"In a network of 16,500, we believe most of our retailers are honest, but there are going to be a few bad apples," said Lottery spokeswoman Jennifer Givner.
Those bad apples include the S&M Deli & Grocery on 7th Avenue, which lost its license in 2009 after a store worker switched a customer's winning Win 4 ticket with a non-winning ticket. A relative of the worker then tried to claim the $5,000 prize at the Lottery's city claim center.
"The lottery blamed me," said store manager Ammar Alsaidi, 22, who was put in cuffs and arrested in front of dozens of his customers for allegedly stealing a winning lottery ticket. "They locked me up!"
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