Undercover Kentucky Lottery investigation snares three store employees trying to steal prizes

Comment #22

LottoLucy — Thu, 07 Mar 2019 04:49:04 GMT

Have you used the Kentucky Lottery app to scan tickets? Just wondering if it is pretty stable or if it crashes a lot.

Comment #21

Stack47 — Thu, 07 Mar 2019 01:37:05 GMT

I check my tickets using the lottery vending machines so I know their value and because I know I can only cash tickets worth over $600 at cashing agents or lottery regional headquarters I'll never hand them to just any-ole-clerk .

Even without having vending machines, every store has a scanner and probably why clerks in just two stores out of 60 thought they could get away with stealing the tickets.

Comment #20

Murgatroyd — Wed, 06 Mar 2019 19:05:07 GMT

There's also been a positive change recently: the self-scanners now show the prize amount, rather than just Winner - see clerk .

Comment #19

Tnol9 — Tue, 05 Mar 2019 15:06:59 GMT

Reading these makes my heart hurt. I work at at quick stop with lottery and it s agiasnt policy to play lottery on the clock, granted that doesn t stop employees. At my stop we stopped selling scratchers behind the counter and now we can only get them from the machine. At our sister store we had a guy nearly have stroke (LOL) when he went to cash in a $10 payout and the cashier came back and said it was actually a $10,000 winner! They re still honest workers out there and I hope you encounter th... [ More ]

Comment #18

Big Joey — Sun, 03 Mar 2019 22:54:16 GMT

Cashiers know that it only takes one ticket to possibly win, so that one dollar may be lucky, they also use the tip jar money for tickets too. They also like to keep the number zero fifty scratchers ticket for themselves, they don't like to sell the first, last one of the book. I had a cashier once attempt to steal a $500.00 Easy Match winner from me, I played Easy Five, with Easy Match, the cashier dropped the ticket on the floor, I saw it flutter. She printed me another one. I walked out, and... [ More ]

Comment #17

TheGameGrl — Sat, 02 Mar 2019 14:20:37 GMT

Signing the ticket? On 100$ payouts...our stores no longer send in the ticket. They get. Proudly put up on a winners board. So explain how signing it prevents thievery? It doesn't.

I think most thief's are honest. They will honestly take your goods and lie about it.

I did like the poster who said they'd cheat ya out of a free ticket. That was funny...cuz it's true

Comment #16

EdG1955 — Fri, 01 Mar 2019 22:52:14 GMT

Arizona lottery terminals used to play a jingle We're in the money when clerks scanned a winning ticket for you. This prevented the type of fraud that occurred in Kentucky. Sadly, the terminals were reprogrammed and no longer play the jingle, thus enabling thievery by dishonest clerks.

Comment #15

Artist77 — Fri, 01 Mar 2019 21:48:47 GMT

Exactly! I agree. The arrests are based on solid evidence.

Comment #14

noise-gate — Fri, 01 Mar 2019 21:44:36 GMT

Dishonesty exists everywhere. There are lots of honest clerks who work at convenient stores though. I guess they have been trained warned to stay on the straight narrow or else it's lockup.The mere thought of being thrown in with the general population in prison, is hair raising to say the least.

Then being told not to drop the soap if you ever end up there, reinforces their commitment to be honest, this side of prison.

Comment #13

Bleudog101 — Fri, 01 Mar 2019 20:04:11 GMT

Now there are least four of them in KY. In Oct 2018 a Judge ruled that these machines which resemble slot machines are legal because they offer pari-mutuel wagering on old horse races.

Comment #12

Loosechange45 — Fri, 01 Mar 2019 14:08:55 GMT

I just check my own ticket. 3x's have i been told they were not winners one was for 10$ but one was for 100$. I only go to big chain stores to cash out my ticket.. the convenience stores seem to be where the problems happen. One time the guy said my tix wouldn't scan he was going to keep it I said I wanted it back it was 1$ winner.

Comment #11

Stack47 — Fri, 01 Mar 2019 04:50:52 GMT

The Red Mile has the same type of slot machines and 2 weeks ago someone won a $379,372 jackpot.

Comment #10

Big Joey — Fri, 01 Mar 2019 02:54:56 GMT

There's a lot of dishonest cashiers behind the counters at convenience stores.

