3 charged in theft of $250,000 lottery ticket

Comment #46

GaInVa — Sun, 18 Sep 2016 18:58:07 GMT

Sounds like someone's IQ is in double digits at best. If this weren't the case, then they would know that safe deposit boxes, trusts, and a closed mouth are their best friends in this particular instance.

Comment #45

helpmewin — Sun, 18 Sep 2016 11:25:56 GMT

Comment #44

LottoAce — Wed, 07 Sep 2016 00:48:18 GMT

what difference does it make?

her quote not mine.

back to the conversation at hand.

I would not be opposed to anyone buying a lottery ticket

at the store where they worked. Just as long as it wasn't a scratch off.

or any other ticket that can be immediately scanned to determine if it is a winner or not.

I'm talking about State and MultiState Lotteries (pic 6), Megamillions, Powerball, Pic 3, 4's etc.

anything that you have to fill out a slip for or request a quick-p... [ More ]

Comment #43

music* — Tue, 06 Sep 2016 22:47:02 GMT

You say, Go Hillary ? Have you not seen how corrupt she is? She is just as bad as Nixon was.

Comment #42

lottoal — Sun, 14 Aug 2016 20:13:32 GMT

How could they the lottery tell if the ticket was bought legally just by noticing some scribbling on the back of the ticket. Sounds to me the store employee ratted them out after realizing they would not be getting their cut. This is not good security work by the lottery it just was old fashion GREED that got them.

Comment #41

Get paid — Tue, 09 Aug 2016 17:24:56 GMT

Its stealing,they should go to jail.Would she had payed for the ticket if it was a none winning ticket.

Comment #40

Bleudog101 — Mon, 08 Aug 2016 18:35:09 GMT

He's looking to the Lord; not as pronounced as the late David Edwards did when he split that big Powerball jackpot years ago.

Comment #39

HaveABall — Mon, 08 Aug 2016 17:21:31 GMT

, digitaltim.

Anyhow, I think each state should make legal gambling to be the same age. Although maybe 20 years of age would be a good age (keep teenagers away, as big windfalls cause even greater naivete).

Comment #38

MaximumMillions — Mon, 08 Aug 2016 16:54:36 GMT

What is Johnny looking at

Comment #37

Bleudog101 — Mon, 08 Aug 2016 14:43:27 GMT

Why wasn't there a smile for the camera

Comment #36

dr65 — Mon, 08 Aug 2016 13:42:11 GMT

The 20 year old was probably too excited to think at the time, maybe she signed it, got info that she was too young

and asked the co-worker who either did the favor and reconsidered or just said no and the girl went to the boyfriend

to sign it. Scribbling out one name is bad enough, two would be real cause for scrutiny.

The mother looks like a real winner...not in a good sense either. She looks like one of the types that wouldn't think

twice about pulling a fast one like this. I c... [ More ]

Comment #35

dr65 — Mon, 08 Aug 2016 13:34:13 GMT

It definitely should be policy across the country. Clerks have too much insider info that a general person walking in

off the street does not. Clerks know when the machine/counter dispenser is re-stocked, they know which tickets

to avoid playing if you have a scratch at the store type person who goes and turns in winners right away, they handle

packs, set machines, do payouts, have access to ticket numbers and payout amounts of tickets turned in, which btw is

very helpful in determin... [ More ]

Comment #34

Bleudog101 — Mon, 08 Aug 2016 13:02:03 GMT

I could have used one of those thugs to help me put all these KY scratchers for the Ultimate Second Chance drawings yesterday.. So many it took me an hour entering those 16 digits takes time...lol.

Comment #33

ekem6078 — Mon, 08 Aug 2016 03:02:45 GMT

THUGS, will do It every time. smh

Comment #32

Teddi — Sun, 07 Aug 2016 16:55:33 GMT

Ignoring the stupidity of the people involved, I want to know what was on the back of the ticket to cause them to deny the claim. Unless it was the signature of the coworker, what could possibly have been scribbled there as the basis for refusing the payout.

