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World's Dumbest Crooks: Two Men Accused of Gluing Winning Lottery Numbers on Losing Ticket
PJ Media ^ | January 8, 2020 | By Rick Moran

Posted on 01/08/2020 2:29:07 PM PST by Red Badger

From our "People do the stupidest things" file, a story out of Mississippi demonstrates the unlimited capacity of human beings to surprise and amaze us. In this case, our amazement is directed at the incredible stupidity of which people are capable.

Two men walked into the Mississippi Lottery Corporation claim center and presented a scratch ticket that they said was worth $100,000. It must have looked pretty fishy because lottery employees immediately called the police.

Incredibly, the two men tried to pass off a losing lottery ticket by gluing the winning numbers on to the ticket.

(Excerpt) Read more at pjmedia.com ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Humor; Local News; Society
KEYWORDS: crime; forgery; lottery; stupid
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1 posted on 01/08/2020 2:29:07 PM PST by Red Badger
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To: Red Badger

Pics of perps and ticket at link...................


2 posted on 01/08/2020 2:29:31 PM PST by Red Badger (Against stupidity the gods themselves contend in vain.......... ..)
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To: Red Badger

They might have at least printed and glued on a matching bar code . . . LOL!


3 posted on 01/08/2020 2:31:53 PM PST by Vigilanteman (The politicized state destroys aspects of civil society, human kindness and private charity.)
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To: Red Badger

Dumb and Dumber.


4 posted on 01/08/2020 2:32:20 PM PST by Blood of Tyrants (Everyone who favors socialism plans on the government taking other people's money, not theirs.)
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Mississippi’s lottery is new, so these guys may not have known how the system is supposed to work...................


5 posted on 01/08/2020 2:34:09 PM PST by Red Badger (Against stupidity the gods themselves contend in vain.......... ..)
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To: Red Badger

You know... for some odd reason I just can’t get mad at these guys.


6 posted on 01/08/2020 2:34:25 PM PST by DesertRhino (Dog is man's best friend, and moslems hate dogs. Add that up. ....)
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To: Red Badger

Haha... IQ60 stunt.


7 posted on 01/08/2020 2:35:24 PM PST by LibWhacker
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To: Blood of Tyrants

They went for the whole $100G’s instead of a lower prize that they could have gotten at a convenience store................


8 posted on 01/08/2020 2:35:36 PM PST by Red Badger (Against stupidity the gods themselves contend in vain.......... ..)
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Really they didn’t do anything Pelosi, Epstein, Chelsea, Hitlery, Fauxcahontas etc didn’t do at a much higher level.


9 posted on 01/08/2020 2:35:53 PM PST by DesertRhino (Dog is man's best friend, and moslems hate dogs. Add that up. ....)
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Well, now they have street cred so they can run for office.................


10 posted on 01/08/2020 2:37:06 PM PST by Red Badger (Against stupidity the gods themselves contend in vain.......... ..)
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To: Red Badger

That forged ticket looks damn good.


11 posted on 01/08/2020 2:37:25 PM PST by JerseyDvl ("If you're going through hell, keep going.")
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Blow it up, use CTRL and + keys, you’ll see the glue...............


12 posted on 01/08/2020 2:38:47 PM PST by Red Badger (Against stupidity the gods themselves contend in vain.......... ..)
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13 posted on 01/08/2020 2:39:47 PM PST by Red Badger (Against stupidity the gods themselves contend in vain.......... ..)
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Wilbur, what’s a bar code?

5.56mm


14 posted on 01/08/2020 2:40:31 PM PST by M Kehoe (DRAIN THE SWAMP! Finish THE WALL!)
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15 posted on 01/08/2020 2:42:27 PM PST by Larry Lucido
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>>>They went for the whole $100G’s instead of a lower prize that they could have gotten at a convenience store<<<

The Barcode is checked with every Winning Ticket, even a $1.

They just started the Lottery here in MS and I won $40 on the first Ticket I bought, a $2 Scratcher.

Let’s just say I have already “reinvested” half my Winnings, but it funds Road Infrastructure and Education.


16 posted on 01/08/2020 2:43:35 PM PST by Kickass Conservative (Kill a Commie for your Mommy.)
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To: Red Badger

It still wouldn’t fly because the cards have a barcode so the scanner can read it.


17 posted on 01/08/2020 2:46:13 PM PST by Blood of Tyrants (Everyone who favors socialism plans on the government taking other people's money, not theirs.)
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To: Red Badger

Nope. Not even a little bit surprised.


18 posted on 01/08/2020 2:46:28 PM PST by Howie66 ("...Against All Enemies, Foreign and Democrat.....")
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To: Red Badger

Ya know, if I have a ticket like that, I’m not gonna fold it in half...


19 posted on 01/08/2020 2:46:44 PM PST by decal (I'm not rude, I don't suffer fools is all.)
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To: Kickass Conservative

So does ours.............Just education, though......


20 posted on 01/08/2020 2:46:53 PM PST by Red Badger (Against stupidity the gods themselves contend in vain.......... ..)
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