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Ex-Lottery Official Charged in $1 Million Payout Scam10 November 2004INDIANA -- As reported by the Indy Star: "A former security officer for the Hoosier Lottery is accused of conspiring with two other men to rig a $1 million scratch-off game. "Prosecutors say William C. Foreman told two men that a winning ticket in the '$2,000,000 Bonus Spectacular' game had been sent to a store in Cross Plains, Ind. "One of those men then went to that store and bought its entire supply of the game's $20 tickets -- about $700 worth, according to court documents. "Foreman, 59, was arrested Monday and charged with disclosing confidential lottery information, a Class A felony carrying a prison term of up to 50 years. "Daniel Foltz, 31, and Chad Adkins, 28, also were arrested Monday. They face preliminary charges of Class D felony theft, with a possible prison term of up to three years. "...According to court documents, the game was compromised on May 13, when Hoosier Lottery investigator Matthew Hollcraft obtained a ticket reconstruction list from the Georgia-based manufacturer. That list, combined with information available at the lottery office, would allow someone to trace all five winning tickets. "Two others besides Hollcraft had access to that list, prosecutors say: Pete Byrne, the lottery's security chief, and Foreman..." |