Teller ‘steals’ P43M winning lotto ticket from Bontoc teacher

BONTOC, Mountain Province – A winning lotto ticket was allegedly stolen from its owner, a public school teacher here last week by a lotto teller.

A police report said the theft transpired at about 3:30 p.m. of June 21 at the lotto outlet located at a commercial building owned by the provincial government below the provincial capitol.

           

Initial investigation disclosed the 6/42 Lotto winning tickets of Cristina Tibawen Cocoy, 56, married, resident of Barangay Tocucan was allegedly stolen by Jane Santos, 28, single, lotto teller and resident of Poblacion.

Cocoy reportedly went to check if the combination numbers of her lotto tickets had the winning numbers and gave Santos her four lotto tickets for verification.

The teller verified the six combination numbers and it appeared that it won the jackpot amounting to P43,000,000 astonishing the teller and the complainant.

At that juncture, complainant immediately collected her tickets without checking the same before leaving the area.

Later on, victim checked her lotto tickets and found out that the winning tickets were already missing believed stolen by the teller.

Victim returned back immediately to the lotto outlet and confronted the teller about the incident but the latter denied the allegation.