Everyone here is congratulating the officials but they didn't know any of these facts when they rejected the ticket. If it had been the coworker's signature, wouldn't they have said so? Would love to get the pieces of the story being left... [ More ]

Comment #31

Bleudog101 — Sun, 07 Aug 2016 11:50:37 GMT

You sound like an honest person to me.

Had a good chuckle with the first paragraph. Lucky for him he kept all the losing tickets. I can just see his face when those losers/thieves were plastered on the newscast. in this case anonymity would not have been a good idea.

Comment #30

American Indian — Sun, 07 Aug 2016 10:40:14 GMT

I LOVED IT

Comment #29

American Indian — Sun, 07 Aug 2016 10:37:03 GMT

Sorry music* but it can even happen with a PB MM, yrs ago an older Gentleman took his ticket to the store he always went to an have it checked they (the 2 clerks) told him it wasn't a winner, well he always kept his Tickets they knew that, one of them ripped up a piece of paper threw it away and they put the winning ticket in their pocket waited a short time before claiming their win, the older man seen them on T.V along with winning #'s he'd been playing for yrs, called the Lottery office told... [ More ]

Comment #28

TheMeatman2005 — Sat, 06 Aug 2016 23:40:40 GMT

Can you imagine the look on her face when she scanned the ticket and it said $250,000 winner?

Her plan fell apart because she was too young to play the lottery. Then she gets her Mom and boyfriend involved and now everyone's off to the hoosegow. Her Mom must be very proud of her daughter.

Comment #27

QuickDrawDude — Sat, 06 Aug 2016 22:38:08 GMT

How many criminal $1,000 scratch-off winners have gone unnoticed by lottery security officials? Do they only do due diligence on big payoff hits

Comment #26

digitaltim — Sat, 06 Aug 2016 21:57:47 GMT

It is fraud. However, why can't any 20 year old play the lottery. That's messed up.

Comment #25

Bleudog101 — Sat, 06 Aug 2016 21:49:19 GMT

All in the Family 21st Century style.

Comment #24

Scratch$ — Sat, 06 Aug 2016 21:43:04 GMT

Kudos to alert Iowa lottery officials for catching these clowns. Hopefully a judge will give them a harsh enough sentence to make other potential crooks think twice about trying to rip off lotteries. A year in the slam and a thousand hours of community service for all three sounds about right to me.

Comment #23

Groppo — Sat, 06 Aug 2016 04:30:36 GMT

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One person's greed caused the 3 to get felonies. This is the saddest part, I think, or maybe not.

Yes, we can all say YOU , pointing at the Mom and blaming her for having brought up her daughter, which resulted in the daughter not appreciating honesty. But, it's hard for a youngster to appreciate all that, when tested like that.

BUT THEN THE MOTHER TO PARTICIPATE IN IT? Felony, for sure. How old was the girl? Maybe no felony?

That all makes me want to barf.

I've heard of yo... [ More ]

Comment #22

Groppo — Sat, 06 Aug 2016 03:35:43 GMT

.

I hear that.

Comment #21

Groppo — Sat, 06 Aug 2016 03:33:04 GMT

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Thank you. That struck me as strange too. But, not being a scratcho player, I didn't quite understand it.

Like Music* commented, I too am just a MM and PB player.

No doubt they'll have to change the whole way they manufacture these scratch-off tickets.

I don't know how, but I hope all participating counties get on board to prevent this sort of thing from happening again.

Lots of good comments on this article.

Comment #20

Koneal — Sat, 06 Aug 2016 02:54:59 GMT

Not sure how it works but I've purchased scratch offs that werent scanned in a few states... they are just pulled off the roll and rung up.... Maybe after the initial scan in the system to activate no need to actual ring it up. IJS

Comment #19

gatorsrok — Sat, 06 Aug 2016 01:19:11 GMT

What really sucks is that the $250,000 prize will never be won by a legit player. The lotto players lose out now. I'm sure the state keeps the money.

Comment #18

DELotteryPlyr — Sat, 06 Aug 2016 00:53:25 GMT

Great idea!

