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GiveFive — Thu, 25 Jun 2026 12:18:33 GMT

How stupid can somebody be?

Had the clerk actually claimed the ticket, The Florida Lottery would have deducted $648 from her winnings for Federal Income Tax purposes, netting her $2,052. Trading $2,052 for possible jail time?

But she'd never have seen one thin dime of the money anyway because the money would be returned to it's rightful owner. Kind of a lousy deal if ya ask me. G5 .

Florida Walmart employee arrested for fraud after keeping elderly customer's lottery ticket

Lottery Post — Thu, 25 Jun 2026 11:48:15 GMT

Cashier says she intended on returning the Pick 4 ticket

By Kate Northrop

A Walmart cashier was arrested after a customer presented a winning lottery ticket worth thousands and pocketed it instead of returning it.

A lottery retailer employee was arrested on a fraud charge after she kept a winning ticket a player was intending to claim but argued that she was ignorant of regular lottery procedures and was intending to return it anyway.

On June 14 at about 4:00 p.m., a police offic... [ More ]