Man exploits vending machine flaw to snag $55K worth of lotto tickets

This is one of those situations, in my opinion, where the angel and he devil pop up on your shoulders and test how good of a person you are. A Phoenix, Arizona man is in hot water with the law for exploiting a flaw in the Arizona Lottery vending machines to collect nearly $55,000 worth of lottery tickets.

The Arizona attorney general's office has filed charges against Everado Najera-Nava, for computer tampering and fraud, claiming he used a glitch to get $54,699 worth of lottery tickets without paying for them.

According to the police Everad allegedly, would enter his debit card into the machine to start the transaction, then cancel out of it. However, the machine would release the tickets before the cancellation took place.

Investigators reportedly found 279 canceled transactions associated with Nava's debit card. Court records show that Nava continued to repeat the scam even after the flaw was recognized and corrected.

Would you be able to resist if you figured out this glitch?


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