Winning Lottery Scratch Card Stolen By Florida Court Clerk?

When taking part in a lottery game, winning is luck. It is not easy. Sometimes, it is hard to tell whether you are the winner, which is mainly when the kind of game you are playing depends on the dealer to tell you. The same is happening in the Florida casino sector. Crystelle Yvette Buton is a clerk at a local Winn-Dixie liquor store. The lady realizes that a client has a winning lottery card. Instead of awarding the client, she does something peculiar.

Did A Florida Court Clerk Steal A Winning Lottery Ticket?

Upon scanning, Buton hides the $600 winning lottery scratch card. When pocketing the scratch card, Yvette does not know that the bearer of the card is not an ordinary client. Later, it turns out that the client is an undercover agent from the Florida Lottery. Above all, this is what happens: the client approaches Yvette with the winning scratch card. As usual, the clerk has to scan the card, which is what the clerk does.

The Liquor Store Clerk Gives The Client $5?

Upon realizing the value of the scratch card, the liquor store clerk gives the client $5. According to the clerk, the scratch card wins the customer five bucks. She gets the $5 from her purse. But to her surprise, the customer is not an ordinary fellow. He is an undercover agent from the Florida Lottery Commission. He is on duty doing the usual sports check. Following this unfortunate ordeal, Ms. Yvette is not in court. She is facing charges of burglary grand theft.

The Press Covers The Alleged Crime?

After the news of what is happening, WBHH NBC2, a local media house, immediately sends reporters. The aim is to talk to interview clients who are following the incident. “We expect that anybody is working in the customer service department to do well. They should serve people with diligence. I will be distraught if that is what she does to other people and me,” one customer says. Later, a visitor leaves a comment on the NBC2 website. The visitor says that he sees these things before. Something must be done. He advises the less-experienced scratch card enthusiasts.

“This is much more common than you ever think. I put my name on the back always. And always notice when the cashier checks the back. The cashier does this before knowing whether the card wins something or not. A favorite trick is to pretend to throw the ticket away, which happens even before telling the owner whether they win or not. When the client leaves, the clerk pulls it from the trash,” says the visitor.

Hutendra Bahadur Shahi In Court For Gambling Fraud?

The 38-year-old Hutendra Bahadur Shahi is in court for fraud, grand theft, and tampering with evidence. Baton, who is no longer working with the store, places a bond of $5, 000. She will go back to court on February 26. Now, it is evident that when you win on these stores, it is the luck of the cashiers. Otherwise, it is now apparent that there are unscrupulous customer service agents, which is happening in the Florida casino sector.