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Florida Walmart Cashier Arrested for Stealing Elderly Man's Winning Lottery Ticket, Deputies Say
Surveillance video showed the cashier keeping the $2,700 ticket, and deputies said she still had it when questioned.
- Volusia County authorities arrested Tameka Hall, 40, on Monday for felony grand theft after the DeLand Walmart cashier allegedly pocketed a customer's winning $2,700 lottery receipt.
- During his visit on Sunday, June 14, 2026, the customer attempted to redeem a winning Florida Lottery ticket, but Hall told him the prize exceeded store limits and subsequently kept the validation receipt.
- Surveillance footage captured Hall folding the receipt into her vest pocket before leaving work, and deputies later recovered the document from her vehicle during a Monday interview at the store.
- Hall claimed she was distracted by another customer and intended to hand the receipt to a manager; Walmart confirmed the cashier is no longer employed by the company.
- Florida Lottery rules mandate that prizes above $600 be claimed at district offices; lottery expert Oscar Acosta advises winners to "protect that ticket" and retain all receipts to prevent loss.
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An elderly Florida man almost lost a $2,700 (£2,040) lottery prize after the Walmart cashier who had just helped him allegedly pocketed the receipt he needed to collect it, deputies say. Tameka Hall, 40, who worked the register at a Walmart fuel and convenience store on South Woodland Boulevard in DeLand, has been charged with felony grand theft after investigators accused her of hiding the validation receipt tied to the man's winning Florida Lo…
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