As city and state officials tally the toll from rioting and looting in Baltimore in April, Maryland Lottery officials are also accounting for losses.
Looters not only targeted pharmacies and corner stores, they also stole thousands of scratch-off tickets, said Carole Everett, spokeswoman for the Maryland Lottery.
The tickets are worth tens of thousands of dollars, she said, but culprits can't necessarily cash in winning tickets.
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This just shows how stupid these people are.
ReplyDeleteEvery scratch off ticket is numbered and coded, and linked to the store it was assigned to. Try to cash one in, and that serial number has been flagged as stolen, and blocked.
Every single one of the thieves that try to cash them in, should be prosecuted.
Like the mayor said its only property. Kids having a little fun.
ReplyDelete1141 who is going to prosecute them?
ReplyDeleteWow, the stupidity. Did it not occur to these people that stolen scratch cards can be traced back to the location from where they were stoken via bar codes etc. With idiots like this, it really helps the rest of us move forward.
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