... had to share this - armed robber in Sarnia Canada -
concentrating on the " valuable " lottery tickets ! Duh.

https://blackburnnews.com/sarnia/sar...ery-suspect-2/

John T.

On Mon, 29 Jun 2020 12:32:19 -0400, wrote:


.. had to share this - armed robber in Sarnia Canada -
concentrating on the " valuable " lottery tickets ! Duh.

https://blackburnnews.com/sarnia/sar...ery-suspect-2/

John T.

If the merchant has his inventory straight, those lottery tickets are
less than useless because he will know which ones were stolen when he
reports them to the police.

On 6/29/2020 9:42 AM, wrote:
On Mon, 29 Jun 2020 12:32:19 -0400, wrote:


.. had to share this - armed robber in Sarnia Canada -
concentrating on the " valuable " lottery tickets ! Duh.

https://blackburnnews.com/sarnia/sar...ery-suspect-2/

John T.

If the merchant has his inventory straight, those lottery tickets are
less than useless because he will know which ones were stolen when he
reports them to the police.


But it would be so much fun when he comes in to collect his winnings.
That should be better than "Cops".

On Mon, 29 Jun 2020 12:42:59 -0400, wrote:

On Mon, 29 Jun 2020 12:32:19 -0400, wrote:


.. had to share this - armed robber in Sarnia Canada -
concentrating on the " valuable " lottery tickets ! Duh.

https://blackburnnews.com/sarnia/sar...ery-suspect-2/

John T.

If the merchant has his inventory straight, those lottery tickets are
less than useless because he will know which ones were stolen when he
reports them to the police.


I wondered if the legitimate ticket "sales" are on record at the
Lotto Head Office - so these would be flagged as " un sold "
if he were to try to cash a winner ? Dunno.
Apparently the Lotto company has some data for legitimate ticket sales
date, time, vendor ? - they use this info to quiz winners
for verification of big prize payouts ..
John T.

On 06/29/2020 10:32 AM, wrote:

.. had to share this - armed robber in Sarnia Canada -
concentrating on the " valuable " lottery tickets ! Duh.

https://blackburnnews.com/sarnia/sar...ery-suspect-2/

Oh, Canada. In the States the clerk would have neutralized the threat
while he was scrabbling up tickets with both hands.

On Mon, 29 Jun 2020 13:17:45 -0400, wrote:

On Mon, 29 Jun 2020 12:42:59 -0400, wrote:

On Mon, 29 Jun 2020 12:32:19 -0400, wrote:


.. had to share this - armed robber in Sarnia Canada -
concentrating on the " valuable " lottery tickets ! Duh.

https://blackburnnews.com/sarnia/sar...ery-suspect-2/

John T.

If the merchant has his inventory straight, those lottery tickets are
less than useless because he will know which ones were stolen when he
reports them to the police.


I wondered if the legitimate ticket "sales" are on record at the
Lotto Head Office - so these would be flagged as " un sold "
if he were to try to cash a winner ? Dunno.
Apparently the Lotto company has some data for legitimate ticket sales
date, time, vendor ? - they use this info to quiz winners
for verification of big prize payouts ..
John T.

They won't know unless the merchant reports them stolen but my wife
used to log the starting and ending number of every roll she put out
and each type had a different code in the register. If someone stole a
roll, a little arithmetic would give her the number of the first
stolen one (and the rest of that roll). The lotto people could
immediately invalidate them in the system. Although she was only
making a nickel or so a ticket, the roll was in inventory at full face
value so it is worth keeping track of them.

On Mon, 29 Jun 2020 10:03:57 -0700, Bob F wrote:

On 6/29/2020 9:42 AM, wrote:
On Mon, 29 Jun 2020 12:32:19 -0400, wrote:


.. had to share this - armed robber in Sarnia Canada -
concentrating on the " valuable " lottery tickets ! Duh.

https://blackburnnews.com/sarnia/sar...ery-suspect-2/

John T.

If the merchant has his inventory straight, those lottery tickets are
less than useless because he will know which ones were stolen when he
reports them to the police.


But it would be so much fun when he comes in to collect his winnings.
That should be better than "Cops".

Since most of the scratch and sniff tickets are redeemed at a
retailer, it is unlikely they would wait around for the cops but you
might have some good video (before it was chic to wear a mask when you
weren't robbing someone). It would be funny if they hit on a megabuck
ticket and went to the lotto office tho.

"Wait right here honey, we have to process this for you".