[NoLibZone]

Right.

The clerks were winning frequently.

Some had hit the nbsr 50 times in a few years time.

Don’t hand your ticket to them to check.

[BigEdLB]

The trusted retailer, according to the New York Post, was Hussein Mesed... I don't think Hussein is so trusted anymore... Why is it people with the name Hussein are such a problem (Like the one at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave)

[unbiasedtruth]

Something similar happened in Texas not too long ago. Customer knew he had a winning ticket, but he didn’t know how much he had won. Handed the ticket to the clerk, was told he won a couple of bucks, and the customer took the cash and left. Clerk takes the big winning ticket, signs it, goes to Austin and collects several million. Store clerk then leaves the country.

Well, during this time, the customer becomes suspicious. Checks his numbers on line, and realizes that he had the big winning ticket. Gets a lawyer and they sue the Texas lottery. They claim the state is responsible because the store clerks are defacto representatives of the state lottery.

I don’t recall how it all turned out. I know the courts froze the store clerk’s bank account that still had some of the lottery winnings. But the customer was still going after the state for the rest of the winnings.

Lesson to those that play the lottery...NEVER, EVER, hand an un-signed lottery ticket to anybody...especially a store clerk. Not all are crooks, but the temptation is just too great, even if the ticket is only worth 50 bucks.