 May 2004 11:08:35 GMT

Ha ha ha, jerk.

Thief's 1000s of stolen lottery tickets nearly all losers

Lottery Post — Tue, 25 May 2004 10:31:07 GMT

A man arrested for stealing 4,400 lottery tickets suffered the double ignominy of winning only a trifling sum from the stolen stubs, Metropolitan Police Department officers said Tuesday.Yoshihiko Akao, 31, a company employee from Gotenba, Shizuoka Prefecture, was arrested for robbery after he allegedly pilfered 4,400 unused lottery tickets from a sales outlet in Tokyo.Instead of the billions of yen he dreamed of, however, the tickets Akao spent all night checking to see how much he'd won were la... [ More ]