BEIJING (Reuters) - A Chinese lottery ticket seller has been jailed
for life for fraud for taking advantage of a system flaw to cash 28
million yuan ($3.76 million) in tickets illegally, state media said
Tuesday.
Zhao Liqun discovered the flaw in the Welfare Lottery "3D" system
in 2005 that let a person buy tickets with the right numbers within
five minutes of their being announced, sources at the Intermediate
People's Court in Anshan, northeastern Heilongjiang province,
said.
Zhao, 36, who ran three lottery stalls in Anshan, "bought" the
announced numbers many times over.
"He asked his neighbors and friends to cash the tickets at the
Welfare Lottery Center and to bring back the money," Xinhua quoted
the court sources as saying.
The lottery center found the prizes were illegally claimed and
police arrested Zhao in January.
The court jailed him for life for fraud and confiscated all his
property.
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