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Clerk tricks lotto winner, pockets moneyNews Story
A man who went to a 7-Eleven in Roseville, Calif., to check on his lottery tickets had picked the right numbers, but state officials said it was the clerk who almost hit the jackpot. The female clerk told the customer he won $4 on his Mega Millions picks for Aug. 14, and then pocketed his winning ticket worth $555,000, California Lottery officials said. However, the clerk's alleged scheme fell apart after the unnamed victim became suspicious and called lottery officials. Rajinder Kaur,
Sep 7, 2007, 10:27 pm - Lottery News

Thieves burn store, steal lottery ticketsNews Story
Latest in string of lottery ticket thefts The boarded up windows at John Patel's convenience store hide the damage within. These people, I don't know what to think about them, Patel said of the people who set his business on fire. They're mentally sick, I think. Why they did the fire, I don't understand. Early Monday morning, two men broke into Patel's store on Dean Street in Rome, Georgia, stole at least 30 rolls of scratch off lottery tickets, then set a fire in an attempt to cov
Sep 5, 2007, 9:49 am - Lottery News

Lure of riches fuels lottery craze in ChinaNews Story
Jackpot chasers steal millions in cash, only to spend them on tickets Two employees at a Chinese bank dream of getting rich quick. The only two with the keys to the vault, they steal a few thousand dollars to see whether anyone notices. No one does. So they take more. In the course of a month, they walk away with $6.6 million. Instead of running away with their mountains of cash, the two do something seemingly illogical. They buy lottery tickets. Since police arrested the pair this s
Aug 20, 2007, 6:22 am - Lottery News

Woman must forfeit $1 million lottery jackpotNews Story
A White City, Oregon, woman must turn over her lottery winnings after a judge said she won them illegally. Prosecutors said Christina Goodenow, of White City, used a credit card that belonged to her then-boyfriend's dead mother to buy a winning $1 million Scratch-It ticket in Oct. 2005. Goodenow asked lottery officials to keep her win quiet, claiming to be a victim of domestic violence. But police learned of the crime about two weeks later, as Goodenow continued to use the stolen credit ca
Aug 11, 2007, 9:21 pm - Lottery News

Lottery Winner's Lucky Day Turns into One Heck of a MessNews Story
The lure of quick cash from someone else's winning lottery ticket now has three women facing some serious charges, after their alleged plan proved to be very unlucky. Imagine you just found out you won $25,000 in the lottery. You get a receipt but in your haste, you actually leave the ticket at the store. And when you got back, it is gone. Well, that is just what happened to a 24-year-old Tina-Marie Ware from Rensselaer. She kept looking and looking and finally, needed the State Police to
Jul 18, 2007, 11:33 am - Lottery News

Thieving customers steal thousand of Texas Lottery lottery ticketsNews Story
Police say thieves have stolen Texas lottery tickets at seven different Bedford convenience stores in recent days. A store in Grapevine was also hit. The thefts started on July 3 followed by two on July 4, one last Friday,and three over the weekend. Investigators said they are looking for several suspects. In all the cases, one of the thieves distracted the cashier while another grabbed the tickets. Police were viewing store surveillance videos from the stores on Tuesday, trying to
Jul 11, 2007, 3:35 pm - Lottery News

Lottery ticket thief gets 20 yearsNews Story
It probably wasn't the prize he was hoping for. Instead of a large cash payout, a Holyoke, Massachusetts, man was sentenced to 20 years in prison after admitting he stole more than $1,600 worth of lottery scratch tickets from convenience stores. George Cordero pleaded guilty in Hampshire Superior Court this week to breaking and entering into a building at night with the intent to commit a felony, larceny from a building, larceny over $250 and other charges in connection with thefts from th
Jun 20, 2007, 9:57 am - Lottery News

Police foil alleged plot to kidnap lottery winnersNews Story
Police in Montreal say they've foiled a bizarre extortion and murder plot apparently aimed at a couple who pocketed a $27 million lottery jackpot last month. An 18-year-old Mexican citizen was arrested Monday afternoon in a Montreal neighbourhood and arraigned yesterday for conspiracy to abduct, conspiracy to commit murder and other charges. Edwin Scarlotte Mata Lima, who arrived in Canada four months ago, is alleged to have planned the murder of Zenovij Pacholuk and Dolores Coffey, winner
Jun 20, 2007, 8:22 am - Lottery News

Fake lottery ticket costs New Mexico man $25,000News Story
A Las Cruces, New Mexico, man was conned out of $25,000 by two men who claimed to have a winning lottery ticket. The men were selling the winning ticket because they were unable to claim the cash prize as a result of not being in the United States legally. The 80-year-old victim stated he was approached by the two men Friday, June 8, outside the Wal-Mart on Walton Blvd. The suspects allegedly talked the victim into withdrawing $25,000 from his bank account in exchange for a lottery ti
Jun 13, 2007, 9:46 am - Lottery News

Lottery thief sets himself on fireNews Story
Firefighters said it can't get more ironic than this: an arsonist breaks into a convenience store, steals scratch-off lottery tickets, tries to cover his tracks by setting a fire, and in the process, sets himself on fire. It happened early Thursday morning in Rome, Georgia, just off of Rockmart Highway. Safarez Chunara surveyed his store on Friday the first time he and his family had seen the damage. The inside is completely torched. We trying to work and serve the community, Chunar
Jun 2, 2007, 7:16 pm - Lottery News