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Virtual Theft
I am extremely pissed off today. Let me explain what happened. Here is how the theft of the value of my scratch ticket went down: Earlier today, after traveling to visit an office to sign some forms, I went to a convenience store in Andover, MA and bought one (1) scratch ticket in the value of $10. That ticket was a 100X ticket that was a winner in the value of $10. After buying the ticket, I left the store without redeeming the ticket. I then drove down the state highway (Rt. 114) to
Jun 20, 2017, 7:43 pm - Kosh - Lottery Discussion Forum

Lotto tickets bought with bags of coins lead to bust in massive Metro theftNews Story
A long-running scam to steal thousands of Metro riders' fares unraveled this week after a man in a police uniform driving a Jaguar bought thousands of Virginia lottery tickets with bags and bags of apparently stolen coins. A tip about the odd purchases led authorities to an extensive investigation involving GPS-tracked cars, surveillance videos from Woodbridge gas stations and money drops by an Alexandria underpass. Now two Metro veterans, Horace Dexter McDade, 58, of Bowie, and John Vince
Jan 20, 2012, 7:55 am - Todd - Lottery News

Iowa Lottery retail check finds no cheatingNews Story
The Iowa Lottery said today it found no evidence that lottery ticket winners were cheated when it conducted security checks last month at 120 retail sites statewide. Three lottery underecover investigators posed as customers and visited 126 randomly-selected Iowa retail locations on Feb. 24 and 25, said Iowa Lottery Vice President Mary Neubauer. They presented 128 winning tickets with cash prizes ranging from $1 to $100. In every instance, the retailer paid the correct amount, Neubauer sai
Mar 13, 2009, 9:13 am - Todd - Lottery News

Worker accused of stealing winning Oregon lottery ticketNews Story
An investigation by Oregon State Police Lottery Security Section detectives has led to the arrest of a Springfield man who allegedly stole a winning $50,000 scratch-it ticket from the victim at a Springfield restaurant. The suspect was arrested when he came to lottery headquarters to claim the $50,000 prize. Oregon State Police was contacted by the victim, a 37-year old Kooskia, Idaho resident, on December 26th, reporting the theft that day of a winning Oregon Lottery scratch-it ticket. Li
Jan 9, 2008, 11:29 am - Todd - Lottery News

After alleged lottery ticket theft, store banned from ticket salesNews Story
An Ohio convenience store is banned from selling lottery tickets for a month, after the owner and an employee stole part of a Warren woman's jackpot, according to police reports. Rita Astolfi's claim that she won big on the Cash Spectacular scratch-off, but walked away with only a portion of her prize, landed the owner of the West Market Street store and one of his employees in court. They are accused of stealing $400 of a $1,000 payoff from the 30-year-old Ward Street N.W. woman before event
Feb 28, 2007, 12:03 pm - Todd - Lottery News

I'm done playing the lotteryReply
Artist77 said, ...allowing the country to vote on every trivial issue (i.e 6 billion dollars in overdraft fees) would be impossible... Writing checks when you know you do not have the money to cover it is theft. A reasonable $35 bounced check fee is reasonable and not predatory. The truth speaks for itself! To her, banks stealing over 6 BILLION DOLLARS each year from it's customers is not theft and preying on low income families and minorities with overdraft fees is not predatory!
Jan 4, 2026, 6:57 am - Lotterologist - Lottery Discussion Forum

Florida bill would enhance criminal penalties for lottery retailer theft and fraudReply
One potential update involves expanding the law to allow sworn law enforcement officers employed by the Lottery's Division of Security to purchase lottery tickets and present them to retailers to claim a prize when it is necessary for undercover duties Are they morons? Losing tickets are useless for enforcement purposes, most tickets are losers, and they'll have to pay retailers a commission on every ticket, so why buy regular tickets from retailers? If they want to check to see if retailer
Nov 21, 2025, 7:27 pm - KY Floyd - Lottery News

Wisconsin woman receives probation for stealing and cashing $25,000 lottery ticketReply
I know. smh. ridiculous. ugh... PROBATION= easy... not justice at all, ergo, Surrat shall continue, her scamming,well robbery,theft,get more quick cash,without fear of jail or prison.then again, i know some say jails from my california to here in NC east coast are easier now, heck,can even marry, and um email in prison, what's that about,smh. no wonder why we have the highest rate of serious crimes,armed robberies,children harmed, to theft,to murder,sad to say. She got off w
May 30, 2020, 4:33 pm - Cassie8620 - Lottery News

Florida Scratch Offs - Post Pictures if posibleReply
Ironically, I saw a few Publix stores having a roll of the $10 Holiday Gifts when I requested a report for all the rolls in the Jacksonville and Gainesville area. There's a good number of $10 Holiday Gift rolls out there, many of which are in the lower distribution number 60k . Are you still focusing on Super Millions? I hope you hit a $100k+ prize bud. I sent an email to the lottery asking them to clarify what happens when rolls are deactivated/destroyed, and asked for information they
Jun 20, 2016, 9:35 pm - Dracos - Instant ("Scratch-Off") Games Forum

Police track down burglary suspects by tracing stolen lottery ticketsNews Story
Police identified two New Jersey men who they say were caught on surveillance video stealing lottery tickets and jewelry from a home in Upper Pittsgrove Township last month. The two suspects, identified as Joshua Robinson, 32, of Deptford, New Jersey and Eric Gilch, 28, of Blackwood, New Jersey broke into a home in Upper Pittsgrove back on April 12, according to investigators. The men encountered the family's dogs and started scouring the home until the homeowner noticed the men on surveillan
May 10, 2016, 10:56 am - Todd - Lottery News