A store employee habitually ripped lottery tickets after checking them with the lottery terminal. Lottery commissioners deliberated over the case of Paul Marshall, who came forward to collect his prize even though a store employee had torn his winning ticket to shreds. The tearing incident occurred when Marshall returned to the store he bought the winning ticket from to validate it. Fortunately for Marshall, lottery officials were able to "reconstruct what happened," Chuck Taylor, the lottery director of legal affairs and compliance, said, according to the Lottery Post's reporting on the meeting. AdvertisementAfter Harris posted her winning ticket on Facebook, one of her followers claimed the prize for themselves, leaving Harris out of pocket.

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Persons: Paul Marshall, Marshall, Chuck Taylor, Drena Harris, Harris Organizations: Hoosier Lottery Commission, Post, Retailers, Facebook Locations: Indianapolis, Indiana