Texas Lottery Swindler To Appear In Court

Jun 1, 2004, 12:30 pm (3 comments)

Texas Lottery

Woman Allegedly Presents Forged Winning Ticket For $17 Million Prize

A Houston woman accused of trying to swindle the Texas Lottery Commission out of millions of dollars will head to court Tuesday.

Eva Medina Peralta was charged with presenting a forged lottery ticket in an attempt to cash in on a $17 million prize.

Investigators with the lottery commission and the Harris County District Attorney's Officer said Medina presented the ticket last December.

Peralta now faces two felony counts of lottery violation.

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DoctorEw220's avatarDoctorEw220

I would like to know how she thought she could forge a ticket.

RJOh's avatarRJOh

Doc,

Maybe she scammed someone else and thought it was real.  I've read there is a scam going around in Texas where a couple of dumb acting scammers with a fake winning lottery ticket will let anyone scam them out of it for a few dollars.  The scammers get their money and leave and the other persons don't know the ticket is a fake until they try to cash it.

RJOh

mken35's avatarmken35

She has a good imgination, She fool her self into believing that was the ticket. Someone  needs to get her pills

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