The crime is the same but Sioux Falls Police are not ready to call them connected. Forged video lottery tickets took two businesses by surprise.

Officer Sam Clemens describes the crimes as similar. One of them happened at the 18th Amendment on 41st Street and the other at T.C.’s Referee on 26th Street.

A person won $100 at the 18th Amendment on 41st Street. The suspect then left the establishment, came back and cashed the ticket worth $600.

As each establishment resolved the account for the day, that’s when the business discovered the discrepancy. “The report says the ticket was altered,” said Clemens. However it is not fully known how the suspect changed the dollar amount. “I think we’ve seen that before where they’ve scanned it, and then alter it on the computer and then print it out again. (It’s possible) they used some type of pen or pencil.”

Word to the wise would be to double-check tickets when they are submitted. “Once they looked closely at the tickets then that’s when they realized they had been altered.”

The dissimilar characteristics in the crimes come in two forms. One comes in the description of the suspect. Clemens says they do not match. The other being in the timing as Police report the 18th Amendment indicating the lottery win and the pick up of winnings happening on the same day. At T.C.’s Referee, the forged ticket came in one day later.

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