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

Published on May 23, 2024

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. The Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation contacted the Ontario Provincial Police’s Investigation and Enforcement Bureau about a suspicious lottery ticket win at a retail outlet in Mitchell last December. “It is alleged the winning ticket was stolen by a store employee and the $50,000 cash prize was subsequently claimed by an associate of that employee,” police said in a press release....

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