Lottery store clerks stole winning lottery tickets

Six dishonest lottery store clerks in Kansas have been charged with both theft and computer crimes as part of an undercover operation by the Kansas State Lottery. An operation which involved lottery officials who were acting undercover, who presented winning lottery tickets to store clerks, took place and on six occasions the lottery store clerks stole the winning lottery tickets after telling the undercover lottery officials that they were losing tickets.

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Australian pensioner not fooled by EuroMillions scam

Peter Kennedy from Berkeley near Sydney, Australia received a bogus letter telling him he had won a huge prize in the EuroMillions lottery but the suspicious Australian pensioner was not fooled by the EuroMillions scam and instead of replying he forwarded the letter to the authorities.

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