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3 men accused of scamming lottery winner out of $3MReply
Yet another lotto theft story. Morale of the story: Hold on to those tickets folks. More importantly sign the back of them .
Sep 2, 2011, 1:05 pm - TheRightPrice - Lottery News

Store owner jailed one year for stealing $5.7M lottery ticketReply
I wonder why the penalties for lottery related theft are so light. Surely he should have gotten more than one year in jail which he probably won't have to serve but a few months.
Jun 21, 2010, 4:43 pm - Tenaj - Lottery News

Store clerk gets prison term for Ohio lottery ticket theftReply
I just wonder if some of these weak sentences could have been turned to jail time early and then maybe this third theft would not have happened. Some folks just don't get it .
Jun 2, 2010, 9:26 am - Littleoldlady - Lottery News

Pa. clerk stole $48K in lottery ticketsReply
I guess some people just don't learn the lesson that CRIME DOES NOT PAY'. However, I want to know why it took the business owner so long to report this theft--someone should have caught her sooner if they had surveillance tapes running everyday.
Nov 17, 2009, 1:28 pm - Dollar419 - Lottery News

Convicted embezzler to forfeit Kansas Lottery prizeNews Story
Paul W. Lyle learned that he won the grand prize in a Kansas Lottery second-chance drawing at his preliminary hearing 11 days ago. Trouble was: The former radio executive was facing a charge of felony theft for embezzling a reported $87,750 from his employer, American Media Investments, which owns three radio stations in Pittsburg, five in Joplin, Mo., and five more in Texas. The supreme irony: Lyle, 63, the company's chief operating officer until the theft was discovered in May, confessed th
Oct 3, 2009, 11:36 am - Todd - Lottery News

Scientific Games sued a second time by GameologistReply
They need to win this lawsuit against Scientific games. It was clearly theft of intellectual property. I don't know why big companies think they can just steam roll over smaller ones. There is enough money for all. Seems like Scientific Games is very greedy, corrupt and manipulative and will stop at nothing to win those contracts.
Aug 7, 2009, 5:28 pm - Littleoldlady - Lottery News

How lucky can you get~~Reply
The Store Clerk did a Switch a roug the the ticket, he gave him a 4 dollar ticket. and he won all that money, He went to jail for Grand theft. 5 yrs.
Aug 2, 2009, 7:22 pm - marcie - Lottery Discussion Forum

Arkansas lottery retailers to be policed for fraud, officials sayReply
While the majority of retailers are most likely honest,some have been proven guilty of fraud and some have been proven guilty of theft.Should retailers be allowed to play the lottery?Yes,but not at stores that they own or work at.Its to easy to cheat customers out of their winnings if you have larceny in your heart.
May 19, 2009, 4:32 pm - MaddMike51 - Lottery News

Who owns what?Reply
turn them in 1st.. got to make sure they were not stolen and the person/persons who stole them threw them away.. then if you found them and cashed the tickets in, you might get charged with theft... make sure they are legit, then i see no problem with keeping the tickets
Mar 3, 2009, 2:25 pm - JordanT1021 - Lottery Discussion Forum

Who owns what?Reply
I'm not sure why some people consider finding some scratch-off tickets in the garbage theft? I suppose if it is a whole bunch of them and they haven't been scratched then I would probably contact the lottery offices to see what the deal is, but when did finding things in the garbage start making people thieves?
Mar 3, 2009, 1:28 pm - ThatScaryChick - Lottery Discussion Forum