Police Charge Ontario Store Employee in ‘Suspicious’ $50K Lottery Win

Police Charge Ontario Store Employee in ‘Suspicious’ $50K Lottery Win
A wall of scratch-off lottery tickets at a bodega in downtown Manhattan, New York, on Sep 14, 2003. Wirestock Creators/Shutterstock
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Two southwestern Ontario women are facing charges after police say a $50,000 lottery ticket was stolen by a store employee and redeemed by the suspect’s associate at a small-town retail outlet. 
The alleged theft occurred in Mitchell, a small community located 60 kilometres north of London and 20 kilometres northwest of Stratford.