Just a confirmation of previous news:

https://www.lotterypost.com/news/259869

Actually, it's not a confirmation, it's new news.  The person has pleaded guilty.  Previously, in the article from April, they were simply charged, but there was no admission of guilt.  (See the link to the previous story embedded in this new article.)

Its a good story. Usually the sentence is already outlined in exchange for the guilty plea, but I guess we will have to wait til Sept. 11, to hear the actual verdict and get the new news.

The lure of easy money. Always the downfall of the weak and the greedy.

"The tickets were valued at $99,600, and Hantske cashed in winning tickets and collected more than $67,000."

The theft aside and from a statistics point of view, he actually did pretty good for scratch offs, only losing about 1/3rd of the ticket's face value...

I'm glad he was convicted it is difficult enough to win anything good in Maryland without company corruption like this.

, MDguy.  Plus, it still amazes me that these thieving employees are allowed to continue their theft for over 3.5 years (while often even being "watched" by officials for over one year)!

Unless the moron actually filed, i'm surprised there's no Federal charges for not paying taxes. Theres got to be a few good size winners.

never a good investnment u will 99.9 %of the time lose way more then you will ever win suckers like lotto freaks are just pipe dreaming

thats how it always is they need tpo make the profit. if you buy a 100 DOLLARS OF LOTTTERY TICKETS U WILL probably get like 60 bucks back. not worth the investnment only play for fun & make the lotto rich ya digg i am going to win without paying ya digg work the system

Welcome to the LP NUMONEYNIJAS

Well actually "attorney" Ronnie, that is not correct. There is a range of a recommended PROPOSED SENTENCE by the 2 parties. The judge is not involved in the process at this point. Afterwards, he/she will review this recommendation and agreement and decide on sentencing. The judge does have the option to reject the sentence but cannot modify the terms of a plea bargain.

Thanks I'm a win 1 day without buying  a scratcheR

He could have gotten the 67% return with just $500 and below prizes, all anonymous cash transactions.(but still liable for taxes) That is about the expected return at that level for larger scratchers, maybe even a little low. And if he had 1 or 2 $1000 prizes, he could've done one of those deals with a shady clerk to cash it, and get back $600 for the $1000 win under the table.

The reason some of these thieves are not caught right away is because they steal in chunks.A little this week, skip a month,  hoping that no one would notice that they have already established a pattern of getting away with it and feeling a sense of entitlement. Its similar to someone who constantly tells lies- it actually gets to a point where they start believing in their own lies and will become militant if anyone disagrees with their " lies".

Sometimes all you have to do is disagree with someone and they will do the same thing.

You sound a lot like hahalotterybans. https://www.lotterypost.com/news/265143/3222436

What a coincidence.

We need to riot!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Good catch. Someone check his IP.

The "ya digg" is a dead giveaway, hardly ever hear that expression. I had to go look it up in the Urban Dictionary to see if there were any new meanings I was unaware of. #5 may be appropriate. 

You are right I havent heard that since the 70's "ya digg"

$67,000 in winnings were supposed to go to honest people who BUY not STEAL the tickets for a chance to win. Scratch-offs are already hard enough to win but when ya got someone stealing winning tickets it doesnt make it any easier. It's a shame because if it's going on there, it's going on in a lot of other places too. 

I walk into certain stores and sometimes observe the lottery clerks scratching away at tickets. There is  no way for me to tell if they have bought the tickets or not, so I sometimes do think to myself  they are scratching tickets without paying for them possibly after observing someone scratch a loser on the same game, and then throw the ticket into the garbage.They think they have a chance to scratch a winning ticket if the previous tickets purchased within that same game that were sold were losing tickets.

Now of course i'm not saying every lottery agent does this and can't be trusted, but unfortunately there is a percentage of lottery agents who are dishonest theives, such as stealing scratch-offs, telling an unexperienced player their ticket is not a winner if being asked, then throwing it into the garbage and then picking it out from the trash later once the victim leaves the store.  I appreciate all of the honest agents who don't steal scam or rip off customers but it's dissapointing there are bad ones out who do these  things.I RARELY buy scratch-offs but this story certainly won't make me excited  about buying some in the future

He sure lived up the Maryland Lottery's motto "Let Yourself Play". He sure helped himseslf to it, but cheating and stealing doesn't pay.

don't know the person btw keeping buying scratchers you will hit it big 1 day

I have seen that myself scratching like a dope fein junkie. Don't know if she bought them are is being  shady. She was squat down behind the counter hiding out of the camer view blind spot thoe. So I'm thinking she was being dirty

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I totally agree with ya! 

good news!

I hope he gets the punishment he deserved so that no one will do the same. If they needed money they have to work for it. There are some people who has the courage to steal somebody's money but they don't have the courage to face the consequences of their action.

Good catch