Stolen Lottery Ticket Becomes $25,000 Winner

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Updated: 7:01 PM May 8, 2008 Stolen Lottery Ticket Becomes $25,000 Winner sherelle.roberts@wkyt.com Police say the ticket was one of 175 tickets stolen from a Lincoln County convenience store. Posted: 6:46 PM May 8, 2008 Email Address: Sherelle Roberts

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A stolen lottery ticket in Lincoln County ended up being more valuable than anyone realized.

Police say the Pick 4 ticket was one of 175 stolen from a gas station in Hustonville.

Police say an employee illegally produced the tickets, then took off.

After arresting him, and his wife, police took all of the tickets, only to discover one was a $25,000 winner.

Now, that winning ticket is evidence, which means no one will get to cash it until the case is closed.

And even then, to get the winning ticket, the rightful owner, which is now the owner of the very store robbed, will have to pay for all the tickets illegally printed out.

Both people arrested in connection with the lottery ticket theft have since posted bond from the Lincoln County Jail.

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Posted by: Expand this! on May 9, 2008 at 03:39 PM

Somebody's gonna be an idiot, might as well be you. A fool and his money soon part, that fool is the person who throws away money on lottery tickets.
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Posted by: holly Location: ky on May 9, 2008 at 12:02 PM

hey wow. just wanted to let you know that the other incident you are referring to happened about 15 miles down the road from this one in lincoln county. sad, huh?
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Posted by: sick of lottery Location: ky on May 9, 2008 at 08:42 AM

i am so sick of this lottery.i wish they would quit selling it.i live with an addicted husband and it wastes so much he has spent more than 25000 dollars.cant handle it any longer.headed for divorce court .thanks lottery after 36 of being together.
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