A Clerk stole my draw ticket. She said it was not a winner, then changed it one dollar after I wanted my ticket back. She then walked over to the other Clerks register got a dollar and dropped it on the counter. She could not use her own register (the one used for all the Lottery transactions) because she just slid my ticket into the right side corner after opening it two inches and trying to hide it. Then would not talk or look at me. A couple days later i was able to find the Retailer. We had spoke a few times and I told him, if you tell her to give my ticket back this problem goes away. He said he was going to do that. He got scared and called the Lottery and told them he was on the ballot for the State Wide School Board Election. That changed everything. The Lottery started telling me lies and refused to investigate, even told me the Lottery did not investigate in my area. I got an email that said, the retailer broke no Lottery rules. This was determined with no investigation and not finding my validated ticket, That I had told the Lottery many times that it would not be found. The Clerk never validated the ticket when i was there. It was like talking to a box of rocks. The person telling most of the lies is the Manager for Security and Law Enforcement. This Manager has no problem telling me lies, she appears to be so comfortable with her job that it's normal to say anything she wants. I had told her we needed to find and put a stop on that ticket before the Clerk gets the money. She did nothing. Well the Clerk got the money and has put it on the Internet. How her life has changed for the better, all the things she has been buying. She even left things for me, telling me how bad she feels for people who lost their money. I got a criminal report on the Clerk. Multiple Convicted Felon. Now the Clerk is feeling real good about her win and when she sees me, she sings and laughs "I got your money ha ha ha" in the middle of parking lots in front of people like she has no worries. She is 54yrs old. So I called the Lottery to let them know that the Clerk had got the money, but before I could get any words out, this same Manager acted happy that I had called and told me in a voice i had not heard before that the Lottery had figured out exactly what happened, so I waited for her to tell me this news before telling her my news. And this is what she told me, It just looks like your ticket had won. What happened was when you were in line to buy a ticket the player in front of you had bought the winning ticket just seconds before you bought your ticket and that player was the winner and was paid out, and that's why it just looks like your ticket won. This is the BS that i have been going through. So time for my news. I told this Manager what she told me was impossible because when I was at the store and bought my ticket, I was the only customer in the store. The girl behind the counter was eight feet away from the Lottery Terminal sitting on a stool she sits on when she has no customers. She was selling no tickets to anyone. This is easy to prove a lie by looking at the time on my ticket. You will see a time gap before and after I bought my ticket. This phantom winning ticket buyer does not exist. In a Law Dictionary I found this. If someone stops a person from getting something that is rightfully theirs by lying to them, has DEFRAUDED them. I would think this manager has a bit of a problem. I then told her about the Clerk telling me she has my money and was on the internet talking about all the stuff she has been buying. I then told the Manager I was still going to prosecute. The Manager was MAD and said THE LOTTERY WILL NOT HELP YOU!!! then added THE LOTTERY WILL NOT ACCEPT ANY EVIDENCE FROM YOU!!! This shows without any doubt the Managers intentions from the time she found out who owned the store. Now I really don't know what direction to take this. I was permanently disabled from a work related car crash and disability pay is not going to pay for an attorney. I know i would regret letting them get away with this. Any ideas? any thoughts? This is not even the full story. I would very much like to hear if anybody knows some kind of agency or person that knows how to deal with this type of problem I can pay some money. Thanks.....