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Date Posted: 04:57:04 11/11/04 Thu
Author: AP
Subject: Lotto Officer Charged With Disclosing Info

U.S. National - AP
Lotto Officer Charged With Disclosing Info

Wed Nov 10, 5:53 PM ET

 U.S. National - AP


INDIANAPOLIS - A former lottery security officer has been charged with helping two men buy a $1 million winning ticket by tipping them to where it would be sold.

 

William C. Foreman, 59, was arrested Monday and charged with disclosing lottery information and theft, authorities said. He faces up to 50 years in prison.


Foreman told an acquaintance, Chad Adkins, and Daniel Foltz in May that a winning scratch-off ticket had been sent to a store in Cross Plains in southeastern Indiana, said Marion County Prosecutor Carl Brizzi.


One of the men then spent about $700 to buy the store's entire supply of tickets, including the winner, according to court documents.


Authorities said Foreman acquired a list of winning tickets from a co-worker who had obtained it from the manufacturer.


The co-worker was forced to resign after officials discovered the security breach, but by that point the tickets had already been sent to stores, Hoosier Lottery Director Jack Ross said.


The co-worker, who has not been identified, has not been charged.


When Foltz and Adkins tried to collect their prize in September, the lottery's security chief recognized Adkins as Foreman's acquaintance. Adkins admitted he knew Foreman but denied receiving any inside information about the game.


Foreman refused to take a polygraph test ordered by Ross and resigned in September.


The lottery paid Adkins and Foltz a $50,000 installment on the prize before they were arrested and charged with theft.


Foreman did not answer calls seeking comment Wednesday. A message left for his attorney was also not returned.

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