Thief yanks entire lottery ticket displays from two California businesses

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LiveInGreenBay — Thu, 27 Feb 2020 20:05:36 GMT

Diversity is our strength.

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Fabs — Thu, 27 Feb 2020 12:40:37 GMT

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Fabs — Thu, 27 Feb 2020 12:40:07 GMT

All the while a stack of scratchers just on the floor in the parking lot

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noise-gate — Sun, 23 Feb 2020 18:49:31 GMT

Your post reminded me of the video footage of these two chubby ( is one allowed to say that?) female employees awhile ago working the counter, pulling scratchers off the reels, scratching away, one saying Woo Woo, another $20. It's as though they had no idea that the store had surveillance cameras. The only thing missing, was them taking a swig at a open bottle of whisky as they went about doing they were doing. To think that was someone's girlfriends... Oh the horror

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Soledad — Sun, 23 Feb 2020 17:22:39 GMT

I have bought many whole books of scratchers. 99% of the time, you get at the most 55% of your money back. They are usually 45 to 55% back. Scratchers are a joke. NY has two $30 ones right now, a $25 one, and probably 4 or 5 $20 ones. Used to be a big deal to buy a $30 one. They're a joke. Everybody always thinks it's the next one, the next one. It's not the next one. The next one has nothing on it. 99% of the time.

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Bleudog101 — Sun, 23 Feb 2020 13:43:42 GMT

Mea Culpa. You are 100% correct, they activate the rolls/books prior to sale. She said they scan them to ring them up for the register.

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Bleudog101 — Sun, 23 Feb 2020 13:42:22 GMT

Just an article from three days ago is all I could find.

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Bleudog101 — Sun, 23 Feb 2020 12:15:41 GMT

I've heard about as much as you on your lottery caper. Does their website say anything? I'll check later on.

Oh, BTW nice secondary prize on PB last week to whomever won the huge jackpot

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Karen Nathan — Sun, 23 Feb 2020 07:45:49 GMT

This reminds me of a guy who owned/owns a store where they sell Lottery tickets. He said a couple of his Employees stole a bunch of Lottery scratch off tickets and when confronted, they claimed they would pay him back with the winnings. :/ He had an ingenious idea. He acted like he wasn't all that mad and got them to sign a paper promising to give him back the stolen lottery money with the winnings. He turned that signed paper into the court and got them prosecuted. They were idiots to first ste... [ More ]

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noise-gate — Sun, 23 Feb 2020 00:25:01 GMT

Forget that lil nonsense BD- what's the latest on our scratcher display hauling thief? The press in this neck of the woods are comatose - nary a word on it.... I am a concerned citizen, l need updates.

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Bleudog101 — Sat, 22 Feb 2020 23:40:09 GMT

Forgot to ask when playing Cashball 225 today about this. Am thinking you are correct and perhaps they scan each individual ticket for pricing? I'll ask one of these days. I would IM KLC on FB about it, but it is almost a sensitive grey area IMHO and might not answer.

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Raven62 — Fri, 21 Feb 2020 19:34:10 GMT

That's the procedure for Gift Cards !

Scratchers are Activated by Book when put out For Sale to Players

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noise-gate — Fri, 21 Feb 2020 19:03:38 GMT

l stand corrected: Had to go back to June 18th 2012 ( before my time) to find a thread Are clerks supposed to scan tickets before you pay? Interesting comments l might add.

* Remarks from rdgrnr on that thread were funny.

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noise-gate — Fri, 21 Feb 2020 18:23:16 GMT

The whole book is scanned once only. I guess you know something thieves do not. While the rest of the country implements safety measures against lottery thieves- NY remains dumb? Where do you get your information from Solly

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TheGameGrl — Fri, 21 Feb 2020 17:56:12 GMT

That is indeed the correct process. The packet gets activated just prior to stocking for sale to the public.

The scanning of individual ticket is for the stores inventory and accounting cost. . Thank you for shedding some truth on the process .

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adamc224 — Fri, 21 Feb 2020 07:34:46 GMT

In other news, lottery ticket thief was caught with 2 free tickets and dirty hands from scratching dust.

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Todd — Fri, 21 Feb 2020 01:46:42 GMT

I really gotta create a like button.

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Soledad — Fri, 21 Feb 2020 00:34:21 GMT

Not in NY at least. The whole book is scanned once only. No way each ticket would have to be activated before selling. No way in NY. Probably would've been shot in the back running away in NY, haha.

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cottoneyedjoe — Fri, 21 Feb 2020 00:31:17 GMT

All this talk of needing to activate scratchers... we are overlooking the possibility he merely fancied the display cases.

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TheMeatman2005 — Fri, 21 Feb 2020 00:23:14 GMT

It's obvious that the thief is not up on the rules governing lottery scratchers or he would have known about them not being activated without the retailer scanning them at the time of sale.

Besides the police having a list of serial numbers from the stolen tickets, they have very good surveillance photos of him and his car.

Stupid is as stupid does

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Bleudog101 — Thu, 20 Feb 2020 23:08:11 GMT

Rarely do I play scratchers, but you are 100% correct. The clerk scans the barcode prior to selling it therefore activating it.

OTOH, and off subject to haters out there, KY is pulling the plug on its RNG game Quick Bucks, it was a flop from what I could tell with mainly $14 winners.

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noise-gate — Thu, 20 Feb 2020 18:56:59 GMT

You can be as fast as Sonic, but no way this thief enriched himself. Those scratchers NEED to be activated by the store scanner, or that's the message l got from a store owner a month or two ago. It goes like this: You point out what scratcher you want to purchase, the clerk pulls it off the reel, then : scans that puppy before handing it over. Consider gift cards at most stores- if those are stolen, they useless unless scanned at the checkout stand. Same thing with scratchers. Might as well dum... [ More ]

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shy1979 — Thu, 20 Feb 2020 18:30:48 GMT

I wonder if you scan a stolen ticket with the lottery app on your phone, if it'll report your account to the lottery office? If it doesn't, it should.

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music* — Thu, 20 Feb 2020 17:46:57 GMT

Illegal drugs and alcohol are involved here. My guess.

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hearsetrax — Thu, 20 Feb 2020 17:34:44 GMT

bet hes the other democrat

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Bleudog101 — Thu, 20 Feb 2020 16:41:53 GMT

Glad the retailers contacted the lottery with the serial #'s so they can be DEACTIVATED. Wouldn't it be nice if they knew one was a big winner, let it stay active and then arrest him @ the lottery cashing

Thief yanks entire lottery ticket displays from two California businesses

Lottery Post — Thu, 20 Feb 2020 16:31:24 GMT

Includes video report

A lightning quick lottery ticket thief tried his luck twice, yanking California Lottery Scratchers display cases from counters in bold heists that were caught on camera at two San Gabriel Valley businesses.

The crimes were reported Jan. 22 at Smoke Rings 4 and Daily Donut in San Dimas. Store security video shows the man, dressed in athletic wear, grab the Scratchers displays in a bear hug before sprinting away, leaving a flurry of lottery tickets in his wake.

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