A Kansas woman was taken to jail early Sunday for allegedly trying to alter a lottery ticket to add $75 to her 35-cent winnings, police say.Â
Rachel Richardson, 28, of Wichita, was charged Monday with altering a lottery ticket and possession of methamphetamine, both felonies.
In court records, Lincoln police say they were called to Big Red Keno on West O Street shortly after 11:30 p.m. Saturday about a woman who returned to the bar after trying to cash a $75.35 BankShot Keno ticket earlier in the day.
An employee told police she'd noticed the woman sitting at a BankShot machine that afternoon pretending to play, before going to the restroom for more than two hours. Then, at about 7:30 p.m., she allegedly tried to redeem the ticket.
Police said the ticket registered on the computer as a 35-cent win, according to the affidavit for Richardson's arrest. When an employee called another employee over, the woman said she had to use the restroom and left.Â
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Richardson allegedly told police she'd found the ticket on the floor and thought it was her lucky day.Â
They said they found a lottery ticket with numbers cut out of it, bottles of glue, Exacto knives and tweezers in her purse, along with a pipe with suspected meth residue.