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Pa. clerk stole $48K in lottery ticketsNews Story
A woman faces a preliminary hearing on charges she stole $48,000 worth of instant-win Pennsylvania lottery tickets from the convenience store where she worked. Online court records do not list an attorney for 39-year-old Diane Justi, of Freedom. Police in Conway say Justi stole the tickets while working at the Conway Superette between April and September. Police say one of the store's owners alerted them to the thefts. Police say store surveillance tapes clearly showed Justi stealing th
Nov 17, 2009, 8:27 am - Lottery News

Store clerk accused of stealing $1M lottery ticket from customerNews Story
Willis Willis may have had the winning lottery ticket, but it was the convenience store clerk who had his number. As authorities tell it, years of playing the Texas lottery finally paid off for the Grand Prairie man in May when he walked into the Lucky Food Store with a million-dollar ticket. But in a double twist of tortured fortune, an opportunistic clerk may have cheated him out of his ticket and his treasure. Now, while Willis waits to be a millionaire, police are searching for the
Oct 22, 2009, 5:58 am - Lottery News

Mishap leads to lottery jackpot for Florida coupleNews Story
Publix employee buys mistake worth millions When the ticket printer at the Publix on Gladiolus Drive in south Fort Myers accidentally popped out two Florida Lotto tickets instead of just the one a customer ordered a few weeks ago, no one could have predicted the mechanical error would turn out to be a windfall. The customer was offered the extra ticket free of charge as is the store's policy but the woman refused to take it. So the Publix clerk who sold the ticket offered the extra to a fe
Aug 11, 2009, 8:48 pm - Lottery News

Recent checks of Iowa Lottery retailers find no fraudNews Story
Security checks at lottery ticket sale locations at about 200 locations statewide in recent months have revealed no improper payments of prizes to or by store personnel, Iowa's lottery chief told a panel of state legislators last week. Terry Rich, chief executive officer of the Iowa Lottery, played up the safety and profitability of the lottery before members of the Legislature's Oversight Committee in the wake of an expansive report by Iowa's Ombudsman of State. The April report found the lo
Jun 15, 2009, 7:14 am - Lottery News

Sting nabs Minnesota lottery clerks stealing winning ticketsNews Story
Investigations will expand after lottery ticket agents attempt to redeem undercover agents' winning tickets Five Twin Cities convenience store employees and three accomplices are facing lottery fraud charges after they were caught by undercover investigators allegedly trying to cash in winning lottery tickets for themselves. The fraud was discovered after the Minnesota State Lottery's security office and the state's Alcohol Gambling Enforcement Division set up a sting operation to test whe
Mar 30, 2009, 10:24 am - Lottery News

Iowa Lottery retail check finds no cheatingNews Story
The Iowa Lottery said today it found no evidence that lottery ticket winners were cheated when it conducted security checks last month at 120 retail sites statewide. Three lottery underecover investigators posed as customers and visited 126 randomly-selected Iowa retail locations on Feb. 24 and 25, said Iowa Lottery Vice President Mary Neubauer. They presented 128 winning tickets with cash prizes ranging from $1 to $100. In every instance, the retailer paid the correct amount, Neubauer sai
Mar 13, 2009, 9:13 am - Lottery News

More Calif. stores accused of stealing customers' lottery prizesNews Story
Perhaps you're not quite as unlucky in the lottery as you thought. That scratcher ticket you tossed? Well, it just might have been a winner with the cash prize going to none other than the store owner or clerk you passed it off to as garbage. Ten retailers and clerks are accused of trying to cash in customers' winning lottery tickets at three locations in San Jose, two in Milpitas and one in Santa Clara. Nine people were arrested Tuesday on suspicion of felony grand theft of lottery ticket
Mar 6, 2009, 7:59 am - Lottery News

Woman claims Publix cashier threw away winning lotto ticketNews Story
Annie Collier loves to play the lottery. She has a ritual of buying tickets each week and playing certain numbers. Occasionally, she'll hit. Last Thursday, Annie's lotto tickets were piled in her purse. She bought them earlier in the week and didn't even pay attention to what the numbers were. Talk about lucky! On Valentine's Day, Annie love for lotto paid off big. She won $800. Annie's son called to share the good news. My son had called me and told me, 'Mom, you know that 3131 c
Feb 19, 2009, 12:35 pm - Lottery News

Lottery retailers busted in raidNews Story
Store owners, clerks accused of stealing winning tickets Lottery officials raided several mini marts Tuesday in Fresno, California. Owners and clerks were taken away in handcuffs after undercover investigators say the suspects cheated would-be customers by lying about winning tickets. Late last year officers posing as consumers showed up at many local mini marts to test their honesty. More than a dozen store owners and employees failed. Today, authorities caught up with them at the busi
Jan 22, 2009, 11:45 am - Lottery News

Police: Store clerk conned La. lotto winner out of $800,000News Story
A lottery loser may have been a big winner after all. A joint investigation by Louisiana State Police and the state's Lottery Corporation determined on Wednesday that a clerk at a Belle Chasse convenience store conned a jackpot winner out of his ticket and a payoff of $800,000. The purchase of the ticket took place in late May, according to local media sources. When the owner brought the ticket back to the store to claim his prize, the clerk allegedly told him he was mistaken and kept t
Sep 26, 2008, 11:29 pm - Lottery News