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To: SkyDancer

The guy seemed on the up and up and he was the only person to control the winning peices. He got upset that McDonald’s wasn’t allowing any big winnings tickets to be distributed to Canada. After that he pretty much it figured it was fair game to do what he wanted. He would just meet folks and after a conversation, would ask if they needed money. He would give them a $1 million ticket for $40,000.

All of this happened in the 90’s and the trial started on 9/10/01. It was forgotten about very quickly as a result of the events of 9/11...


12 posted on 08/04/2018 1:15:27 PM PDT by shotgun ( .)
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To: shotgun

Regardless of their politics I liked Matt in the Bourne series.


13 posted on 08/04/2018 1:31:56 PM PDT by SkyDancer ( ~ Just Consider Me A Random Fact Generator ~ Eat Sleep Fly Repeat ~)
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To: shotgun
The guy seemed on the up and up and he was the only person to control the winning peices. He got upset that McDonald’s wasn’t allowing any big winnings tickets to be distributed to Canada. After that he pretty much it figured it was fair game to do what he wanted. He would just meet folks and after a conversation, would ask if they needed money. He would give them a $1 million ticket for $40,000.

He was a flat-out thief. That money wasn't his to give away. He was hired to provide security to ensure the game pieces were distributed as the owners (McDonald's) wanted.

17 posted on 08/04/2018 2:16:46 PM PDT by Ol' Dan Tucker (For 'tis the sport to have the engineer hoist with his own petard., -- Hamlet, Act 3, Scene 4)
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