CNBC has American Greed which is really fun to watch (sad for those who get taken) but a cool show. TLC could do a weekly show on who got caught this week...

Comment #17

Bleudog101 — Sat, 06 Aug 2016 00:08:21 GMT

Maybe TLC could run an hour long show on stupid lottery criminals vs How the lottery changed my life or whatever the name of that show was.

Comment #16

My317favNum — Fri, 05 Aug 2016 20:58:45 GMT

So wait she scratch corner, scanned to see if was a winner before the register recorded it as a sold tixket. Red flag number one

Then they paid 20 dollars for a ticket scanned b4 purchase

How stupid

Comment #15

music* — Fri, 05 Aug 2016 20:04:56 GMT

Good work by the Iowa Lottery Security staff.

This criminal activity is one reason why I only play PB MM.

Comment #14

noise-gate — Fri, 05 Aug 2016 18:45:41 GMT

You have got to love Sally ' s explanation l just drove them there. What a kind and helpful Mother,looking out for her baby's interest. It's similar to the person driving the getaway car - l had no idea these guy's had robbed a bank, l was just there to drive.

Comment #13

rustysmom — Fri, 05 Aug 2016 17:49:35 GMT

I never got called. when she told me , I couldn't buy tickets there,she laughed and said the store would loose a lot of money.

Comment #12

mypiemaster — Fri, 05 Aug 2016 16:19:24 GMT

When are some of these fools gonna learn?.

Comment #11

noise-gate — Fri, 05 Aug 2016 15:43:43 GMT

So did you take the job or did you move on seeing that you could not purchase tickets there? ..Just asking.

It would seem that being surrounded by all those scratchers would truly tests one's will power on a daily basis hey

Comment #10

rustysmom — Fri, 05 Aug 2016 15:26:07 GMT

A while back i filled out an employment application for a gas station that i buy tickets at a lot. the first thing i was told was if hired I could no longer buy tickets there.that should be policy at all stores.at least while they are working

Comment #9

LiveInGreenBay — Fri, 05 Aug 2016 15:23:39 GMT

Good work by those Iowa lottery people recognizing this as a potential scam. They're the ones who busted Tipton too.

Comment #8

sully16 — Fri, 05 Aug 2016 15:18:59 GMT

Never ending supply.

Comment #7

noise-gate — Fri, 05 Aug 2016 15:05:50 GMT

Oh Ashley....

Comment #6

Raven62 — Fri, 05 Aug 2016 14:27:39 GMT

Something to ponder: Why do people go to such lengths to be just like these overly-publicized lowlifes

Comment #5

Lildarryl — Fri, 05 Aug 2016 14:16:24 GMT

thug life. Like Marie Holmes and hot sauce. They get what they deserve. How dumb can you be. Omg

Comment #4

Unluckyone — Fri, 05 Aug 2016 14:16:08 GMT

I think mama wanted in on the prize as well.

This scenario plays out more often than people think as there are a lot of unethical employees working at many of these lottery retailers.

Comment #3

Raven62 — Fri, 05 Aug 2016 14:14:04 GMT

Even in an ungodly world folks know about: Thou shalt not steal

Comment #2

luckyshoes — Fri, 05 Aug 2016 14:10:27 GMT

Why did the mother drive them to cash it? Couldnt the boyfriend or the girl drive.....because mama wanted her cut of the payout.

Comment #1

Unluckyone — Fri, 05 Aug 2016 14:02:07 GMT

Here we go again. And they want us to believe that they can be trusted

3 charged in theft of $250,000 lottery ticket

Lottery Post — Fri, 05 Aug 2016 13:59:37 GMT

An employee at an Iowa lottery retailer is charged with stealing a winning $250,000 instant scratch ticket and working with her boyfriend and mother in a clumsy attempt to claim the prize, investigators said last week.

Prosecutors allege that Casey's general store employee Ashley Bosler, 20, found the winning ticket by scratching off a corner and scanning the bar code that confirmed it was a winner of the game's top prize.

She allegedly hadn't paid for the ticket and was too young to play,... [ More ]