California store seeks $75,000 lottery winner who was given only $75

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Source: UPI

PALMDALE, Calif., May 4 (UPI) -- The manager of a California gas station is trying to find a lottery winner who was given $75 but was actually due a $75,000 prize.

Shamsun Hahar Islam, manager of the Chevron gas station in Palmdale, said a cashier misread the scratch-off ticket brought in by the winner, described as a man in his mid-20s with a large truck, and gave him a $75 prize.

Islam said the man was actually due a $75,000 payout.

The manager, who released surveillance footage of the man, said she is hoping the public will help identify the winner so he can receive his full prize.



Read more: http://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2015/05/04/California-store-seeks-75000-lottery-winner-who-was-given-only-75/9831430747111/?spt=rrs&or=9

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Does this man look familiar to anyone in the Palmdale, California region?

Video of man here as well as on the link posted. http://abc7.com/video/embed/?pid=694775#videoplayer

[elleng]

1. OOPS!!!

[dembotoz]

2. kudos to the store trying to fix it

sounds suspicious
but in the end somebody is trying to do the right thing

[TeamPooka]

6. If they don't someone is going to jail for fraud and theft. nt

[Hugin]

3. The word bummer comes to mind. n/t

[Fantastic Anarchist]

4. That's why I check my own lottery tickets to make sure.

The picks, I have an Excel Spreadsheet that I created that automatically highlights when numbers match as you plug them in.

I realize this is a scratch-off, but the same principal applies; check your own ticket!

[McCamy Taylor]

5. In Fort Worth, a store owner ripped a patron off this way.

I hope that state lotteries now have a way to keep owners and employees honest, otherwise it would be very tempting to prey upon customers.

[louis-t]

8. It's happened a lot more than once.

Several sting operations have caught employees telling patrons they haven't won anything or they only won a dollar while pocketing thousands. I got stung for $5 one time, challenged the employee who said I'd already cashed the ticket and it was no good. He wouldn't back down. I made a scene, started yelling that he was a thief, and I was going to tell everyone I know what a thief he was. The gas station later got busted for selling ice for $10 a bag during a blackout, or something like that. I never went back, but on 9/11 they were selling gas for $3.50 when the normal price was $1.40. They were investigated for that, too.

[Hawaii Hiker]

7. Talk about a story that deserves this smiley:

[Politicalboi]

9. You would think by now he would have been found

He got the $75.00 so that should send a signal to him somehow. Like hey, I just won $75.00 could it be my ticket? They have the day, his picture, and still no claim.

[CountAllVotes]

10. You'd think someone would have recognized him

and esp. the shirt his is wearing -- brown with yellow epaulets sort of thing. Almost like a uniform of some sort -- ??

[Crabby Appleton]

11. H has been found

He's a Lottery Commission investigator.

[Mosby]

12. Not surprising really

clerks don't look over the ticket to determine the winning amount, they just scan it. Moreover until it's scanned the ticket has not been officially cashed in.

[closeupready]

14. So wait - he was going this undercover? He was playing on his own dime?

What is the story?

[Crabby Appleton]

15. Undercover

story at links

http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-lottery-ticket-probe-20150504-story.html

http://ktla.com/2015/05/04/lottery-winner-who-was-given-75-instead-of-75000-was-undercover-inspector/

[closeupready]

16. Thx.

[KamaAina]

13. What a moran.

If he knew he'd won 75 grand, he would have gone to the Lottery office. Stores only cash out prizes up to $600.