4 clerks charged with lottery fraud for allegedly taking winning tickets in Kentucky
Four store clerks from Louisville and Lexington were indicted today on charges of state lottery fraud for allegedly taking winning tickets from Kentucky Lottery Corporation security workers posing as customers and attempting to cash them.

Arch Gleason, lottery president and chief executive officer, announced at a press conference Thursday the results of a lengthy investigation in which lottery security personnel went to 33 retailers in Louisville and Lexington posing as customers who appeared to have $8,000 winning tickets.
At three of the locations, four clerks or owners told the alleged customers that they had not won a prize and instead tried to cash the tickets themselves at lottery headquarters in Louisville.
“While I’m disappointed in these actions by a few retail locations, I continue to strongly believe …the vast majority of our retailers deal with our players from an appropriate fashion and in a high level of integrity,â€