Comment #9

oate — Fri, 01 Mar 2019 01:27:18 GMT

IMO, the problem with this testing program is wrongly assuming all stores with lottery terminals educate their clerks on proper ticket cashing procedures

This operation is correctly designed to only bust dishonest clerks because the clerks' intention to defraud was evidenced by them taking the tickets to the claim center to redeem for themselves. An honest but dumb clerk who didn't understand how to use the scanner or know jack about cashing procedures wouldn't go that far, and so they wouldn... [ More ]

Comment #8

Bleudog101 — Fri, 01 Mar 2019 01:19:02 GMT

Stack47, have you ever been to Derby City Gaming in Louisville? There's another one near the TN border. IMO they skirt the no slot machine law here. They are all based on previous Horse races. You can hit a button on the slot machine and it tells you the results of a horse race. Wondering how much KY gets out of these?? One patron won $800 and had to pay taxes which I didn't understand until the horse race nonsense was explained to me by an employee. The same patron said he won $4K and no taxes... [ More ]

Comment #7

Stack47 — Fri, 01 Mar 2019 01:17:49 GMT

I meant regional office like the one in Lexington. Cashing agents can cash up to $5000 and should make someone trying to cash an $18,000 value ticket in a regular store very suspicious to clerks. Sort reminds me of underage alcohol and beer stings.

Comment #6

Stack47 — Fri, 01 Mar 2019 01:00:23 GMT

The current biggest problem in KY is funding teachers pensions, but trying to convict three store clerks of very questionable charges seems to be a top priority. A state legislator is trying to purpose a bill that would allow Internet gambling, including sports betting, and poker and use the profits to help fund teachers pensions. Even though it makes sense, it will never get out of committee.

There is a store near me that should be an integrity investigation target because they would cheat a... [ More ]

Comment #5

Bleudog101 — Fri, 01 Mar 2019 00:40:55 GMT

Regional stores that can cash lottery tickets can only go up to $5K; there is one seven miles from me. (It's Convenient is the name of the store).

Comment #4

Stack47 — Fri, 01 Mar 2019 00:09:42 GMT

The Kentucky Lottery's security department launched an Integrity Testing Program to determine if store clerks were following procedures for cashing winning tickets.

I'd like to have a dollar for every time a clerk told me my ticket wasn't a winner when I knew for a fact it was. But usually it was because the clerk made a honest mistake. A lottery knowledgeable store owner told me it might be because the clerk didn't clear the machine or didn't scan the ticket correctly. That's not saying ther... [ More ]

Comment #3

noise-gate — Thu, 28 Feb 2019 21:50:19 GMT

CA lottery was super aggressive with this thing at one time,confiscating equipment, levelling charges on dishonest clerks, then people started complaining.Our Commission thought them too aggressive, whatever that means.Glad to see Ceo Mr Integrity Bill is on the job. Long may you reign.

Stack has got to be excited by these developing events, you can see it in the whites in his eyes.

Comment #2

Raven62 — Thu, 28 Feb 2019 21:45:09 GMT

What is an honesty test?

An integrity test is a specific type of personality test designed to assess an applicant's tendency to be honest, trustworthy, and dependable. A lack of integrity is associated with such anti social behaviors as theft, violence, sabotage, disciplinary problems, and absenteeism.

Comment #1

Bleudog101 — Thu, 28 Feb 2019 21:28:08 GMT

WTG KLC. Certainly somebody not familiar with any lottery would say this is entrapment. Greed is the word that comes to mind. I love sting operations and hoping the alleged perpetrators get 3 hots and a cot vs probation.

Undercover Kentucky Lottery investigation snares three store employees trying to steal prizes

Lottery Post — Thu, 28 Feb 2019 20:31:38 GMT

An undercover operation conducted by the Kentucky Lottery has nabbed three store clerks trying to steal winning tickets.

A grand jury in Louisville has handed down indictments against three individuals charged with influencing the winning of a lottery prize through coercion, fraud, deception or tampering with lottery equipment or materials, and a separate charge of providing false information to a lottery investigator. The first charge is a class B felony carrying a possible sentence between... [ More ]